November 16, 2016 – Minutes

School Community Council—Hillcrest High School

November 16, 2016

In Attendance:

1. Greg Leavitt
2. Jody Koch
3. Marie Otto
4. Sheila Armstrong
5. Brant Thomsen
6. Michelle Hawkins
7. Ranae Dalgleish
8. Jan Hansen
9. Misty Jolley
10. Suzanne Riches
11. Jeremy Wright
12. Kim Weaver Lewis

Agenda:

• Michelle, Vice-Chair opened
• Greg directed meeting from there
• Review of Trust Land Funds 16-17
  • 9th graders are targeted
  • Used for:

1. Link Crew
2. Buy Math FTE
   1. Math Lab going well
   2. Pass rates up
   3. Maverick Fridays
3. VPs have aides
   1. 25% of 9th graders getting interventions
   2. More students passing by the end of the term
   3. Husky Huddle

• School CSIP 16-17
  • “Verge” Cards
  • Informational Texts
  • Note-taking
• Data Discussion
  • 9th graders GPAs are progressing
    • Find data on 9th grade GPAs in high-school vs. middle-school
  • Declining Hillcrest Attendance Risk
    • 1st quarter more positive
  • Graduation Rates
    • If a student leaves our school, and is not confirmed on the records of another school, they stay on our record and count as a drop-out.
  • ACT
    • Proficient means “ready to go to college” – normed across the nation
    • Future Discussion: ACT Prep Course
      • Teen ACT (after-school program)
      • Consider—it’s a data point
    • SAGE
      • Math is still below 40% in both ACT and SAGE
      • We need to keep picking at it to get it up
    • Reading
      • Kids are trying harder on SRI because reading takes them out of there elective until they get their score up
      • Future: Get reading data for subgroup: ELLs
    • Keep Discussing in Jan./Feb.
    • We’ll write the plan in March
    • Email data packet as some attachments out to whole SCC for those who couldn’t attend