1. All students will be proficient in reading comprehension when engaged in both narrative and expository text.
2. All students will be proficient in mathematics reasoning and fluency.
3. All students will be proficient in writing.

SLEHS SCHOOL BELIEF STATEMENTS
We at South Lyon East High School believe: 

• Student learning is the primary goal of the school.

• Students and faculty will conduct themselves in a manner that will bring respect, compassion, and pride to our school.

• High expectations foster greater achievement.

• Everyone has the right to expect respect – and the obligation to give respect.

• The integration of academics, professional-technical pathways (elective courses) and individual interests/goals promotes personal growth, fulfillment, and development of the Habits of Mind.

• All students have the opportunity to succeed and the obligation to take responsibility for their own learning.

• Appreciation and acceptance of diversity are fundamental to our learning community.

• Students will read for understanding and apply critical analysis of material to all disciplines.

• Students will evaluate academic and non-academic situations and apply effective problem solving strategies.

After establishing these cognitive goals, we will proceed with collecting baseline information and then explore various strategies to accomplish the goals.

South Lyon East High School is designed around four academic pathways that are aligned with the State required Career Pathways Program for high schools. The four academic pathways are Health and Human Services, Design and Technology, Business and Computers and Arts and Communications. The elective courses that correspond to each of the pathways make up the center of the respective pathways. The four academic core areas, science, social studies, English/language arts and mathematics surround the center of each pathway.

The focus of the school and pathways is on the academics and not on careers. This design supports students and staff in making connections and finding relationships among the academics and link learning to the elective courses. To facilitate this link, the school selected an integrated/ universal theme (a theme that connects or unifies learning across all content areas). Students will learn how the essential concepts in each content area are related to the selected theme and understand the relevance of school learning to life beyond school. Members of the East High School Subject Area Committee (SAC) have selected "conflict" as the universal theme for the first year. Teachers have been developing the necessary teaching aids to assist them in guiding students as they link learning to this theme.

Students also have the opportunity to learn through the problem based learning (PBL) approach in some of their elective courses. The PBL approach is focused on experiential learning (minds on-hands on) and organized around the investigation and resolution of messy, real world problems. Students are required to complete at least one PBL unit within an elective course of their choice before graduation. A more in-depth PBL experience will be available to upper classmen who choose to enroll in a new class called Senior Project.