Mission Statement

Pembroke Pines Charter High School, in collaboration with students, parents, and the community, aims to foster a culture of active and resourceful lifelong learners. Through efforts unified in direction, yet diverse in approach and instruction, we endeavor to provide a challenging, supportive environment that cultivates intellectual growth, social awareness, and personal responsibility.

PPCHS BELIEFS

• Learning is the primary focus of the school.

• All students are individuals with unique needs and have the potential to learn.

• Curriculum should be taught using a variety of instructional approaches to accommodate differences in learning styles.

• Assessments of student learning should provide students with a variety of opportunities to demonstrate achievement and apply their learning in meaningful contexts.

• Students need to demonstrate essential knowledge, critical thinking skills, and competency in collecting information.

• Students must assume responsibility for and ownership of their own learning.

• Curriculum should maintain high standards for students and challenge them to increase individual performance.

• Students learn best when given opportunities for success within a safe and supportive environment.

• Positive relationships and mutual respect among students and staff enhance student self-esteem.

• Student and teacher access to current technological tools increases learning potential.

• Exceptional students require special services and resources.

• Diversity enriches learning and experience through the recognition of contributions of a variety of ideas, values, and cultures.

• School success depends on the commitment of teachers, administrators, students, and parents to high standards, expectations, and performance.

• Group commitment to continuous improvement enables students to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners as well as responsible, mature, and contributing members of our global community.