Our Mission

The mission of John Spry Early College and Career Prep is 100% high school graduation and post-secondary success. We seek to inspire each student to reach their fullest potential by building partnerships between students, faculty and staff, parents, and community members.

The mission has a number of supporting points:

• To foster and nurture strong ties to the community through student-centered initiatives
• To cultivate and nurture a culture of “Si Se Puede” (It can be done) enabling students, parents, teachers, administrators and staff to make valuable contributions to the school environment or culture
• To provide an academically challenging curriculum aligned to the Illinois State Learning Standards
• To utilize assessment data to develop a curriculum that promotes student achievement
• To provide students a socially equitable, democratic, and fair environment
• To develop a community of life-long learners
• To respect and appreciate the different learning styles of individual students
• To differentiate instruction by utilizing a variety of research-based instructional strategies
• To provide quality professional development to teachers on research-based instructional strategies which maximize student achievement
• To utilize technology to support the curriculum and develop a knowledge of technology in the workplace