Highland Park Public School’s Pathway to Excellence is a strategic plan that has been in place since June 2016 and that was developed by over 60 community stakeholders including representatives from the following constituent groups:

Students, parents, local business owners, leaders of civic organizations such as the Highland Park Town Council, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (New Brunswick Chapter), local houses of worship, residents without children in the schools, teachers, support staff, and school leaders.

Committees are responsible for facilitating the implementation of specific action steps that work to attain the district goals. These committees meet with the superintendent periodically throughout the year for progress updates, reflection, and continued implementation planning.

The Pathway to Excellence is a “living document” and will be updated according to new needs, challenges, and or changes in the priorities of the school district.

The goals:

The district will ensure that curriculum and instruction support the “whole” child (i.e. the academic, social, emotional, and mental wellness of every student).

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The district will ensure the inclusion and support of students of all abilities, races, cultures, religions, belief systems, sexual orientations, genders/gender identities, and socio-economic backgrounds.

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The district will ensure implementation of more consistent and effective approaches to differentiating instruction (content, process, and products).

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The progress:

Click here to download a document that reflects the progress made on the 2019-2020 action steps. Blue-shaded action steps denote full implementation, yellow shades reflect actions in progress, and the red shades indicate no progress has been made on implementation. 

Previous year goals and action steps:

The information below provides previous goals and actions steps. Actions are deleted from subsequent plans upon their completion from year to year.

2016-2017 goals and actions (click here)
2017-2018 goals and actions (click here)
2018-2019 goals and actions (click here)
2019-2020 goals and actions (click here)