Tuesday, September 4, 2018



Secondary Report August 2018

·         Academics
o   Year in review 95% pass rate in 17-18 which includes the increase in passing from 60% to 63%.
o   The C or better rate was 83.5% for the 17-18 school year which is 2.5% higher than 16-17 year.
o   Looking into the impact of the new grading scale, here is a breakdown of 3 grades.  GPA 3.0 or higher
§  Class of 2019  12/22, 2 years old scale, one year new scale 3 @ 4.0
§   Class of 2020  22/29, one year of each scale  5 @ 4.0
§  Class of 2021 18/25, only new grading scale 2 @ 4.0
o   Careers class spilt this year ASVAB testing Sept. 4th

·         Activities
o   GHS Open House will be August 28 from 6:30-8pm
o   School picture day is September 6th
o   Latah County Fair is September 12-16   PD day(no school) on 13th and no school on 9/14

·         Athletics
o   Fall sports have begun.
o   18 out for FB first game Aug 24th at Kendrick.  
o   20+ girls out for VB, Aug 23rd is first match against Lapwai. JV and V both have tournaments on August 25th Genesee and Lewiston respectively. 
o   There are 7 students out for cheer. 
o   JH FB starts August 20th, and JHVB starts September 19.

·         Vision 21
The first day of school will involve a team building activity with the color groups, and the teachers will BBQ lunch for students. Students will get to go to each class for a few minutes in the afternoon

·         Rec. District Update
o   Potable water line is being installed by Roach construction.
o   Sewer lines will be installed this fall.
o   Baseball field has been marked out and dugout construction will begin in Sept.
o   Fields will be plugged and grass seed broadcast in area outside of fences this fall.