Port Angeles High School
Welcome to Port Angeles High School!
We look forward to the 2007-08 school year and welcome Port Angeles ninth through twelfth graders to Port Angeles High School, 304 East Park Avenue. If you have any questions, please call 360.452.7602.
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Our Mission
Together we will develop the skills to achieve our ambitions, the enthusiasm to pursue learning, and the commitment to cultivate responsible citizenship.
High School Statistics
2006-07 |
2005-06 |
|
| Enrollment | 1,323 | 1,443 |
| Smallest Class | 9 |
5 |
| Largest Class | 35 |
33 |
| Average Class Size | 22 |
33 |
| Classroom Teachers | 80.9 |
75.3 |
| Support Staff | 5.4 |
5.4 |
| Administrators | 3.5 |
3.5 |
| Secretaries | 8.75 |
8.75 |
| Para-Educators | 18 |
18 |
| Custodians | 7 |
7 |
| Food Services | 10 |
11 |
| Volunteers | 100 |
100 |
| Avg. Annual Attendance | 90.1% |
90.74% |
| Suspended | 255 |
229 |
| Expelled | 4 |
13 |
| Students Promoted | 96% |
89% |
| Free/Reduced Lunch % | 26.5% |
33.30% |
| Title I/Lap | n/a |
n/a |
| Special Education | 185 |
194 |
| Bilingual | 1 |
4 |
| Highly Capable | 222 | 249 |
Reflections on the
2006-07 School Year
We continued to refine a program that provides the core skills to enable all students to meet the new state graduation requirements. All staff members focused on helping every student master the essential curriculum, as defined by reading, writing and math standards.
As a result of our collaboration to examine student work and refine our instructional practices, student achievement made a few advances:
- Increase in WASL math scores in geometric sense (53.9% to 60.5%) and probability and statistics (50.3% to 58.4%).
- Overall increase in students passing the science WASL (36.8% to 38%) and an increase in females passing (37.3% to 40.6%).
- 2.6% increase of students at level 4 of WASL Math.
- Continued gains in Native American scores in reading (1.3% higher than white students at 81.8%), writing and science.
- Increase in the number of students passing all three areas of the WASL (Reading, Math, Writing) from 53% to 55%.
Plans for the 2007-08 school Year
Student Learning. The Port Angeles High School Continuous School Improvement Plan is focused on realizing the vision of every student graduating on time. Key strategies include the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process, the Learning Assistance Program (LAP), the student advisory program, and professional development designed to support teachers in the improvement of instructional practices. With regard to our attention to essential curriculum:
- Credit Recovery will be offered before and after school for students who nearly missed passing specific English, social studies, and math courses.
- Learning Assistance Program (LAP) teachers will provide remediation in reading, writing, and math. LAP staff members will identify the students most at-risk and make personal contact with the families to identify a plan to support their particular learning needs.
- Following the DRP® in October, students that do not have an Individual Education Plan (IEP), have a DRP® score of 55 or below, and are not enrolled in Read180®, will be further tested by our LAP staff to determine specific strategies for remediation.
- All students in grades 9-12 who did not pass one or more sections on their previous WASL will have a Student Learning Plan created and communicated to their families through a parent/student/teacher conference.
- Staff and the School Improvement Team have created an intervention plan for struggling 9th grade students. This plan will closely monitor students who are at-risk of failing their classes, offer additional support, and provide greater parent communication.
Professional Development. The Small Learning Communities Council designs and implements our Wednesday morning collaboration sessions. Staff members identify topics that support the achievement of academic objectives, as well as emphasize a more positive culture and climate. Through these processes, we improve instructional practice, which in turn supports student learning and leads to improved results.
School Climate. Starting with this year’s graduating class, the new state and district graduation requirements take effect. To assist students, we will use the advisory period as a storehouse for all work and data pertinent to graduation. The advisory program will be the primary support for Student Learning Plans, the High School & Beyond Plan and the Senior Culminating Project.
In addition, clear, consistent communication with all parents is a critical component to student success. To assist us in this area, PAHS will be providing Family Access to our core student record system Skyward®9714. By providing this service, students and their families will have the ability to monitor a student’s academic progress via Internet access.
How Can You Help?
Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed. But not all children learn in the same way at the same time. The parents, friends of Port Angeles High School students and our community are all instrumental in
providing the additional support that makes learning at the high school motivating and rewarding. We need your support to continue our rich history of a high school that cares for kids and celebrates success. Please call us at
360.452.7602.
Use and Condition of Building
Port Angeles High School is a campus style school comprised of 11 buildings on approximately 33 acres. Dates of construction range from 1953 through 1978. The facility supports grade nine through grade twelve classrooms, as well as outdoor fields for district and community recreation. The physical evaluation of this educational facility is rated two on a four-point scale based on a March 5, 2001 study and survey.
Facility Use and Conditions Report available at the Port Angeles School District office.
For more information on Port Angeles School District's Report Card go to: reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us.