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Students will succeed academically on to the 10th grade and ultimately graduate from high school with a plan for their future, and Pittsburgh Promise eligible.

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Personalization. Making connections and relevance to students’ lives and engaging all students’ through heart, hand, and mind. Linking prior understandings, creating frameworks for factual knowledge and encouraging students to self-monitor their learning towards their learning goals.

Strong and Respectful Relationships. The 9th grade year serves as indoctrination into a culture of high expectations with caring adults and peers. Students understand and value how they themselves as individuals are interconnected with and valued by everyone in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Community as a whole.

Civics: Be the Change! Rigorous, project-based, activity-oriented course designed with the City of Pittsburgh as the lens through which all members of the 9th Grade Nation begin a journey of civic awareness, empowerment, and engagement.

Student Support. Student centered instruction with horizontal and vertical curriculum alignment. Benchmark assessments and monitoring of manifesting behaviors for each 9th grader who appears to be falling behind in any aspect of the school experience. Interventions will be provided early and often for both acceleration and remediation opportunities. Developing “Habits of Mind”.

Professional Learning Communities. Comprehensive instructional support and professional development paradigm. Collaborative academic team model with common planning, lesson study and attainment of personal professional growth goals.

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