An Instructional Focus is a single, specific academic area identified by teachers, parents, and students that, were it emphasized, would improve the performance of every student on campus.  It is based on every student's learning needs as evidenced by multiple sources of data and touches the whole school - every professional, every classroom, every day.  Teachers collaborate to talk about the Instructional Focus and effective teaching strategies to improve teaching and learning. Ours follows:

All Glendale High School students will demonstrate measurable growth in their ability to think critically through content-specific writing and reading comprehension tasks.