Secondary Report February 2018

·         Academics

o   First Semester pass rate was 96% 149/156 students passed all of their classes.

o   Here are the pass rates from each semester.  1/11-93%   6/11-96%   1/12-99.25%   6/12-96.1%  1/13-96.8%    6/13-97.6%    1/14-96.9%     6/14-95.5%  1/15-99.25%, 6/15-97%, 1/16-96.6%, 6/16-97%, 1/17-91%, 6/17-96%, 1/18-96%. What a difference a year makes. Last year we missed a significant number of days at the end of the first semester and it showed academically. Numbers from spring semester and this fall show that we’re back up to our normal rates, AND this includes the raising of the passing grade to 63%. A few students use the after school program regularly, and others could benefit from it but don’t take advantage of the opportunity. A letter was sent home to every student who failed a course suggesting the use of the after school program to get assignments completed at school, and teacher assistance when needed.

o    I have been keeping track of the percentage of students with all grades of “C” or higher. This semester was 122/149 students for 82%. Here is the history of those rates. 1/11-83%, 6/11-84%, 1/12-86%, 6-12-82%, 1/13-82%, 6/13-81%, 1/14-86%, 6/14-86%, 1/15-79%, 6/15-86.5%, 1/16-82%, 6/16-85%, 1/17-78%,   6/17-84%   1/18-81%    Our “C or better” rate dropped slightly this semester, which may or may not be attributed to the grading scale change.  I also believe we are seeing more accurate numbers with our students.

o   The dual credit numbers are in for this year. Fall semester 27 students took 96 credits, which includes some online courses and the Microeconomics class for seniors. Spring semester we have 51 students taking 373 credits, which include many of the year-long classes for Juniors and Seniors, as well as online courses students are taking for additional dual credit. Focusing on the seniors we have 24/28 seniors taking dual credit courses, and will average 15.7 credits per person upon graduation. For the seniors who are actually taking the dual credit courses, that raises the number of credits to 18.3 per students. The highest number of credits will be 27 and the lowest 3, with many in the 20+ range, which has been our goal all along.

o   Online courses have increased significantly to 68 students taking 85 online classes this semester. We always add about 15 JH students with an online course in the spring time, but compared to a year ago there were 42 students taking 44 classes. Some students are figuring out they can get a college course out of the way in HS, some are taking courses to specifically benefit a skillset, and some are taking courses they think (or know) are easier (than classes from our teachers) or simply want an option we don’t offer. I want to commend Mr. Scripter for taking on the additional work load and spending the majority of his time in January to trying to stay on top of the online courses that our students are taking. We will have to have a discussion about possibly limiting the institution the courses are from (especially dual credit) as well as the list of courses, because adding each course take several minutes, not to mention the student side of it too.

o   Junior students took the ASVAB test as part of their Careers class activities. They tried to administer the test online like last year, and ended up using traditional method due to tech difficulties on their end.

o   Seniors are completing the choice of their project for Senior Projects class. Here is the list of projects that seniors have decided on thus far.

Aherin, Kayleigh	Volleyball Camps and Walk Your Own Path Presentation
Allen, Cole	Saturday Basketball
Andersen, Danielle	Donation Drive for Homeless
Barton, Cameron	Piano Music Album
Becker, Edward	Football Clinic
Burt, Courtney	Sports Team Banners
Carter, Kamiakin	Music Video
Druffel, Anna	Softball Mentoring
Fountain, Sidney	Music Album
Grieser, Taryn	Breast Cancer Awareness and Fundraising
Hale, Isaac	Welded Fire Pit
Hauser, Evyn	Rodeo Fundraiser
Johnson, Marcus	Welded Wood Stove
Kopf, Benjamin	Military Tactical Plan
Mader, Jadon	Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Maguire, Johnathan	Track Clinic
Monk, Virginia	Mr. GHS
Murray, Brianna	Teacher for a Semester
Peterson, Jaeli	Little Miss
Qualey, Tyler	Manufacturing Table
Riebold, Lane	Writing Video Game
Roach, Kelsey	Short Story Publication
Stout, Brandon	Fabricating Pickup Bumper
Stout, Coy	Training Hunting Dog
Trees, Sara	Music and Art Study
Van Marter, Benjamin	Diaper and Formula Drive
West, Dillon	Dungeons and Dragons Game Development
Woods, Hayden	Reloading and Balistics Testing

·         Activities

o   Student Participation Rates

§  Sports & Activities overall  95%

§  Sports 76%

§  IDFY 59%

§  FFA 53%

§  BPA 23%

§  Band 43%

§  Choir 28%

o   Team GPA’s are very close to GPA’s from recent years.

o   BPA had 23 students qualify for state (77%) and several in multiple events.

o   Music students participate in the Jazz Festival Feb. 22-24. The actual competition days have changed this year to the 23 and 24.

o   Jazz Concert with the University of Idaho will be in Moscow at the UI Music Building on Monday February 26^th, 6:30pm.

·         Athletics

o   Girls basketball District Tournament began Jan. 30^th for Genesee. We were the 3^rd seed and were out of the tournament after the loss to Prairie on Feb. 7^th. Overall a great season for the girls.

o   Boys basketball District Tournament begins on Feb. 10^th for Genesee. Genesee is the 7^th seed this year, and Played CV on Feb. 10^th to play-in to the tournament. BB Districts will continue through Feb. 21^st.

o   JH Bball begins February 9^th.

o   Spring sports first practice will be Feb. 23^rd.

·         Vision 21

o   There was a PRIDE Assembly on January 18^th. 17 students completed the semester with perfect attendance, and received $10 Happy Day gift cards and a king size candy bar. This number increased by 10, which is significant for us. Students were also chosen from the raffle and received gifts cards. Mr. Morrow’s Leadership class organized the games part of the assembly and students had fun participating in the games. 94 students (64%) had zero tardies for Fall Semester, and they were recognized and received a snack item. The percentage was 4% higher this year, and in real numbers 10 more students than last year.

o   Mr. Hanson and Mr. Hardie planned out the Human Rights Day activity, which involved watching specifically chosen films that dealt with human rights issues. Some films were based on true stories, some not. The students split up based on interest in the films and there was a set of questions used for discussion at the end for each group. The feedback was this was a great exercise and change up from the traditional Human Rights Day information.

o   The school had an assembly for Governor Otter and other dignitaries as part of the “Capitol for a Day” activities for the city of Genesee. The ASB officers did a great job of planning a running the assembly, and then spent the day helping at the fire hall with any assistance they needed. We also had DYW helpers, IHSAA Interscholastic Star helpers and the President from the Cow Creek Kids 4-H chapter. About 9 students spent the day helping. All of the secondary students made it to the fire hall to be a part of the Q & A sessions, and even asked a couple of questions. It was a great experience for our kids and the school.

·         Rec District update

o   Gropp Electric will be running wire from the dugouts to the scoreboards so we can get the scoreboards running. Much of the work is dependent on the weather.