The Ninth Grade Academy at Southern Vance HS Tannis Jenkins Counselor Wednesday, December 5, 2012.

The Ninth Grade Academy at Southern Vance HS

Tannis JenkinsCounselor

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

DATA..DATA..DATA..EOC DataSchool-wide EOC 2008-2009 = 63.6%2009-2010 = 74.5%2010-2011 = 70.6%2011-2012 = 81.0%

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BeforeFreshmanAcademy

SchoolEOC

Composite

2008/ 20092009/ 20102010/ 20112011/ 20122007/ 2008

End Of Course Composites

Graduation Rate at SVHS

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

GraduationRate

2007-20082008-20092009-20102010-2011

Dropout Rate in Vance County

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

VanceCo

DropoutRates

2007/ 20082008/ 20092009/ 20102010/ 2011

Total SVHS Dropouts

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

TotalSVHS

Dropouts

2007-20082008-20092009-20102010-2011

Collaboration Career Day, Guest Speakers, Field TripsSummer OrientationsParent NightsStudent/Parent/ Teacher Meetings

Career& Academic• College and University

trips • Military Visits from • Academic &Attendance

Incentives • Career Day

Personal/Social• Parenting Meetings• Small/Large Group Sessions• Peer Mentoring• Guest Speakers

Future Plans• Continue to work with students with planning for their

future• Collaborate with administrators on how to plan for smaller

class sizes• Continue to collaborate with middle school teachers &

counselors to help with the transition of rising 9th graders• Invite more guest speakers & individual mentoring• Large & small groups to focus on academic, personal/social,

career activities• Increasing incentives for academics and attendance• More College/University visits to expand exposure• Stronger focus on repeaters and strugglers

References• Carrie Cook, H.F. (2008). Ninth Grade

Academies Easing The Transition To High School. Raleigh:NCDPI.

• Jerald,C. (2007, March 27). Keeping Kids in School: Lessons from research about preventing dropouts. Washington DC, USA.

• Southern Regional Education Board• NCDPI