Hope

• All students will be literate
  (this goal details the roles of literacy in lifelong learning, cultural awareness, analytical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and oral, visual, and written communication).
• Create and maintain a nurturing environment.
  
• Staff will seek the cooperation and participation of parents and others in supporting and reinforcing school efforts.

Roper


• Students demonstrate respect for self and others.
• Students are reading, writing, listening and speaking for understanding across the content areas.
• Students demonstrate higher order thinking skills in all subject areas.
  
• Technology is used to enhance the school’s learning goals.

Footnotes

1. Hope far surpassed Detroit Public Schools’ district averages for reading (30.3% proficient) and writing (49.3% proficient) for 2001.
2. Hope and Roper surpassed the state average of 57.9 (% proficient) for reading in 2001.
3. Hope and Roper were in the range of the state average of 68.2 (% proficient) on the Writing test in 2001.
4. The Grade 7 Writing test was administered for the first time in 2001. It replaced a Math test, which is currently administered in Grade 8.