Cochrane High School Pillars: The Three "C's"
At Cochrane High, we strive to promote three characteristics in our students:
- Community- building a positive learning culture and making a meaningful contribution to our community.
- Character- we act with integrity, respect and display strong character.
- Committment- we committ wholeheartedly to do our best in all we do in academics, athletics and community involvement.
Our Mission Statement
Cochrane High School endeavours to prepare students who will:
- demonstrate leadership in civic, social and environmental concern
- balance academic, athletic and creative endeavours
- progress in a positive and focused school environment
- develop and have respect for self and others
- advocate for their diverse learning needs
- demonstrate a commitment to life-long learning
- develop career awareness to make informed decisions
- demonstrate social and emotional awareness and competence
Learning Beliefs/Principles:
- Because achieving understanding and transfer require a willingness to think, rethink and push beyond one’s normal comfort level, learners need a safe and supportive environment for intellectual risk taking and for questioning assumptions and habits.
- Learning is enhanced when it is personalized-when the learner’s interests, preferences, strengths, contributions and prior knowledge are sufficiently honoured.
- Learners require timely and practical feedback in order to understand goals, to produce quality work, and to meet high standards.
- Engaged and sustained learning requires that learners constantly see the value of their work and experience success when facing worthy challenges.
- Prior learning is applied to new situations and understanding is reached through regular reflection, self-assessment and self-adjustment.