Our Mission
The mission of Harbour Pointe Preparatory Academy is to provide students with a rigorous education built on academic excellence and global competence to develop curious, knowledgeable, and caring young people capable of creating a more prosperous and peaceful world.
Vision
The vision of Harbour Pointe Preparatory Academy is to become a viable, high-quality, and equitable education choice for all students who aspire to become competent, responsible, and independent young people capable of thriving locally and globally.
Culture of Excellence
Harbour Pointe Preparatory Academy’s success builds on a collaborative paradigm that promotes a culture of excellence through four pillars. These pillars promote an academic culture where students can excel, parents and communities are involved in the process, and everyone is accountable for results.
Four Pillars to Promote a Culture of Excellence
| High expectations for all | Commitment to educational rigor | A unique student code of excellence and discipline | An expectation of parental involvement |
Educational Program
At the foundations of our belief is that, upon graduation, all students should be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to become locally competent yet globally competitive.With this holistic view, the school’s educational model integrates a local competence approach through a rigorous curriculum and pedagogy that direct student achievement toward mastery of academic skills and state standards, infused with solid character education and democratic citizenship programs, while cultivating global leadership mindsets through exposure to foreign languages and cultures, with particular emphasis on music and arts, technology proficiency, and sustainable development perspectives. By successfully instilling the skills and character traits needed to navigate and lead in local and global communities, scholars at Harbour Pointe will be continually preparing for a future of life-long learning in various 21st-century contexts.
Educational Philosophy
The Harbour Pointe Preparatory Academy community is guided by its educational philosophy that learning and achievement flourish when students and teachers engage in challenging, adventurous, meaningful work. Our aim is to create classrooms where teachers can fulfill their highest aspirations and students achieve more than they think possible, becoming active contributors to a better world. Harbour Pointe is guided by a vision of educational equity and student potential through a reimagined definition of student achievement. Our educators’ shared belief is that when students enter adult life, they will be celebrated not for their performance on basic skills tests but for the quality of their work and character. Our approach to holding high expectations for all students is to build their capacity around three dimensions: mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality student work.
| Mastery of Knowledge and Skills | High-Quality Student Work | Character |
| Demonstrate proficiency and deeper understanding show mastery in a body of knowledge and skills within each discipline | Create complex work: demonstrate higher-order thinking, multiple perspectives, and transfer of understanding | Work to become effective learners develop the mindsets and skills for success in college, career, and life (eg. initiative, responsibility, perseverance, collaboration) |
| Apply their learning transfer knowledge and skills to the novel, meaningful tasks Communicate clearly write, speak, and present ideas effectively in a variety of media and disciplines | Demonstrate craftsmanship create work that is accurate and beautiful in conception and execution | Work to become ethical people: treat others well and stand up for what is right (eg, empathy, integrity, respect, compassion |
| Think critically analyze, evaluate and synthesize complex ideas and consider multiple perspectives | Create authentic work demonstrate original thinking and voice, connect to real-world issues and formats, and create work that is meaningful to the community beyond the school | Contribute to a better world put their leaming to use to improve communities (eg, citizenship, service) |