Mission Statement
Oak Park and River Forest High School exists to provide all students a superior education so that they may achieve their full human potential.
In pursuit of this mission, we value and promote:
- Educational excellence for its own worth
- A broad range of educational opportunities
- The potential in all students to learn
- A commitment to learning as the responsibility of each student to achieve his or her full potential
- An awareness of students as individuals with different learning styles
- Respect for the rights of all members of the school community in a secure, safe and caring environment
- A sense of community and good citizenship
- Equity across groups and fairness toward individuals
- The high school as a communicator of common values to students
- An appreciation of diversity
- A sense of self worth
- A partnership between the student, family, school, and community
