Commitment: Committing through practices, policies, and procedures to maximize each student's opportunities for intellectual and personal development.
Citizenship: Fostering within students a social consciousness to perform effectively in and become productive citizens of a rapidly changing world. 
Harmony: Surrounding students with a highly competent and caring staff in a supportive and safe environment consistent with the communities' historic commitment to mutual respect and harmony.
Scholarship: Providing a rigorous and varied educational experience as measured against best educational practices, guided by intellectualism, and the highest standards of scholarship in a public education setting

The objective of Concord-Carlisle high school is to build upon the legacy of social consciousness, mutual respect, intellectualism and public education initiated by the citizens of the past and similar to our historic contemporaries, the preservation of these ideals come about from innovation and adaptation to an ever-changing present.   This multidimensional goal is achieved by a collaboration between community, faculty, and students.  At Concord-Carlisle we strive to create a rigorous and varied educational experience in order to maximize each student's opportunities for intellectual and personal development guided by highly competent and caring staff in a supportive and safe environment.  The common element between the past and present is the student.  The future is enacted through them and by them.  The journey, whether collective or individual, is always experienced within the mind, heart, and eyes of a student.  The preparation of these young minds requires a communal Commitment to Citizenship, Harmony, and Scholarship. At Concord-Carlisle the mission is simple yet complex, to prepare students for an rapidly changing world by fostering values that are transcendent and universal.