QUALITY LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Holbrook Unified School District

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HUSD #3 MOTTO:

A DIVERSE DISTRICT

Demographic •  65% Native •  20% Anglo •  12% Hispanic •  3% Asian and Black

Geographic •  1,500 sq(m) of district boundaries •  Same size as the State of Rhode Island •  Students ride buses up to 70 miles “one way”

to get to school by 8:00 am.

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A DIVERSE DISTRICT

Socioeconomic •  70% f/r district-wide •  Schools range from 95% to 60% f/r population

Financially

•  Impact Aid •  Desegregation •  State •  Federal

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PRODUCING A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT

Getting kids to:

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Personal Academic Social Success

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS

Personal Development:

•  Mentoring programs •  Counseling services •  Alternative programs •  Power of All/Power

of 5 mentoring and academic programs

RESULTS

•  95% attendance rates •  2012-2013

no student expulsions and very few long-term suspensions

•  Increase in attendance over the past two years.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

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HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS Academic Development: •  Reading Interventions •  Tutorial •  Small class sizes •  Teach For Success

Instructional Practices •  Credit recovery

programs •  Technology integration

RESULTS

•  �B� rated District •  83% graduation rate •  73% of 3rd-10th grade

students pass the AIMS reading.

•  Over $1M dollars in scholarships given out each year in our district

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ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

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2012 DATA

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS

Social Development: •  Mentoring •  Positive Behavior Support

Systems (PBIS) •  School cultures/school

norms (JH- respectful, responsible and reliably safe) (HS- Be good to one another)

•  Bully Free Programs

RESULTS •  HJHS had 7,000 �Beep

Beepers� given out last year which are positive reinforcements (emphasize the positive)

•  Increased school population this year by 3% and increased by 5% the last two years.

•  Positive school culture surveys

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Social �Everyone Belongs�

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HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS Success Development: •  Aspirations developed

in 4th – 12th grades: Natural aptitudes + Natural Talents =

Careers •  Building confidence in

our students

RESULTS •  Successful Alumni

•  Attorneys, veterinarians, NBA coaches, teachers, doctors, NASA

•  Increasing number of students that attend college and technical schools.

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SUCCESS- for everyone for anything!

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THANK YOU

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�WE ARE NOT PERFECT BUT WE NOT GOING TO STOP

TRYING TO BE