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Preparatory Institute, School for Academic Excelle
 
Preparatory Institute, School for Academic Excelle
 
Preparatory Institute, School for Academic Excellence at Charles I. West Hall
Mike Barton, Principal
2050 Saphire Stone Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89106
Phone: 702-799-3120 Fax: 702-799-3126
Website: schools.ccsd.net/west
 
 
Mission Statement
West Prep is committed to providing a safe, caring, and positive educational environment that promotes life-long learning, maximum academic achievement, and social maturity thereby preparing every student to advance to a college or university.
 
Highlights
West Preparatory School is proud to highlight the following achievements. West Prep is the only K-12 school in the metropolitan Las Vegas area.
  • The high school division of the school achieved Annual Yearly Progress during the 2009-10 school year.
  • French was offered as a daily class to students in the primary grades (K-2) of the school.
  • West Prep's inaugural graduation was held in June 2010.
  • The high school component of the school showed a .03% dropout rate, well below the district average.
  • Third semester continued to assist students (K-12) with remediation and enrichment.
  • West Prep was selected as a Nevada Highlighted School for the 2011 Nevada Department of Education Mega-Conference.
  • SAT and AP examination participation increased by 150% when comparing the 2009-10 and 2010-2011 school years.
  • The Arts and Humanities School at West Prep began a daily news broadcast called the WPA News.
  • The school-within-a-school concept was fully implemented in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades for the 2010-2011 year.
 
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1
Teachers will engage in ongoing collaboration to improve instructional practice, assessment design, and use of data.

Objective(s):
Student achievement will result in a 10% decrease of non-proficient students in all subgroups as compared to the 2009-10 AYP results. NCCAT survey results will increase from the 2009-10 to 2010-11 on the following NCCAT indicators (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, and 2.2).

Goal 2
School leadership will establish a consistent and systematic process to communicate, monitor, and evaluate staff.

Objective(s):
Student achievement will result in a 10% decrease of non-proficient students in all subgroups as compared to the 2009-10 AYP results. NCCAT survey results will increase from the 2009-10 to 2010-11 on the following NCCAT indicators (3.3 and 3.4).