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October 18, 2011

 * // YES WE DID!! //**

As many of you know, the students and staff of Sheldon Clark High School met the No Child Left Behind requirements on the KCCT testing last year. Our students made phenomenal gains in all areas of math, reading, science, social studies, and on-demand writing. Our staff and students earned this accomplishment through hard work and a focus on learning in each and every classroom. As a district, Martin County School District was one of only twenty-two school districts to meet NCLB requirements. GO CARDINALS!!

It was fitting that SCHS met the NCLB requirements during the last year of the KCCT model. Now, we have another challenge. The new accountability model for the state is now called K-PREP and is based on various factors including on-demand writing, End-Of-Course (EOC) assessments, ACT, PLAN, and others. EOC assessments are given when students complete designated courses. Those courses for the 2011-2012 school year include Algebra II, English II (10th grade), Biology I, and US History. Finally, NCLB requirements will be based on the results from the Algebra II and English II for math and reading. This is a new framework that shapes our challenge of meeting NCLB requirements for this, and future, school years.

New challenges always accompany a new school year. Students and staff will rise to those challenges. No matter the challenge; it is our mission to “BE READY! It’s the CARDINAL rule.”

Robbie L. Fletcher Principal, Sheldon Clark High School