Mission Statement

Wareham High School will prepare its students for further academic and occupational opportunities, social responsibility, and commitment to community. By maintaining high academic standards through a rigorous course of study, students will be expected to apply effective effort in order to master skills and to value scholarship, citizenship, craftsmanship, and sportsmanship. Students will demonstrate that they are independent and critical thinkers who can make sound judgments and decisions as citizens, consumers, and life long learners.

Wareham High School Academic Expectations

Wareham Students Will ACQUIRE Information in a Variety of Ways:

A.1 By actively and critically reading, listening, discussing, observing, and participating
A.2 By questioning appropriately
A.3 By researching independently
A.4 By locating and retrieving information through appropriate use of technology

Wareham Students Will INTERPRET Information in a Variety of Ways:

I.1 By organizing and processing information
I.2 By employing critical thinking and problem solving skills
I.3 By evaluating for trends, patterns, comparisons, and relationships
I.4 By making inferences and drawing conclusions

Wareham Students Will COMMUNICATE Information in a Variety of Ways:

C.1 By writing and speaking clearly
C.2 By selecting and applying effective techniques in performance tasks and demonstrating proficiency
C.3 By presenting creatively in a variety of media, including technology

Wareham High School Social/Civic Expectations

Wareham Students Will ACT RESPONSIBLY AND RESPECTFULLY in a Variety of Ways:

R.1 By demonstrating academic integrity
R.2 By participating and working cooperatively in school groups
R.3 By demonstrating the correlation between effort and achievement by meeting or exceeding academic expectations
R.4 By understanding the achievements and traditions of a multicultural and global society
R.5 By engaging in the democratic process

Freshmen Orientation