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Mission Statement |
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The Washoe County School District sets out to create an education system where all students achieve academic success, develop personal and civic responsibility, and achieve career and college readiness for the 21st century. |
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Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology students are excelling in the classroom and in their career and technical related competitions.- Over 150 students participated in their Career and Technical State competitions for:Skills USA, HOSA and FFA.
- Twenty two students won gold or silver metals in their event and will represent the State of Nevada at the National event.
- Six engineering students won “Rookie of the Year” and placed 10th overall at the International NASA Moonbuggy Race.
- Twenty five freshman earned their TeenCERT (Community Emergency Response Team) certifications.
- Nineteen freshman scored in the top 20% of the nation on the Financial Literacy Challenge.
- There was a 98% passing rate on core courses for theFall semester, 2010.
- All students have devoted many hours to community service and Learn and Serve opportunities.
- Students will compete in the GREENevada grant competition.
- 100% of student body committed to at least six hours of community service.
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Goals and Objectives |
Goal 1
Develop a strong school culture.
Objective(s):
Retain 90% of our students. Have both academic and CTE teachers involved in our career tech student organizations. Increase membership in the parent booster organization by 25%, and establish community advisory boards for our CTE academies.
Goal 2
Prepare students for college and career.
Objective(s):
Developed a third year of our four year curriculum plan of study in each academy. Have 95% of our students show growth in their perception of soft skills, and increase the number of students earning tech prep credit by 10%.
Goal 3
Prepare students for college prep courses.
Objective(s):
We are training teachers for our new AP courses to be offered in 2011-2012. We will use the PSAT's AP potential report, enrollment in our honors classes, and counselor/teacher recommendations to identify potential AP students. We held educational forums for students/parents about the AP program.
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