The Nellie McClung Standard for Student Success

Our Goal: Individual student success

The Nellie McClung Girls' Junior High Program offers a junior high program for girls; however, there is more to it than "all girls and a uniform".

Academic achievement for the girls at Nellie McClung is our highest priority. We encourage every student in our program to be the very best she can be.

• Our program is committed to the development of responsible citizens. We create opportunities for our students to participate in activities that encourage "giving back" to the community.
• We are committed to developing leadership skills.
• We encourage our students to take initiative, to be self-reliant and to grow toward healthy independence.
• We ask them to identify their interests, aptitudes, strengths and areas for growth and to set personal achievement goals.
• We want our students to value health and physical fitness. During their three years at Nellie McClung, students develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes which will enable "active living" to be a part of their life and their life long learning.
• We believe that the arts foster creativity as a means to discovery and self-expression. They are an important component of the programming at Nellie McClung. We believe, as well, that the arts serve to strengthen citizenship in the development of ideas, cultural values and a sense of community and are an important part of civilization itself.
• We believe that it is important to study the achievements and social history of women, as well as to examine current issues facing women today. By integrating women's studies into the curriculum we emphasize the value of women's contributions to society. By providing role models of women who have achieved, we enable the girls at Nellie McClung to believe in their own abilities to achieve, to have dreams, to take risks and to make their dreams reality.
• Each school has an instructional focus that is embedded in good teaching practices.