Below are the Mastery Learning Targets, or priorities for all students to be successful. Mastery (M) of these skills means the student has met the grade-level standard and is independently performing on grade level. Mastery takes time to develop and may take the full school year.

Family / Consumer Science

• Evaluates how advertising techniques affect purchasing decisions in order to make informed choices. 

• Compares prices and product features to select the best option that meets needs.

• Identifies financial institutions, compares banking options, and demonstrates how to manage checking, savings, and payment methods.

• Describes the purpose of credit and the factors that influence a credit score. 

• Uses a budget that considers needs, wants, savings and available financial resources.

Computer Science Discoveries

• Explains how technology can include or exclude people and identifies ways to make technology more accessible and fair.

• Describes positive and negative effects of technology on individuals, communities, and cultures and provides examples of how computing impacts daily life.

• Designs and improves programs by using loops and “if-then” logic to solve problems more effectively.

• Breaks larger problems into smaller coding steps and creates programs that combine these steps into working solutions.

• Creates and uses reusable procedures in programs to organize code and improve efficiency.

• Uses feedback from peers or users to improve programs and explains how the updates make the program better.

• Tests programs using multiple scenarios, identifies errors, and revises code to improve accuracy and performance.

• Writes clear notes and explanations in code to make it easier for others to read, test, and improve.

Automation and Robotics

• Compare different ways to solve a problem and choose the best solution.

• Break a large problem into smaller parts to make it easier to solve.

• Improve an existing program by modifying or combining code to create something new.

• Test a program, find errors, and fix them so it works correctly.

• Use flowcharts or pseudocode to plan out how to solve problems step by step.

• Create and improve programs that use loops and conditions to solve problems.

• Create reusable procedures that include parameters and integrate them into a program to simplify and organize code.

• Write organized and descriptive comments that explain the purpose of key code sections to support future testing and debugging.

• Design systems that use hardware and software together to collect and share information.

• Find and fix problems with computers and their parts using a step by step process.

Print and Online Newspaper

• Writes an argumentative piece that clearly states a claim, considers the other side, and uses facts and reasons to support a well-organized argument.

• Writes a paper that clearly explains a topic by organizing ideas and using facts, definitions, and examples to help the reader understand.

• Researches a topic using information from several sources to answer a question and create new questions to learn more.

• Edits writing to remove unnecessary or repeated words so ideas are clear and strong.

• Gives credit to other people’s work by citing sources when using their words, images, or ideas in your projects.

• Examines information found online to decide if it is trustworthy, accurate, and fair before using it.

• Creates original projects using digital tools to show ideas or solve problems.

• Works with a team using digital tools, take on a role, and help complete a shared project.

Intro to Broadcast Journalism

• Writes a script that clearly explains a topic using facts and specific examples, organized in a way that is easy to understand.

• Explores a topic by researching answers to questions using multiple sources and creating new questions to learn more.

• Learns to express ideas more clearly and powerfully by cutting out unnecessary words and repetitive phrases.

• Learns to look closely at information found online to decide if it's trustworthy, accurate, and fair. 

• Creates new and original things using technology like a computer or tablet. 

• Works as part of a team, where everyone has a specific job, to use technology and complete a project together. 

Advanced PE

• Participates in games, fitness activities, dance, and outdoor movement using correct form and control.

• Uses strategies, movement concepts, and fitness principles to improve performance and health.

• Works cooperatively, show respect, communicate effectively, and solve problems during physical activity.

• Sets goals, reflect on movement experiences, manage emotions, and choose activities that support lifelong physical activity.

Library Media

• Formulates questions to guide personal research.

• Creates multimedia projects for a specific audience.

• Collaborates with others to gain new understanding.

• Presents completed products to an authentic audience beyond the classroom. 

• Brainstorms, hypothesizes, and tests multiple, unique solutions to a problem within a group.            

Art

• Student successfully uses planning tools to develop original art concepts

• Students are able to make a plan to create art and see the project through. 

• Student is able to finish artwork

• Student is able to present their work for presentation. 

• Student makes sure their art sends a clear message to the person looking at it

• Students are able to observe the details and break down the artist's choices

• Students are able to use our project checklist to see how well the art follows the goal

• Students are able to take personal experiences and artistic knowledge and put them together to make art. 

• Students are able to share the 'who, where, and when' behind the art to tell what it’s really about.

Band

• Practices instrument each week for quarterly required hours.

• Performs concert music with technical and expressive accuracy.

• Demonstrates rehearsal and concert etiquette.

• Reads and identifies the essential elements of music literacy.

• Performs contrasting music with technical and expressive accuracy.

• Selects appropriate repertoire for concert music.

Strings

• Reads and identifies the essential elements of music literacy through Sight-reading. 

• Performs selected music with technical and expressive accuracy on MusicFirst classroom.

• Practices instrument three days a week using appropriate methods for improvement. 

• Performs concerts demonstrating appropriate musical skills.

• Demonstrates rehearsal and concert etiquette.

Choir

• Sings melodic and harmonic parts in choir music with accurate pitch, good tone, and expression.

• Sight-reads short musical examples using accurate pitches and rhythms in treble or bass clef.

• Uses personal reflection and rehearsal feedback to improve performance and determine when music is ready to perform.

• Explains personal interpretation of choir music and describes how expressive qualities and musical elements create meaning.

• Demonstrates appropriate rehearsal etiquette, performance behavior, confidence, and professionalism for the venue and purpose.

Theater Arts

• Identifies how performers create characters using the tools of an actor. 

• Works with others to create/perform works of theatre.

• Develops physical and vocal traits for characters.

• Describes how an actor's choices affect the story.

• Uses practice to improve skills. 

• Uses technical and design aspects to help tell a story.

• Describes and evaluates works of theatre.

• Investigates the time and place of a theatrical work.