LJHS Mission
La Junta High School will strive to create responsible and productive citizens through rigorous academics, enriching extracurricular activities and positive relationships among students, parents and community.
LJHS Guiding Principles
(To guide our decisions and keep us focused on our mission)
- Provide an appropriate, rigorous academic environment to develop post secondary and workforce readiness in every student.
- Promote excellence in academics, the arts, activities and career skills to meet the needs of the 21st century.
- Students shall attend class, uphold the charge of education and be responsible for their contribution to the learning process.
- Administrators, staff and students shall uphold ethical behavior.
- Staff and students shall be encouraged to demonstrate leadership and service to school, community and global world.
- Appropriate classroom behavior that promotes learning shall be the norm and appropriate school-wide behavior shall be expected and enforced by staff and students.
- Instill in each student the desire to reach his/her full potential and become a life long learner
- Creative thinking and imagination shall be fostered through the offering of the fine arts programs.
