At High School of Commerce, everything we do — for ourselves and for our school, in the classroom and in the community — builds on our cultural pillars and restorative community.
An environment that respects and inspires young people.
Cultural Pillars
We provide a strong foundation from which positive relationships are built: Pillars that guide how we all live with, support, and respect one another at Commerce.
By living these pillars every day, by making them the “air we breathe,” we create opportunities for you to gain the knowledge to explore your interests and become career or college ready — and have a positive impact on our community when you graduate.
We believe that relationships are foundational to the process of building and maintaining community.
We create safe spaces for the whole school community to feel welcome and speak their truth.
We choose to participate in building our school together.
We focus on repairing harm by taking responsibility and seeking to understand each other.
We trust in the process and work together to reach shared agreements.
Restorative Community
We also promote a culture of restorative justice to build a strong school community and to enable powerful learning at Pathways.
In line with our core values of agency and relationships, restorative justice is an approach to addressing disruptive behavior that centers on building relationships and righting wrongs, rather than simply assigning punishment.
