Kamiakin High SchoolOpen HouseAugust 31, 2017

Welcome• Introductions

– Darrylin Osborn, Assistant Principal

– Mary Isley, Assistant Principal

– Casey Gant, Assistant Principal/ Athletics and Activities

– Bill Walker, Assistant Principal

– Teachers & Staff

• Central Office– Dave Bond,

Superintendent– Ron Williamson,

Director of Secondary Education

• School Board– Dawn Adams, Brian

Brooks, Heather Kintzley, Ron Mabry, Ben Messinger

Schedule• Zero Hour 5:45-6:00• Welcome- Auditorium 6:00-6:20• 6:25 to 6:40 First Period• 6:45 to 7:00 Second Period• 7:05 to 7:20 TRIBE• 7:25 to 7:40 Third Period• 7:45 to 8:00 Fourth Period• 8:05 to 8:20 Fifth Period• 8:25 to 8:40 Sixth Period• 8:45 to 9:00 Seventh Period

Purpose

• Introduce you to your students classes• Gain a sense of Kamiakin High School

and our culture• Understand teacher’s learning objective• Establish open channels of communication• WE BELIEVE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS

ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF KAMIAKIN

Welcome to the Kamiakin Family

• Dan Price~ Social Studies

• Rohana Swihart~ Special Services

• Elise Fleming~ Leadership & Health/Wellness

• Kelly Ledgerwood~ Science

• Amber Farris~ Social Studies

• Vernica Mount~ Special Services

• AJ O’Laughlin~ Special Services

“Be the Best You Can Be”

• Emphasize striving for excellence• Don’t work to minimum standards– work to

open doors and opportunities.• “College Readiness” = LIFE readiness

• “I am just so thankful to go to a school where success is kind of how you’re raised as a freshmen… It’s kind of the expectation, and you don’t want to let anyone down.”

– Michelle Fletcher Class of 2013 13 Individual State Medals including

Individual State ChampionshipMember of 4 Team State Championship

TeamsValedictorian

• “I’m so, so blessed to go to Kamiakin where success is expected. It makes you excited for the future. There are more exciting things to come.”

– Megan Beauchene, Class of 2014

– 2 individual State Championships

– 12 Total state placings– 3 Team State Championships– 3.89 GPA~ including 6 AP

Classes

State ELA Assessment~ Diploma Eligible~ 85.4% Pass rate!

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College Readiness = Work Readiness

• Students at Kamiakin have an opportunity when taking certain classes that have articulated agreements to earn college credits through CBC or other participating colleges. Tech Prep is an opportunity to earn college credit for courses taken in high school. Kamiakin offers Tech Prep credit in 17 courses in 14 programs.

• These classes are all Career & Technical Education classes and students need to earn a grade of at least a 3.0 (85%)in the class.

• Classes are at Kamiakin as well as at Tri-Tech. Examples of these are; Computer Applications, Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Nursing, Radio Broadcasting, Web Page Design, Child Psychology.

CTE- Articulated College Credits

• Every student who earned a 3.0 in a college articulated class automatically gets college credit-– Kamiakin students earned 1281 credits

through CBC for articulated credits through CBC

• 263 different students earned these credits• Saving to KaHS students of $186,295.83 of tuition

through CTE classes

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2015-2016 KaHS students saved $186,295.83 in tuition costs

Advanced Placement~ College Readiness...

• #1 goal is exposing kids to college rigor– We have intentionally decided to stay with AP

instead of College in the High School• Colleges generally give credit for a score

of 3 or higher on an AP Exam– Last year 317 AP tests scored a 3+

• At a in state 4 year college this represents just under $400,000 in tuition savings

Academic Goals- Advanced Placement

• Students will take more than 500 AP Course offerings during the 16-17 school year– 613 Students were enrolled in an AP class

October, 589 students were enrolled in AP classes second semester

– 519 AP Exams administered Spring 2017• Examine potential to increase AP offerings

– 715 AP requests for 17-18

AP Testing Results2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Number of Tests Taken

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3+ Scores 207 339 341 344 310 341 309 285 288 317 290

# Students Tested

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Academic Goals- Advanced Placement

• 90% of KaHS students enrolled in an AP class elect to take the examination– 87% of students

enrolled in an AP Class elected to take the AP Exam

• AP Econ 113%• APES 100%• AP Bio 95%• AP Stats 94%• AP Calc 98%• AP Lit 97%

AP Information

• This represents a commitment by the staff and students of Kamiakin to intentionally push Advanced Placement classes and expose students to the rigor of college.

• This year we are have 718 students enrolled in AP classes with a Senior class of about 431.

