Lassiter’s Liberator!
Week of April 7, 2008
Well, well, well! Here we are on this beautiful second week of April, and guess what? This week, April 7-11, represents the beginning of the final grading period here at Southern Lee High School! We have had a pretty good year thus far along several fronts, those being academically, athletically, facilities-wise, and for innovation.
Here’s what I mean:
Academically, our students and staff really dedicated themselves toward improving our testing composites as measured by the North Carolina student accountability testing program. We have hovered around the 60% proficiency mark for the past three years, and we as a school set some instructional goals for ourselves prior to the 2007-08 school year to break this trend. At the end of the first semester, our EOC proficiency mark was 63.1% (unofficial), and our VOCAT proficiency mark was 70.1% (official).
The teachers, student body, and staff worked very hard during the first semester, and everyone is working hard to do well on the forthcoming exams coming up in June! With this, our staff will plan our after-school extra help sessions designed to ready our students for success. During our April 8, 2008 faculty and staff meeting, SLHS staff will discuss and hopefully approve an after-school extra help session schedule.
Athletically, Southern Lee has had (and is having) a banner year. Our fall and winter sports teams did very well, and our spring sports teams are very competitive. Our baseball team is in first place in the Cape Fear Valley Conference. Our softball team is in first place in the conference. Our men’s tennis team is in third place, and our women’s soccer team is tied for first place in the league. And not to be outdone, our two-time, back to back men’s golf team is in sole possession of first place in the league, and “on par” to win their third consecutive league championship!
Southern Lee is also in the midst of planning for a Ninth grade Academy, designed to help incoming freshmen make the transition from middle school to high school a little smoother. The academy concept, as designed and researched by SLHS staff, will feature the transformation of the 600 hall into the 9th grade center, with the four “core” courses offered there-Algebra 1, English 9, World History, and Earth/Environmental Science. Additionally, the freshmen will have their own lunch period, which allows them to be with their age and grade-appropriate peers while they become acclimated and accustomed to high school academics and routines.
We need your continued support, visits, and well-wishes as we embark upon this final leg of our journey that is the 2007-08 school year. We will contact you VERY SHORTLY about opportunities to serve as test proctors, volunteers, and motivators during the final weeks of our school year, as we will have 1, 182 students to test, prepare for promotion (or perhaps summer school), and graduation.
Until next time,
HDL
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