Our School

Stafford High School operates from 7:30 am - 2:00 pm.

Our Vision

Stafford High School is a diverse community committed to high expectations with accessible opportunities for all.

Our Mission

Inspire and Empower All to Thrive

View the Stafford High School Quality Profile.

• Goal 1: 2: Support high expectations for academic performance and expand opportunities  for every student.
  • Objective: Stafford County Public Schools will close performance gaps between reporting categories, improving performance for every student.
    • Target 1: Use CFAs to identify gaps in essential skills and to identify students needing extra support and Tier 2 interventions. .
    • Target 2: Use word walls and vocabulary strategies to improve cross content reading, writing, and communication skills.
    • Target 3: Implement learning activities that promote critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication, and connections.
• Goal 2: 3: Ensure every students, staff and family member receives a safe, engaging and welcoming environment in our schools
  • Objective: Close gaps in climate perception across and within schools for students, teachers, and families.
    • Target 1: Create expectations and provide written and visual cues for classroom routines and procedures.
    • Target 2: Explicitly communicate a clear vision and expectations for productive classroom behavior.

The local native nation is the Patawomeck Tribe.  They are an active, resident local body in Stafford County.

The public representative at the time was Chief (Two Eagles), Robert Green. Green is a Clearview Heights resident who attended Stafford High School (SHS), as is typical of many of the current Patawomeck members. Falmouth and SHS alumni and attendees are heavily represented in the adult and minor membership of the tribe.

 Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) approached the Patawomeck nation with an inquiry about their views on the use of the Indian name during the rebuild of our high school.  This resulted in a 250-0 vote on behalf of the Patawomeck nation in support of SHS keeping the Indian name and the redesigned logo.  Green conveyed that the word "tribe" actually strongly favors the Indian name and will take issue with any proposed change to it. 

 Nicholas Candela, an art teacher, designed a new image in the likeness of that presented by the Indian Nation.  SHS colors are featured in the graphic, with a bit of red used.

 

Stafford High School Alma Mater

Hail to thee, our Alma Mater
Hail, dear Stafford High!
May the lessons we have learned here
Serve us ‘til we die;
Honor, Truth, and Loyalty
Are goals we hold most dear;
With the guidance of our loved ones
May we reach them here.
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater;
Hail, dear Stafford High!
May we ever praise and love thee
As the years go by;
We are proud of our dear school;
Her name we’ll always bless;
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Beloved S.H.S.