St. Louis Public Schools High School Grants

Smaller Learning CommunitiesDirector Deborah Coco

Advanced Placement InitiativeDirector ChanTam Trinh

High School Graduation InitiativeDirector John Niemeyer

Director of Projects Dr. Dan EdwardsAssociate Superintendent

Schools – Gateway STEM and RooseveltObjectives: Develop 9th and 10th grade school teams Improve EOC Algebra 150 and World Literature scoresCurrent Status: 9th and 10th grade teams have been formed Renaissance math and reading teachers are in place in

both schools Outcomes: 9th and 10th grade teams use common planning times to

build instruction

Smaller Learning Communities 2010-2014

Gateway Roosevelt2010-2011 43.1 20.22011-2012 67.5 24.42010-2011 64.6 34.12011-2012 60.1 40.1

Algebra

World Lit

EOC

Advanced Placement Incentive 2011-2014Objectives: Increase AP enrollment by 2% Increase AP scores of 3 or higher by 2%

Outcomes: New courses: American Gov, Studio Art (Drawing, 2D, 3D) New initiatives

AP Online (17 students) AP Common Syllabi & year-end study guides for core classes

grades 6-12 AP Benchmark tests

AP content group meetings-PLC model

A.P.I.P. 0607 0708 0809 0910 1011 1112 1213# AP titles 2 19 19 20 20 20 24# AP students 198 1125 1452 1401 1402 1325 1464Score of 2 51 154 149 148 164 185 n/a3+ scores 55 88 71 79 92 71 n/a

A+ Promise“Keep students in school”

Objectives: Help students qualify for the State of Missouri’s A+ Promise program of two years of free college education at any two year state vocational and/or community college

Current Status: Check that students attend an approved A+ high school the last three years

of high school (All of our high schools are A+) Check student attendance-95% or higher for all four years of high school Check four year GPA-2.5 or higher Check completion of 50 hours of academic tutoring in high school (12.5

hours may be job shadowing)

Outcomes:

A+ Bonus Program Mobile Enrollment with STLCC 2010-11 (100) 2011-12 (240)

High School Graduation Initiative 2010-2015

A+ 2010-11 2011-129-12 A+ enrollment 1,378 3,000A+ 12 graders 109 228

Objectives: Increase the number of high risk students to graduate on time Increase academic progress Increase attendanceCurrent Status: Team member serves 40 high risk 8th graders and 40+ high

risk 9th graders (912) Monitor caseload students’ academic achievement Monitor caseload students’ attendance Outcomes:

Transition Summer School (8th ->9th grades)2010-11 (177) 2011-12 (300)

Check & Connect Teams

Check & Connect 2010-11 2011-12Grad Rate 62.45 69.83HS Attn Rate (912) 86.5 90.5Drop-out (912) 3.98 0

Dropout RecruiterObjective: Reduce the district’s high school dropout rate

Increase the district’s graduation rateCurrent Status: Working with high schools to find missing students and clean up the data base

dropout records Enrolling students back into schools, ACE program, Fresh Start programs, and

other outside resource programsOutcomes:

Number of students on district’s school dropout list decreased from 3,600 to 1,540 in 2011-12 school year.

Schools 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012GATE 85.2 92.2 92.4 92.6 93.0ROO 75.6 86.7 85.4 86.8 88.8SOL 90.2 93.0 94.1 94.9 94.5SUM 72.9 86.7 84.6 84.0 87.4NW 82.7 90.0 91.0 91.3 91.5VAS 74.5 86.1 84.4 87.2 87.2

Building Attendance Rate