Mission Statement:
"Embracing its diversity, ETHS dedicates itself to educating all students to their fullest potential."
[ Vision Statement ]
Mission
Statement: Embracing its diversity, ETHS dedicates itself
to educating all students to their fullest potential.
Guiding Principles
In pursuit of excellence, we dedicate ourselves to these guiding
principles. Evanston Township High School is committed to
educating all of its students to their maximum potential. This
commitment requires not only respect for the differences in
students and staff from widely diverse social, economic,
cultural, linguistic, intellectual, racial, educational, and
religious backgrounds but also a sustained effort to use that
diversity to fulfill its commitment.
Our commitment to excellence requires that our students develop
the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary for
full participation in a democratic society and in the global
community. Active involvement and hard work are required on the
part of the entire educational community. Since adolescence is a
period of change and questioning, our school must guide and
nurture students as they strive to become responsible citizens.
Our quest in all that we do is excellence, the standard against
which we must measure our students and ourselves. Freedom of
thought, of expression, and of intellectual exchange as well as
disciplined effort are essential if we are to attain this
excellence. To these ends, ETHS commits itself to fostering an
atmosphere conducive to intellectual inquiry, innovation,
enhanced self-esteem, mutual respect, and caring among all of the
school community.
Parent Participation
ETHS recognizes the right of parents to participate in decisions
pertaining to the education of their children. Parents shall have
the right to request a conference with a teacher, counselor, or
administrator anytime during the school year and the right to
approve a student's courses, course level placement, special
education placement and IEP. Parents and students shall have due
process rights regarding disciplinary matters and special
education decisions as provided by state and federal statute.
Information about parent rights shall be published and
distributed to students and parents at the beginning of each
school year and shall be available in the Public Relations Office
throughout the year.