Minneapolis Public Schools High School Information

1. Minneapolis Public SchoolsHigh School Information Seward Middle School Parent Meeting November 19th, 2013 Kaisa Lee, School Counselor Kaisa.lee@mpls.k12.mn.us

2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! • Wednesday, November 20th (TOMORROW NIGHT): • Roosevelt High School Open House @ 6:30 • Hmong Language Specific Meeting @ 6:00 – 7:30 at Davis Center • Thursday, November 21st: • South High School Open House @ 6:30 • Tuesday, December 3rd: • Spanish Language Specific Meeting @ 6:00 – 7:30 at Wilder Building • Friday, December 6th: • Somali Language Specific Meeting @ 6:00 – 7:30 at Anne Sullivan School FEBRUARY 28th, 2014 High School Applications DUE!

3. MPS PLACEMENT TEAM Ryan Fair Director, Enrollment Management Student Placement Services 1250 W. Broadway Ave Minneapolis, MN 55411 Phone: 612.668.1840 Fax: 612.668.1841 Soua Yang Student Placement Coordinator Tiffany Miller Enrollment Generalist Nagashia Jackson Enrollment Generalist New Families Center 3345 Chicago Ave. S.Minneapolis, MN 55401 Phone: 612.668.3700 Fax: 612.668.3710 Martha Swanson New Families Center Coordinator Elsa Casiano Enrollment Generalist – Spanish Sharon Salgado Enrollment Generalist - Spanish Mohamed Ismail Enrollment Generalist – Somali Balqi Hersi Office Specialist

4. Edison High School • Academic Focus Areas: • American Studies • Business Enterprise • International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) • International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) • Technology and Multi Media • CITYWIDE Program: • Personal Care and Therapeutic Services Bilingual support in Somali, Spanish, and Hmong ZONE 1

5. Patrick Henry High School • Academic Focus Areas: • Project Lead The Way • Engineering (IBCC) • 3. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) • 4. International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) • 5. Liberal Arts College Preparatory Program (LACPP) • Bilingual support in Hmong ZONE 1

6. North Academy of Arts and Communications (9-10) • Academic Focus Areas • Arts & Communications North Senior Academy (11-12) • Academic Focus Areas • International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) Note: North is a CITYWIDE program and it also has an attendance area (elementary areas 1C and 1D). ZONE 1

7. Roosevelt High School Academic Focus Areas: 1. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) 2. Candidate International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) CITYWIDE Programs: 1. International Baccalaureate Career-related Certificate (IBCC)Emphasis: Health Careers, Automotive & Construction Bilingual support in Somali & Spanish ZONE 2

8. South High School Academic Focus Area: 1. Liberal Arts CITYWIDE Programs: 1. All Nations 2. Open Please note that students who attend Barton and Marcy Open must select South Open as their first choice to take advantage of the pathway option. South will transition to Go-To Passes, fall 2013 for all its programs ZONE 2

9. Southwest High School Academic Focus Areas: 1. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) 2. International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Note: In an effort to provide an integrated learning environment, families who live in elementary school attendance areas 1B and 1C in north Minneapolis (north of Olson Memorial Highway, south of Dowling and west of the Mississippi River) and qualify for free/reduced priced lunch may choose to attend Southwest High School and receive transportation (see map). In the event that the number of students who choose the Expanded School Options program exceeds the number of spaces available, a lottery will be conducted to make student assignments. ZONE 3

10. Washburn High School Academic Focus Areas: • International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) • Engineering &Technology Career Academy (PTLW) ZONE 3

11. Five Additional School Options 1. Wellstone International School 4029 28th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55406 Phone: (612) 668 - 5070 Fax: (612) 668 - 5080 2. FAIR School Downtown 10 South 10th Street    Minneapolis, MN 55403  Phone: 612.752.7100 Fax: 612.752.7150 3. Minneapolis College Prep (Office of New Schools) 4. “The Choice is Yours”(Public Schools outside Minneapolis for MPS students) Call 763-971-4524 for more information. 5. MPS Online http://online.mpls.k12.mn.us/ Online/Wilder Complex 3345 Chicago Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55407 Phone: 612-668-4136

12. Don’t stress, requesting a high school… is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

13. http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us Click ‘High School Request’

14. What Attendance Area /Zone am I in?

15. MPS High School Map

16. How do I request a high school? • Research your options and complete an online request form: http://highschoolrequest.mpls.k12.mn.us – • Go live date: Mid-November • Guidebooks will be mailed to the homes of eighth-graders and distributed through their current school • Students may request up to three high schools or citywide programs • Return request forms directly to Student Placement Services – online or U.S. mail Must be postmarked on or before February 28, 2014

17. School Program Placement PrioritiesNEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY SCHOOL 1stAttendance Area Sibling 2nd Attendance Area 3rdExpanded School Options 4thOut-of-Area Sibling • 5th Employee • 6th Attendance Zone • 7th MinneapolisResident • 8thOpen Enrollment

18. School Program Placement PrioritiesCITYWIDE PROGRAM • 1stPathway 2ndSibling 3rdEmployee 4thUnder-represented Demographic 5th MinneapolisResident 6thOpen Enrollment

19. 9th-grade Lottery Stats and FiguresZone 1 • Edison: 118 first requests ~ 148 total placements • Henry: 222 first requests ~ 255 total placements • North: 30 first requests ~ 52 total placements • All students who selected a Zone 1 school as a top request received placement • Total placements include students who selected the school as a second or third request or were defaulted to their community school. Students are defaulted to their community school if they do not proactively make a request by the lottery deadline or if they do not get any of their top three requests.

20. 9th-grade Lottery Stats and FiguresZone 2 • South High: 226/343 students received placement to the community program (Liberal Arts) • South Open: 162/196 = 82% of students received placement • All pathway students (Barton and Marcy) who requested South Open as their first request received placement • 40/40 students in Zone 1 got placed into South Open • South All Nations: 27 first requests ~ 35 total placements • Roosevelt:144 first requests ~ 263 total placements • All students who requested Roosevelt received placement

21. 9th-grade Lottery Stats and FiguresZone 3 • Southwest: 401/652 = 61% of students received placement • 44/84 = 52% of Expanded Options applicants received placement • Washburn: 272 first requests ~ 375 total placements • Only out of zone students with an additional priority were placed at Southwest or Washburn (e.g. sibling or employee preference)

22. Notification & Appeal Process Acceptance Letter Early April 2014 Formal Appeal Process – DEADLINE – April20,2014 Note: 12/53 = 22% of appeals approved for the 2013-14 school year

23. ALL high schools use Metro Transit for transportation...no yellow school buses!

24. Student Go To PASS • FREEGo-To Bus Cards for: • Any student who is: inside attendance zone BUT outside the walking zone (2 mile radius) • Students who qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch • Any student who is a part of a Citywide program • Students INSIDE walking zone and do not qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch can purchase a Go-To Bus Card for $40 per quarter (can choose quarter by quarter) • Can use it anytime...even on weekends! (within city curfew)

25. Breathe.........