Joseph Bollendorf, Executive Principal
Ann Moore, Executive Assistant Principal, 9/10 Wing     •     Theresa Pietrowski, Executive Assistant Principal, 11/12 Wing
Mission Statement
Washington Township High School as part of the Washington Township School District will provide an educational environment for all students to attain the skills necessary for full participation in our global society as responsible, self-directed, and civic-minded citizens.

Beliefs
Our school believes that students should learn to set realistic goals for themselves.

Our District Goals
To fulfill our mission and to underscore our beliefs, the Washington Township Board of Education has adopted a series of goals for the 2009-2010 school year.

GOAL 1: To ensure that all school facilities are clean, safe, secure, drug free, and prepared for emergency management.
GOAL 2: To improve student academic performance at all levels district-wide as demonstrated on prescribed state and standardized tests, including the NJASK 3-7, GEPA, HSPA, PSAT, SAT, and AP.
GOAL 3: To pursue community and corporate partnerships that will provide new or enhanced learning opportunities, strengthen connections with the local business community, as well as cultivate potential classroom resources and/or financial support.
GOAL 4: To encourage innovative programming that optimizes student instructional time and use of the district's financial resources.
GOAL 5: To maintain frequent, quality, and positive communication within the organization and throughout the community so as to foster understanding of and support for the mission of the Washington Township Public Schools.

Our School Goals

  • To complete the implementation of the second phase of the technology plan and to ensure that all staff have attained at least Level I proficiency in the use of computers.
  • To improve communication with the community so as to enhance support for the school and its programs, to highlight the accomplishments of our programs, students, and staff, and to garner support for the passage of the school budget.
  • To improve student performance on standardized testing.
  • To evaluate and where necessary increase the quality and expectations of college preparatory level programs to ensure that students are, in fact, provided with the skills and attitudes commensurate with college level work.
  • To continue our investigation of block scheduling.
  • To increase personalization in our large high school so as to maintain and enhance a "climate of belonging."
  • To work together in our classrooms and throughout the school to maintain a climate of respect conducive to our educational purpose and to ensure that through our instruction students obtain, not only academic skills and knowledge, but also the opportunities to develop both the attitudes and the character necessary to succeed and contribute in society.
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