Sherwood High School PTSA

The following updates correlate with the items on the SHS action plan.    

SGA officers met with Ms. Wist and Ms. McKeldin and have started on a school wide project to help keep the halls clean.  

Messages regarding school vision, mission and goals are included in the newsletter. Information is sent out to through the listserve and on the website.

Mr. Donnelly (Resource Teacher for ESOL) contacts the ESOL community with information as needed.

Each month a summary is provided to the Sherwood community.

Parents were surveyed in August and plans will be made for this next back-to-school night in September 2008.

Resource teachers are in the process of having their departments complete personalized surveys with the results to be shared with their administrators.

Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) has been trained on the use of the Pivot Table to further enhance the monitoring of data within their departments.

Summer plans will be drafted shortly.

In house survey will be investigated and possibly implemented during a window (perhaps 5/15 – 6/15).

PSAT Action Plan   

The progess on the plan was reviewed and two upgrades were suggested: Identify 10th graders with good PSAT scores and develop a plan to support their achievement before the next administration of the PSAT   Create an extension of this action plan or create another action plan to focus on the academic performance of athletes.

Small Learning Communities (SLC) Action Plan    

PowerPoint presentation to the PTSA was shared, highlighting the gathering of data from the stakeholders and, based on these data, the recommendation to pursue four academies: Science, Engineering and Technology, Communication and Humanities, and Business Management and Finance, using the Global Studies Program as a model. The position of signature coordinator will be shared next year among four staff members and the focus of their work will be to outline the specifics for each pathway and to develop a marketing plan.

Math Action Plan High School Plus and 1A class during the spring seem to be working well. Teachers are following the curriculum but using data from the Achievement Series to customize class to meet student needs.    Two Bridge to Algebra 2 classes will be offered next year. 73 students were eligible for the course. Letters went home to parents two weeks ago and counselors have already started meeting with students.  

Next year, both A & B sections of Algebra will be offered both semesters.

Next year one Related Math class will be given to students who may not be ready for Algebra I. 

Literacy Action Plan  

MAP-R testing will begin with 9th and 10th graders on April 28. A PowerPoint will be used to discuss the test with students.Â