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
