holland high school school improvement update 2012
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Holland High School
School Improvement Update 2012
Who Are We? We have 1,490 students, including New Tech (increase of
100 students over the last 3 years)
We are New Tech and New Tech is us
Our largest department is the Special Education Department Categorical Programs: 3 CI classrooms, 1 HI classroom, 2 EI
classrooms, Support Services: workshop, co-taught classes, resource
English, Math, and Science classes
3 administrators, 1 athletic director, 83 certified staff, 10 IA’s, 4 counselors, 1 school psychologist, 2.5 social workers, 2 speech therapist, 3 hearing impaired interpreters, 1 site manager, 6 para-pros, 1 college advisor
Staff and Parent Involvement in the SIPDAC is our School Improvement Team
DAC is our governing board for school business
ABC: Academic Boosters Club with parent involvement
DAC is leading our curriculum work
90 rubrics: divided into groups with whole staff involvement
Key Data DiscoveriesDiscrepancy with subgroups in:
Hispanic Economically disadvantaged Special education students
Just above state average for ACT scores.
Our percentage of students demonstrating proficiency in Social Studies was significantly higher than our other core content areas.
Very little discrepancy with subgroups with regards to Social Studies
Points of Pride/Bright Spots Developing a guaranteed and viable
curriculum.
Success within our Social Studies Department
We were named a “Beating the Odds” High School
We were named in the top 40 high schools in the state
16 staff members that have been trained in blended instruction
By the end of June, 23 teachers and 1 IA will have completed the full SIOP training.
Book study of “Becoming a Great High School”
We had 6 commended national merit scholars, 5 national merit finalists, and one national merit scholarship winner!
Partnership with Van Andel Institute – Scientific Inquiry Process Training and implementation and coaching.
Approximately 50% of staff voluntarily participated in Tuesday/Thursday morning Tech trainings with Dave Bast
4 prototype classrooms with 6 teachers implementing project-based learning
6 Fusion classes offered throughout the year, 3 System 44 and Read 180 classes
49/220 students receiving gold cords this year (3.5gpa or above)
19/220 red and white cords (4.0gpa or above)
13 AP classes being offered this year
Herman Miller Academy
Our graduating class will be receiving over 2 million dollars in college scholarships
31a Money/Disproportionalty Funds
SOAR: Students Owning Academic Responsibility Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday after school Saturday School
8th grade Academic Support (lunch)
System 44 and Ready 180 Programs
8th grade Math Skills
After Hour Support
Check and Connect
Next Steps and Next focus AreasLaying the foundation of a guaranteed and
viable curriculum
Building upon that foundation by enhancing how we deliver instruction
Augment our RtI programming
Skills 4 Success/Future Prep
If only you had asked…The many opportunities ahead…
Pray for us…Seniors last day tomorrow! Juniors take over the following day!
3 year Building Project
Trimester to Semester transition
One to One i-pad initiative
Adding 1 AI categorical classroom
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