Academics
EHS will be on a final exam schedule this Thursday and Friday. See the document attached. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school.
Our Annual EHS Junior Night event is coming up on Thursday, May 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the EHS theater. This is an event for both parent and student. We will cover a wide range of important information for Juniors as they plan for graduation and life after high school! Parents are strongly encouraged to join to gain greater insight into what role you can take and know how best to support your student for their next steps. The agenda will include a presentation on navigating post-secondary options and planning for college hosted by Mrs. Haas, EHS School Counselor, followed by some general senior year information shared by Mr. Carpenter. We hope you can make it and get a head start on senior year for the graduating class of 2016!
Thursday, March 12th EHS will hold Spring Conferences in the cafeteria from 4-8 PM. When you arrive you can pick up a current copy of your students grades, and visit with their teachers. Hope to see many of your there.
EHS did well when compared to other schools around the state in regards to Graduation Rate data recently released by the Oregon Department of Education. The most often used rates are 4 & 5 year Graduation and Completer Rates. The Graduation Rates for 13-14 (both 4 and 5 year) take into account the % of students that earned a regular or modified diploma in this time frame. The state average for 4 and 5 year graduation rates was 71.98% and 75.90 % respectively. At EHS 79.65% of our students graduated in 4 years and 81.65% graduated within 5 years. Completer Rates take into account students that also earn GED’s for example. The state average for 4 and 5 year Completer Rates were 76.90% and 82.15%, while at EHS those same rates were 82.30% and 86.24%. The staff at EHS continues to work to adapt the services and resources available to families to better meet the needs of our students and community. One of the primary indicators of graduation rates is attendance at school. This is also one of the best and easiest ways parents can support their students throughout High School. Ensuring the school attendance every day is a priority is critical and sends an important message to our students that an education is valuable. Thank you to all the parents that make school attendance a priority.
NOTE: If you are confused by the graduation rate data in the Register Guard today that shows the FRSD as the lowest in the area with a 56.9 percent 4 year cohort rate. Please be aware that is the result of the EHS rate of 79.65% being combined with the charter school rate (West Lane Technical Learning Center) of 14.04%.
Teachers are currently updating grades, and our 3rd and final progress reports will be mailed home on Monday afternoon, December 15th. Final exams will be given on January 21st and 22nd and grades will be issued soon after that. Also, a reminder that the last day of school before the holiday break is next Thursday, December 18th. Students return to school on Monday, January 5th.
Next Wednesday November 12th, EHS will be holding its annual College Fair in the cafeteria from 6-8 PM. Attendance is required for all EHS Seniors as a part of their senior project, however all Juniors are welcome to attend as well. The raffle prize for this years event is an I-pad mini and a $50 Target gift card. We hope to see many of your there. Thanks to Mrs. Haas and Mrs. Vincent for their work in planning this event.
Parent Teacher Conferences are this Wednesday night, October 8th, from 4-8 in the cafeteria. If you can’t make that time teachers will also be available by appointment on Thursday from 8-12. Please contact them directly if you can’t make the primary time on Wednesday evening. We are 25% of the way through the 1st semester, so this is a great time to check in with teachers to see how things are going in the classroom. On Wednesday we will have progress reports to pass out when you first come in the cafeteria, prior to checking in with teachers. For those that cannot make it Wednesday, the reports will be mailed home.
In 2014-15 EHS will be on an Early Release Wednesday schedule. Each Wednesday students will be released at 1:18, much like the Middle School schedule at FRMS. There will be a study hall available in a computer lab for athletes that want to stay on campus until practice begins and do school work. The study hall will go from 1:30-3:20. This early release schedule will allow staff some critical staff development time throughout the year. We are excited about the way this opportunity will help staff, students and parents alike in regards to improving instruction, allowing for a wide range of staff development activities and improving outcomes and experiences for students.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION REMINDER:
August 20th: 8AM-11:00 Seniors and 1:00-4:00 Sophomores
August 21st: 1PM-4:00 Juniors and 5:00-8:00 Freshman
If you cannot make your scheduled registration time, you can stop by the school anytime between 8-3:30 after the 21st.
Report cards were dropped off at the post office Tuesday evening, so families should be getting them soon. This report card looks different than in the past. Early in the year the school began work on implementing the requirements of HB 2220. This bill set new report card requirements of which one was sending home an annual report that included information around a students proficiency in specific standards within a subject. That information is included in this report card. However, as often happens, the 2014 Legislature passed a new bill, HB 4150. This bill kept some elements of the earlier bill, but eliminated this annual report requirement. The bottom line is this report card looks different as we complied with the earlier HB 2220 requirements, however in 14-15, this may change again as a result of the new law.
On the report card you will receive, the most important elements to note are the “O” (overall grade). This grade is the transcripted grade and the grade that determines GPA. The “A” or academic grade, provides information around how that student achieved when just looking at tests and quizzes. This academic grade/information has been on progress reports and report cards all year. The new piece on this “annual report” report card are the proficiencies in specific subjects. For example, in Geometry the standards might be Functions, Modeling, Statistics, Algebra, etc…. a students will receive a M-meets or a NM-not meets under these specific areas assessed throughout the Geometry course. I realize this new report may be confusing, if you have questions do not hesitate to contact the school in August. However, the grades under the “O” (overall column) is what should be the focus. The rest of it is simply additional information.