QUALITY LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY

FOR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Holbrook Unified School District

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HUSD #3 MOTTO:

A DIVERSE DISTRICT

Demographic

• 65% Native

• 20% Anglo

• 12% Hispanic

• 3% Asian and Black

Geographic

• 1,500 sq(m) of district boundaries

• Same size as the State of Rhode Island

• Students ride buses up to 70 miles “one way”

to get to school by 8:00 am.

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A DIVERSE DISTRICT

Socioeconomic

• 70% f/r district-wide

• Schools range from 95% to 60% f/r population

Financially

• Impact Aid

• Desegregation

• State

• Federal

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PRODUCING A RETURN

ON OUR INVESTMENT

Getting kids to:

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Personal Academic Social Success

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO

THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS

Personal Development:

• Mentoring programs

• Counseling services

• Alternative programs

• Power of All/Power

of 5 mentoring and

academic programs

RESULTS

• 95% attendance rates

• 2012-2013

no student expulsions

and very few long-

term suspensions

• Increase in

attendance over

the past two years.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

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HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO

THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS

Academic Development:

• Reading Interventions

• Tutorial

• Small class sizes

• Teach For Success

Instructional Practices

• Credit recovery

programs

• Technology integration

RESULTS

• “B” rated District

• 83% graduation rate

• 73% of 3rd-10th grade

students pass the

AIMS reading.

• Over $1M dollars in

scholarships given

out each year in our

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ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

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2012 DATA

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO

THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS

Social Development:

• Mentoring

• Positive Behavior Support

Systems (PBIS)

• School cultures/school

norms (JH- respectful,

responsible and reliably safe)

(HS- Be good to one another)

• Bully Free Programs

RESULTS

• HJHS had 7,000 “Beep

Beepers” given out last

year which are positive

reinforcements (emphasize

the positive)

• Increased school

population this year by 3%

and increased by 5% the

last two years.

• Positive school culture

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Social

“Everyone Belongs”

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HELPING STUDENTS BECOME WHO

THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING

PROGRAMS

Success Development:

• Aspirations developed

in 4th – 12th grades:

Natural aptitudes

+ Natural Talents =

Careers

• Building confidence in

our students

RESULTS

• Successful Alumni • Attorneys, veterinarians,

NBA coaches, teachers,

doctors, NASA

• Increasing number of

students that attend

college and technical

schools.

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SUCCESS-

for everyone for anything!

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THANK YOU

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“WE ARE NOT PERFECT BUT

WE NOT GOING TO STOP

TRYING TO BE”