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1. Haverhill High School Freshman Academy
2. Questions Considered … What makes some students succeed when their peers of similar ability do not?
What makes some students stick it out when others do not?
Why do some students take on greater challenges when others do not?
3. The Data … Studies Show … The first year of high school is critical. Students make academic and social choices that can impact the rest of their lives.
More students fail the ninth grade than any other grade.
50% of students who enter college never finish
Studies show that college freshmen who have goals and a career plan are more likely to graduate.
4. Studies show… 8th - 9th graders:
Become more self aware and more self conscious
Thinking becomes more critical, complex
Look for acceptance more from peers, less from adults
Need independence, yet still rely on adults for support
Take more risks to align with peers and avoid embarrassment
5. “We are seeing an epidemic of work-life unreadiness, kids in their early twenties who can’t figure out who they are or what they need to be doing with their lives...”