Read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding
	Read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression
	Read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and expression
	Read, write, listen and speak for social interaction

THE ARTS

	Actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theater, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts
	Be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in various roles
	Respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connect the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought
	Develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society

HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION & HOME ECONOMICS

	Have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health
	Acquire the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment
	Understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources

CAREER DEVELOPMENT & OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES

	Be knowledgeable about the world of work, explore career options, and relate personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to future career decisions
	Demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings
	Demonstrate mastery of foundation skills and competencies essential for success in the workplace
	Choose a career major and acquire career-specific technical knowledge/skills necessary to progress toward gainful employment, career advancement, and success in postsecondary programs

LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH

	Be able to use a language other than English for communication
	Develop cross-cultural skills and understandings

MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

	Use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions
	Access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies
	Understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry
	Understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science
	Apply technical knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs Understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning
	Apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions

SOCIAL STUDIES

	Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York
	Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives
	Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live-local, national, and global-including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the earth's surface
	Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the United States and other national economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and nonmarket mechanisms
	Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the United States and other nations; the United States Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation