Riverside High School’s

Mission Statement:
Riverside High School welcomes, engages, exposes, and empowers a diverse
community of learners to foster critical thinking and prepare students for lifelong
learning and engaged global citizenship.

Vision Statement:
Riverside High School graduates will be self-reliant global citizens who make their
mark as positive and contributing members of their communities.

Core Values:
PRIDE
● We take pride in our individual and school identities, as we have an impact on both our
school community and our larger society. We believe the differences among us make us
stronger together and instill passion in us to make a difference. This passion drives our
community towards the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of our lives.

INTEGRITY
● We believe integrity is the foundation driving our actions. We do what is right even when
no one is looking. We accept responsibility for our actions, successes, and failures.

RELATIONSHIPS
● We will build relationships through open and honest communication with all students and
families in order to connect each student to learning. These relationships encourage
students to put forth their best efforts in challenging and diverse curricula, relevant
project-based activities, extracurriculars, and competitive athletic programming.

ACCOUNTABILITY
● We are an effective organization committed to ongoing planning and reflection to ensure
progress toward our goals. We are holding ourselves accountable to ourselves and to
our community.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

● We all are responsible for cultivating an atmosphere conducive to teaching and learning.
We promote an optimal learning environment where students of diverse backgrounds
are able to succeed. Our community has high expectations of all staff members and
expects challenging instruction with the ultimate goal of inspiring students to be lifelong
learners.

EMPOWERMENT
● We believe in the power of the individual voice. We want to increase the capacity of the
individual to make choices and transform those choices into desired actions.
 Individual Activity
Using the chart below, share what you believe would be the perfect vision and mission
statements for Riverside High School. Please utilize the link below to review feedback collected
during our February SIT meeting to guide your responses. If you believe no changes are
needed to our current mission and vision statements, please review the responses provided
below and be prepared to share your thoughts and feedback with the team.

Feedback from 2/26 SIT Meeting

Member: Mission Statement: Vision Statement:

Mary Foster Love it as it is Riverside High School

graduates will be resilient
global citizens who
positively influence their
communities as
contributing members.

Craig Carlson I like our mission - want to get I can see simply adding the
back to it! word ‘supportive’. I think
keeping ‘self-reliant’ speaks
to the developmentally
appropriate goal of preparing
students to take on their roles
as adults. I do think adding
‘supportive’ balances the
statement and reinforces our
interconnectedness.

Ellen Holmes I like the mission statement Riverside High School

as it is. graduates will be self-reliant
and supportive global citizens
who make their mark as
positive and contributing
members of their
communities.

Sara Moore I like the mission statement Riverside High School

as it is. graduates will be self-reliant
and supportive global citizens
who positively influence and
contribute to their
communities.

Julie Farkas I like the mission statement Riverside High School

as it is. strives to prepare
graduates who are well-
informed global citizens
 and contribute positively to
their communities.

Andrea Ruby I like the mission statement Riverside High School

as it is. graduates will be self-
reliant yet supportive
global citizens who make
their mark as positive and
contributing members of
their communities.

Andrea Cooper I like the mission statement. Riverside High School

graduates will be self-
reliant supportive global
citizens who make their
mark as positive and
contributing members of
their communities.

Janet Heape I like the mission statement. Riverside High School

graduates will possess the
skills to be both self-reliant
global citizens and positive
and contributing members of
their communities while
recognizing the importance of
each.

Suggestions:
Vision: Riverside High School graduates will possess the skills to be both self-reliant global
citizens and positive and contributing members of their communities while recognizing the
importance of each.

Mission:
Riverside High School welcomes, engages, exposes, and empowers a diverse community of
learners to foster critical thinking and prepare students for lifelong learning and engaged global
citizenship.

Action Steps:
Create posters to place in each classroom
Translate each statement
Signs in the common areas
Review school-wide and in classrooms (weekly)