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Grapevine High School. Welcome to Curriculum Night!. So, how is GHS doing in 2010?. Highest TAKS performance in school history Highest ACT performance in district history (24.5 Composite; 24.9 Math) Highest SAT Math and Writing performance (560 Math; 531 Writing)
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Grapevine High School Welcome to Curriculum Night!
So, how is GHS doing in 2010? • Highest TAKS performance in school history • Highest ACT performance in district history (24.5 Composite; 24.9 Math) • Highest SAT Math and Writing performance (560 Math; 531 Writing) • 98th Percentile for AP performance (349 of 26,000 high schools in U.S.)
TAKS: Spring 2010Reading/ELA 2010 (Change from ’09) • All Students 98 (+1) • African American 99 (+1) • Hispanic 89 (+4) • White 99 (+1) • Econ. Disadv. 89 (+4)
TAKS: Spring 2010Social Studies 2010 (Change from ’09) • All Students 99 (NC) • African American 97 (-1) • Hispanic 96 (+5) • White 99 (NC) • Econ. Disadv. 97 (+6)
TAKS: Spring 2010Mathematics 2010 (Change from ’09) • All Students 91 (+6) • African American 77 (+9) • Hispanic 82 (+17) • White 93 (+5) • Econ. Disadv. 73 (+19)
TAKS: Spring 2010Science 2010 (Change from ’09) • All Students 95 (+3) • African American 79 (-4) • Hispanic 89 (+15) • White 97 (+2) • Econ. Disadv. 84 (+14)
Challenges • Ever-changing population • Completion Rate • TAKS is going away • End-of-Course Exams • Knowing individual student needs
What’s working… • Strategic Planning Process • Professional Learning Communities • Instructional Best Practices • Knowing each student’s individual needs • Aligned instructional strategies and efforts • Continuous improvement
Tonight’s Agenda • PTSA Meeting • 1st Period begins at 6:40 PM • 5 minutes between classes • Student schedules available at the attendance office • Not for individual conferences
A few odds and ends… • Thank you, PTSA! • Sign up for the Principal’s Mustang Dispatch • “Big TEXt!” • GHS Ambassador Program • Sign up to be a Grateful DAD! • GHS Website—click on PTSA—click on “Mailing List” at top • Greenback Night tonight!