Week beginning September 10!
Good Sunday evening, friends in Education! I am writing live from the lovely city of Greensboro, North Carolina, where I am attending a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Conference! Southern Lee will host a SACS Peer Review Visit during the 2008-09 school year, where the Southern Association will examine our student achievement data, survey data from staff, students, and parents, as well as spending some time with us observing our operations to decide to award re-accreditation. We are very excited that our school, our students, our staff, and our process will be on spotlight, and I will be even more excited when we receive a favorable recommendation from SACS when their visit is over!
It was a good week at Southern Lee, with the highlight being the revelation that our school had met expected academic growth under the ABC’s testing model (ABC stands for Accountability, Basic education skills, and local Control). Under the model, Southern Lee met expected growth and with a 57.4% composite, is a priority school, meaning we will have to redesign some aspects of our academic program. We have already done this by:
Offering certain academic classes to certain students for 36 weeks instead of 18.
Redesigning the master schedule and the assignment of classes to teachers.
Encouraging more students to take challenging honors-level, advanced placement, and online classes.
Hiring some dynamic instructional staff who have a high-level of expertise in their assigned subject matter and effective instructional strategies.
I am also very excited about hosting YOU on Wednesday night, September 12 in our main gym at our PTSO Rally! We will discuss a variety of topics that are designed to improve home/school relations, as well letting our students know that their parents/guardians are a partner in the educational process. Among some of the topics we’ll discuss:
Senior matriculation
The registration process
The Graduation Project
Promotion Standards
North Carolina High School Diploma Pathways
SAT/ACT testing and registration
NCAA Clearinghouse
Athletic Booster Club membership
Volunteerism efforts
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I also wish to invite you to attend the third annual Southern Lee High School Marching Cavaliers Band Preview. Mr. Miller will unveil the third edition of the “Southern Lee Sound Machine” on Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please call Mr. Miller at 718-2400!
We are also proud to have Mr. Randy Hogue with us on Monday, September 24 at 10:00 a.m. in our gymnasium. Mr. Hogue is a nationally-recognized evangelist and motivational speaker, and he will take time with our students on that day to encourage them to do the absolute best that they can do in spite of whatever obstacles stand before them. As always, I invite YOU to come, too!
Until next time,
HDL
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