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After-School Advantage Laurel High has modified its After-School Advantage program to include all subjects every day by adding an 8th period for students who are not being successful academically and/or who are not making adequate progress for their upcoming Subject Area Exams. All teachers for core subjects are working the extra hour to help prepare students for success. Students have been scheduled an 8th period 3:00 - 3:55 for each subject they need extra help: Mondays -- Tuesdays -- Wednesdays--Thursdays Snacks will be provided for free! Buses will run at 4:00 Students have the advantage, failure now, is by choice! |
 Message from the Principal: January 28, 2010 I hope each of you have had a great start to the New Year! As I believe transparent communication to you is vital to our success, I wanted to take just a few minutes, personally, to say thanks to so many of you who have made a point to comment on and show support for the changes we are working on to foster greater student success. Similarly, I want to communicate to you some of the current strategies and potentially high-impact steps we are taking to ensure that EVERY child at LHS has the opportunity to not only pass SATP State Exams but score in the proficient and advanced range. We are equally paying attention to making sure students not only graduate, but that they do so with the skills needed to be successful for college. The question has shifted from "Are you going to graduate?" to "Where are you going to college?" It is our goal that we, (administrators, teachers, students and parents) do everything that is necessary for students to make that jump. No one part of the group listed above can make it happen; it will take all of us working together to make this happen. So, with that said, we are ready to shift to 8 periods a day to offer students who are not making adequate academic progress in classes, or who are not showing skills growth on the Mock SATP exams, which we are regularly giving to check each child's ability to pass and score in the proficient and advanced range. We must provide every opportunity to get the additional help needed. We have informed students that they will be attending school until 4:00 Monday-Thursday for one-on-one tutoring, small group skills building, and extra help with home work and make-up assignments. Each department with all its teachers will be working with students with even more support from student mentors/tutors for each subject. Busses will run at 4:00 and snacks will be provided. Students who are assigned classes during the 8th period will get the much needed individual attention to leap-frog academically. If we have students who are still not making gains they will be assigned to Saturday School for further skills building. Similarly, AP students who are not showing skills mastery on MOCK AP exams will be scheduled to attend Saturday Workshops and biweekly 8th period Seminars to ensure that they have every opportunity to score more than a one on their AP College Board Exam. Today as I talked with students and explained why we were adding an additional class to their schedules, I had several tell me that under no certain terms would they stay for the help. I asked if they wanted to graduate and if their parents wanted them to be successful, and they said yes. A few went on to argue that despite their failing grades and poor performance on the practice exams they were sure they were going to graduate. Parents please know that, if you get the letter and call for your child, letting them convince you that they will somehow do what they have not done and currently are not doing (be successful academically) is not in their best interest. All children can learn, and if the many that do not give a hundred percent suddenly start, we still must be practical, miracles don't happen; only hard work and dedication to their studies will bear fruit. Grades must be earned, credits must be gained, and skills must be developed if they are going to make their dreams come true. On Febuary 1(Monday) from 5:00-8:00 p.m., we will be opening the school up after hours for you to conference with your child's teachers, counselors, or me regarding your child's specific status academically and projected path to success on SATP State Exams and AP College Board Exams.
Per Angusta ad Augusta, Carl Michael Day Principal
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Laurel High WINS JCJC Math Bowl!  |
 Laurel High is a proud participant of the Whole Schools Initiative ! Our focus is on the whole child, and as a result, our classrooms employ ARTS Integration as a "way of learning." We want our children's learning experiences to be enriched beyond the average content and skills development. Over the course of the year we will be working hard to obtain Model School for the ARTS just like our feeder schools of Nora Davis and Laurel Middle. Soon, we will have Open House and we invite everyone to come by to see how learning at Laurel High is changing for the better. |
 Laurel High is under construction: We are on our way to be becoming a Community of Caring! This means that we are working to establish a culture that promotes RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY and CARING in all apects of our school. Our children will learn positive habits that lead to a successful school community. At Laurel High we want all our students to be recognized and rewarded for being model citizens both in school and the larger community that we serve. Stay tuned for updates and notes on our progress... |
Below you will find our No Child Left Behind Letter to parents that details our current data from 2008-2009. | ||
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