Beliefs
We believe we can reach our goal of creating lifelong self-directed learners and critical thinkers who are career and college ready, if we ensure every student who enters PCTA reaches the following 4 benchmarks:
- Complete a three-year sequence in the CTE of their choosing with all required certificates.
- Complete a college eligible course load
- Have at least a 3.3 GPA
- Receive at least a score of 1010 on the SAT.
We also believe that our school should guarantee the presence of the following instructional elements for every student:
- Standards aligned and on-grade level assignments in every class and every day.
- Strong instruction (students are doing most of the thinking in every class and every day. Not the teacher.
- Deep engagement ( students are deeply involved in their learning by doing their work in every class and every day)
- High Expectations( there is an expectation of high quality work for all students)