Expected Schoolwide Learning Results for Connecting Waters Charter School
CWCS will prepare its graduates to be:
1. Effective Communicators who:
2. Effective Citizens who:
3. Technologically Skilled Individuals who:
4. Historically-Aware Learners who:
5. Mathematical Thinkers who:
6. Scientific Thinkers who:
7. Lifelong Learners who:
The seven (7) growth area goals of CWCS are:
Student reads and writes effectively.
ESLR identified: #1
 Student reads actively and derives meaning from written media.
 Student reads extensively for a variety of purposes.
 Student writes using grammatically acceptable English.
 Student adjusts tone and style of writing for purpose and audience.
 Student supports statements using well-rounded facts, theory, and opinion
 Student separates fact from opinion.
 Student logically reaches conclusions based on sufficient evidence.
 Student clearly and succinctly states key points.
 Student organizes ideas in a variety of ways.
 Student demonstrates creativity through style, organization, and
development of content.
Student sufficiently understands and functions in the world around him.
ESLR identified: #2 , #3
 Student demonstrates involvement in his/her community.
 Student has knowledge of the reciprocal relationship between the
individual and his/her
environment.
 Student demonstrates various skills in seeking employment and/or college
admission.
 Student understands and demonstrates his/her role as an employee,
consumer, and financial manager.
 Student identifies and documents the effects of technology on his/her
environment.
 Student participates in physical activities that develop strength,
endurance, and personal fitness.
Student appreciates the history of mankind in all its diversity.
ESLR identified: #
4
 Student shows his/her appreciation for history by identifying
relationships between past and present events or situations involving cause
and effect: people, events, or situations influencing an action or result.
 Student shows his/her appreciation for history by identifying
relationships between past and present events or situations involving
comparison: similarities and differences.
 Student shows his/her appreciation for history by identifying
relationships between past and present events or situations involving
classification: events and situations explained as political, economic,
social, and/or intellectual.
 Student shows his/her appreciation for history by identifying
relationships between past and present events or situations involving
anticipation of the future using evidence from the past and the present to
draw conclusion about the future.
 Student shows his/her appreciation for history by identifying
relationships between past and present events or situations involving
understanding of the extent of time.
 Student applies physical and cultural geography to his/her understanding
of societies.
Student comprehends the political process.
ESLR identified: #4
 Student understands the structures, operations, and relationships of the
governments in the United States.
Student applies mathematical principles and operations to solve problems.
ESLR identified: #5
 Student demonstrates knowledge of basic skills, conceptual understanding,
and problem solving with numbers and operations.
 Student demonstrates knowledge of basic skills, conceptual understanding,
and problem solving in geometry and measurement.
 Student demonstrates knowledge of basic skills, conceptual understanding,
and problem solving in functions and algebra.
 Student demonstrates knowledge of basic skills, conceptual understanding,
and problem solving in statistics and probability.
 Student solves problems that make significant demands in one or more of
these aspects of the solution process: problem formulation, problem
implementation, and problem conclusion.
 Student communicates his/her knowledge of basic skills, understanding of
concepts, and his/her ability to solve problems and understand mathematical
communication of others.
Student applies scientific concepts and skills to explain his world and
find solutions to its problems.
ESLR identified: #6
 Student observes, compares, orders, and categorizes characteristics and
behaviors.
 Student communicates ideas.
 Student relates factors of differing objects and events, and infers about
unknown or unseen processes.
 Student applies knowledge and thought processes to explain his/her world
and solve problems.
 Student shows a perception of the interrelationships among the scientific
themes (energy, interactions, patterns, and change) and their application to
the four spheres (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, ecosphere).
 Student recognizes the effects of the sciences, technologies, and
societies on one another and on the environment.
Student realizes his own unique educational interests, talents, and
abilities.
ESLR identified: #7