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