FCHS Beliefs

• Students will assume full responsibility as citizens in a democratic society, learning to work with and respect others while maintaining their own ideas, views, and convictions.


• Students will display positive qualities associated with personal character and integrity as well as interpersonal skills and common courtesies important to a civilized society, including service and commitment to others.


• Students will be able to set realistic goals and to recognize that their choices and actions can have positive outcomes, as well as negative ones, which will affect their lives and the lives of others.


• Students will be intellectually curious and self-directed learners.


• Students will use literacy skills needed to be successful in an information age. These include listening, reading, writing, speaking, mathematical, technological, and analytical skills, as well as the ability to recognize logical and illogical thinking, in efforts to reach logical conclusions.


• Students will understand that meeting their potential will include intellectual, physical, and artistic development beyond those associated with basic literacy.


• Students will recognize the importance of living in a diverse and global community.


• Students will gain skills needed to pursue personal and career goals beyond high school.