Mission, Vision & Goals
Our Philosophy and Mission: Gateway Tech High School is committed to creating citizens, scholars and athletes who demonstrate a keen interest in learning, strive to reach their full academic and personal potential and are able to apply academic knowledge to real-world situations and achieve their academic, personal and vocational goals.
Our Goals for every Gateway Tech School graduate:
- Communicate effectively, speak confidently, write competently, read with comprehension and listen critically
- Demonstrate knowledge of core curricular concepts
- Think critically, question intelligently, and solve problems
- Become self-reliant life-time learners
- Make responsible life choices
- Demonstrate competency in the application of technology
Features of Gateway Tech:
- No homework
- Grades that students earn reflect what they know, not what they didn't do
- Acceleration and early graduation
- Credit recovery
- Students can enroll at any time during the school terms
- Students are encouraged to concurrently enroll in dual credit college courses
- Students can take traditional academic courses or specific technical training courses
- 4 hour school day, allowing for before and after school employment and activities
- Limited unstructured time decreases most behavioral issues
- Allows students who are pursuing training in competitive sports fields, acting, dancing, gymnastics, etc. to continue that training while also completing high school
- Works well for the underachiever who has strong academic skills, but perhaps poor grades in a traditional school setting