Pequannock Township High School

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Pequannock Township High School
Promoting Growth Through Education

• Fourth Quarter Report
• Presented by Rich Hayzler, Vice Principal

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2007 Program Development Goals

• Organize Schools for Success
• Implement Professional Learning Communities
• Increase active learning as opposed to passive
  teaching
• Drive success through TQM techniques and
  strategies

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Satisfaction Survey

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Culture
The new (2006-2007) tardy policy drives
higher central detentions and higher in-school
suspensions.
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HSPA 2005-2007 Mathematics
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HSPA Results 2005-2007Language Arts
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Data Usage

• Benchmark Results and HSPA Results
• Class Placement
• Honors
• Foundations
• SAT Prep
• Math Concepts
• Reading/Writing Improvement
• Grade Analysis
• High and Low Trends
• Consistency within Department
• Development of Actions Plans for classes/students

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Key Accomplishments for 4th Quarter

• Drafted new electives for 2007-2008 in the
  following areas
• Social Studies
• Senior Electives
• Related Arts
• Business
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Art
• Computer Technology
• Music
• Math
• Calculus BC
• Inducted 46 students into the National Honor
  Society and 17 students into the National Art
  Honor Society. We also inducted students into
  the World Language Honor Society
• 4th annual Intergenerational Prom with Cedar
  Crest and Pequannock Residents

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Key Accomplishments for 4th Quarter

• Continued to increase in number of students using
  the math tutorial center
• Faculty successfully completed Advanced Placement
  Audits for all AP courses
• Successful first year with the REACH Program at
  the high school
• Completion of the first year of new mentoring
  program
• Completed over 4000 parental contacts by faculty
• Administered final exams/assessments in all
  academic and elective courses
• Various fundraisers were organized by students to
  help support the Coppola and Fox families

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Summer Initiatives

• Finalize scheduling model for 2008-2009 school
  year
• Begin designing professional development
  opportunities for staff and community on
  alternative scheduling
• Identify improvements in all other departments
  which will positively impact Language Arts and
  Mathematics
• Restructuring and selecting Team Leaders for
  Student Achievement
• Review and revision of Student Handbook for
  2007-2008 school year
• Analyze Benchmark Data to determine cut-off for
  Foundations Courses, HSPA and SAT Prep courses
• Curriculum writing for new courses that will run
  in 2007-2008

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A Year in Review

• Implemented Electronic Grading System and K-12
  Planet
• Benchmark Testing
• Began research on alternative scheduling
• Continued Middle States recommendation of
  curriculum review and revision
• HSPA Preparation
• Increased technology use through new media
  center, laptop cart and LCD Projectors in
  classrooms
• Mentoring Program