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MISSION OF GROSSE POINTE NORTH
Grosse Pointe North High School provides a learning
environment that values academic achievement, personal
development, and social responsibility, thus empowering
all students to participate constructively in a changing
world.
CORE BELIEFS
- Every student can learn.
- Learning must be a lifelong process.
- Every student is entitled to the best possible
education.
- Education is a shared responsibility among educators, parents,
and community.
- Students are responsible for their own learning.
- Every student is entitled to be respected, nurtured, and valued.
- Individuals are responsible for the choices they make.
THE SCHOOL'S FUNCTION IS:
- To educate each student by assisting intellectual,
social, emotional, and physical development in the acquisition
of basic skills, in the use of knowledge to solve problems, in
the creation of new knowledge, in the pursuit of academic goals
which challenge each student to the limits of potential.
- To promote the appreciation of our heritage as
well as other cultures and the acceptance of individual differences.
- To encourage leadership, service, civic responsibility,
and democratic ideals.
- To respond to a rapidly changing world.
- To confront the issues related to human survival.
- To enhance learning with resources of the community.
SCHOOLS REQUIRE:
- A shared commitment among educators, parents and
community.
- A safe, supportive environment.
- Prudent use of fiscal resources.
POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION:
The Grosse Pointe Public School System is committed to a policy
of nondiscrimination in relation to race, color, religion, or national
origin (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Sex (Title IX
of the Educational Amendments of 1972); or Handicap (Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973). Grievance Regulations (G.P.P.S.
Policy AC) are available for those who believe that this policy
has been abused.
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