Transcript Dixie Heights High School Freshman Academy

Dixie Heights
High School
Freshman Academy
The Journey
Larry Tibbs
Brennon Sapp
Thad Dusing
Freshman Academy
Goals
Improve Attendance
Improve Retention Rate
Improve Failure Rate
Improve Discipline Referral Rate
Year One
 Establish Academy
 Choose teachers
 Create Remediation Program
 Create Homework Hotline
Year Two
 Common Planning Periods
 Established Parent Conference Day
 Created 4th Quarter SWS
Year Three
 Create Freshman Coordinator position
 Establish Freshman Wing in building
 Freshman Success Guide created
 Freshman Administrator assigned
 Camp Dixie Day
 “Colonel Character” Cards
 Reward Field Trip
 Pathway Advisor program
 Honors Assembly
 Teacher WebPages
 Gender-based PE/Health
 PD on Adolescent Development
 Mandatory Tutoring Busses
Next Year??
 Trimesters
 Separate Teams
 Course placement determined by math
and English assessments
Pitfalls
 Prepare, prepare, prepare
 Put someone in charge
 Choose Staff carefully
 Train Staff on adolescent and gender
development
 Maintain high staff moral
 Strong transition plan with the middle
school