Hillsdale High Schools small learning communities provide a dynamic

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- Florence Kyoto Marrakech Cusco Jakarta
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Hillsdale High Schools small learning
communities provide a dynamic educational
environment that challenge every individual to
learn and grow. Among our cornerstones are
PERSONALIZATION
QUALITY INSTRUCTION
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION HIGH
STANDARDS RIGOR OPPORTUNITY
FOR ALL STUDENTS
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Will the school I am considering

• Know me/my child?
• Help fulfill my childs potential?
• Understand the educational requirements of our
  ever-changing global economy?

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1. Know me/my child?

• Smaller Learning Communities (SLCs)
• 9th grade class of approx. 300 is divided into 3
  groups of 100 each (Marrakech, Florence, Kyoto)
• Each group of 100 is assigned to 4 core
  teachers/advisors who work with the students over
  two years (English, Social Sci, Math, Science)
• All students are assigned to rigorous classes and
  personally supported
• All teaching teams collaborate daily

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2. Help fulfill my childs potential?

• Hillsdales Rigorous Academic Program
• All students in Biology and Algebra (at least!)
  in the 9th grade
• AP Calculus (AB BC), English (Lang. Lit.),
  US History, Government, Biology, Chemistry,
  Physics, Enviro. Science, Spanish, Chinese, Music
  Theory
• College Courses on campus Psychology, Business,
  Business Law, Ceramics, Statistics, American Sign
  Language, Music (12 total)
• Elective Extra-curricular Opportunities

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What is Hillsdales interpretation of Academic
Rigor?

• Hillsdales Unique Approach
• Benchmark Assessments
• Project-Based Assessments
• Senior Exhibition/Senior Portfolio
• College Readiness
• Our concern is what students LEARN,
• Not just what teachers TEACH

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Sample College Acceptances for SLC
GraduatesClasses of 2007 and 2008

• Stanford Yale Cornell Duke
• Brown Loyola (LMU) USC
• UoP PugetSound LewisClark
• SantaClara Whitworth ArizonaState
• St.Marys Baird Chapman Biola
• Pepperdine CaliforniaLutheran USF
• as well as ALL UC and CSU campuses, including
• CAL, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, CalPoly,...

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3. Understand the educational requirements of our
ever-changing global economy?

• Did you know of College Graduates in 2006
• USA 1.3million India3.1million
  China3.3million
• By 2016, China will be the largest
  English-speaking nation in the world
• U.S. Department of Labor estimates that
• ½ of all current workers have been with their
  current employer less than 5 years
• The average worker entering the workforce today
  will have 10-14 different jobs by the time he or
  she is age 38

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Hillsdales Vision for Students

• ALL students must graduate both College and
  Work-place Ready
• 11th and 12th grade years must begin to bring the
  community in and take the student out college
  courses, internships, digital portfolios
• ALL students must be mentored and guided by at
  least one adult who knows them well

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• In the years of our SRNs partnership,
  Hillsdale has designed and implemented Smaller
  Learning Communities that have the potential to
  significantly address issues of educational
  equity and serve as a model for conversion
  schools across the country.
• Their implementation plan is a blueprint for
  more powerful teaching and learning.
• Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond
• -Education Policy Advisor to President Obama
• -Founding Executive Director of the National
• Commission for Teaching and America's Future
• -Founder and Co-Director of Stanford
  Universitys
• School Redesign Network (SRN)
• -Professor of Education, Author

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- Florence Kyoto Marrakech Cusco Jakarta
-
Hillsdale High Schools small learning
communities provide a dynamic educational
environment that challenge every individual to
learn and grow. Among our cornerstones are
PERSONALIZATION
QUALITY INSTRUCTION
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION HIGH
STANDARDS RIGOR OPPORTUNITY
FOR ALL STUDENTS