AP Honors & Awards as of Spring 2017

• AP Scholar~ 3 or higher on 3 or more exams– Students

• AP Scholar with Honors~ average 3.25 or higher on all exams taken and 3 or higher on 4 or more exams– Students

• AP Scholar with Distinction~ average 3.5 or higher on all exams, 3 or higher on 5 or more exams– Students

• National AP Scholar~ average 4 or higher on all AP exams and 4 or higher on 8 or more exams– Students

Kamiakin is ranked as one of the top school in the nation

ASSET Results from CBC• The more math a student takes the

better off they are going to be in college and in the world of work.

• Students need to continue to take math throughout high school.

Students taking PSAT-

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PSAT/NMSQT• We want to provide all students with an opportunity to

participate in the PSAT/NMSQT so we removed 2 barriers.

• First barrier was the test was associated with a fee– this year Kamiakin will cover the cost of the test for ALL juniors.

• Second barrier was the test has traditionally been on a weekend, this year Kamiakin is administering the test on Wednesday October 11th.– Freshmen will stay home during testing time, if they ride the bus

to school their will be a place for them to read and work on homework.

– Sophomores & Juniors will be taking the PSAT– Seniors have an opportunity to work on collecting community

service hours and career awareness hours independently.

Student-Led Conference Nuts and Bolts

• In order to meet the needs of our students and parents for the last seven years we have had Student Led Conferences.

• Parents appreciated the opportunity to form a true partnership with teachers working together to help their children rather than just receiving a “report” on how they were doing.

• Students presented their plans for their future and discussed with their parents and advisors how they were going to get their with the choices they were making at this time.

• Dates: April 19th Afternoon & Evening, April 20th afternoon

We want you to be involved with our school

• We have:– Open door policy- always looking for opportunities for the

community to be involved at Kamiakin– Monthly newsletter Brave Deeds is an attempt to inform you of

what is taking place and what is upcoming.– Volunteer Opportunities– Volunteering in the office– Volunteering in classrooms– Athletic Boosters– Music Boosters

You’re Invited!

• KSD Parent & Community Workshop– Find out what is happening inside our schools

with session on everything from curriculum to safety, to technology

– September 29th 9:00-1:00 (Lunch provided)– District Office (by Amistad elementary)

Parent Portal• Online real time access to student information

– Attendance– Discipline – Current grades in all classes– Email links to your students teachers

• All teacher emails are first.last@ksd.org• Progress report last week of September will contain

parent portal password information.• Students will receive portal information at TRIBE in

October.

Website is www.ksd.org/kamiakin/

Academic Coaching Available…• Christine Miller is our Success Coordinator. She

is available to ensure that your child experiences academic success .

• Freshmen Coaching Monday-Thursday at lunch and after school (except early release days)– Classrooms vary by department (teachers know and

signs posted)• Freshmen-Senior coaching available every day

after school in library

• Early College Awareness

• College Preparedness

• College Ready

• Field Trips to colleges

• Tutoring Support• Infrastructure

support

Kamiakin “Tweets”

• @KamiakinBraves

PE Waiver Process

• Can only waive .5 PE credits per year (as opposed to the 1.5 Junior year that was previous policy)– Students have to pass 2 different strands to be

eligible for the .5 credit waiver• Knowledge component• Fitness Test

– If you think your son or daughter may want to waive PE at some point please watch the bulletin for details.

For Tonight…• Should have your child’s schedule– if you don’t and need

one the office is open. If you have an “open period”, please take the time to look around campus (library, gyms, counseling office.)

• You should have a map to show you where you are going– if you don’t know where you are going ask one of our guides around campus and they can take you to where you are going.

• Or there are QR codes all around the building• Please remember our purpose for tonight is not

parent/teacher conferences, let the teacher know if you want a conference and one can be scheduled at a later date.

Last Minute Changes…The teacher listed

below will not be here tonight. They have put information outside of their classrooms about their classes and can schedule individual conferences with you.

Schedule• Zero Hour 5:45-6:00• Welcome- Auditorium 6:00-6:20• 6:25 to 6:40 First Period• 6:45 to 7:00 Second Period• 7:05 to 7:20 TRIBE• 7:25 to 7:40 Third Period• 7:45 to 8:00 Fourth Period• 8:05 to 8:20 Fifth Period• 8:25 to 8:40 Sixth Period• 8:45 to 9:00 Seventh Period

Parents of Juniors and Seniors

• Armed Services request a list of students by birthday from the school district every year.

• If you want your child excluded from this list please see Mrs. McCallum(in the main office) to fill out the opt out forms~ or your student can come into the office and fill it out anytime in the next couple of weeks.

Opt out forms