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Summerland Secondary School. School Completion 2006 - ?. SSS – Who are we?. Grades 9 – 12 560 Students 21% Special Ed designations 6% First Nations 13% of families with incomes below $30000 Less than 1% ESL. Our Journey – Looking Back. Our Journey – Looking Back. The Philosophy.
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Summerland Secondary School School Completion 2006 - ?
SSS – Who are we? • Grades 9 – 12 • 560 Students • 21% Special Ed designations • 6% First Nations • 13% of families with incomes below $30000 • Less than 1% ESL
Our Journey – Looking Back Our Journey – Looking Back
The Philosophy • What is School Completion? • Not just the Grad Rate! • Transition – Transition – Transition • School Completion at what cost? • What about excellence?
Grade 9 and 10 students with two or more C- or I’s (Beginnings – cohort) Grade Meetings! Who is at-risk?
Improving classroom practice so more at-risk students find success Developing and improving interventions for at-risk students The Two ApproachesUp and Down Stream Thinking
Adding to the Bar • SSS Character Rubric
Our JourneySSS 2006 - ? • Philosophy • Identifying those at risk • Up and Down Stream Interventions • Ready – Fire – Aim • Tracking the transitions (watch the cores – the names behind the numbers) • Celebrating Excellence • Adding to the School Completion Bar (for everyone)
Equity and Excellence • I forgot to tell you......yesterday we had Kruger Plumbing and Heating come to our house to fix a broken water line and Jim was working for them. It was his first day as an apprentice. I was so pleased to see him. It was a great example of why we never give up on the at risk kids. Jim has had so many struggles and it would have been easy to just write him off. I hope he sticks through the whole program and will have a trade in the end. It really made my day and I thought you'd want to know.