High School

50 Gladney Street Clarenville, NL A5A 1G8 www.chs.k12.nf.ca @clarenvillehigh

2012‐2013 School Development Report

Vision Our vision is of a school community that works together to ensure each learner is supported, encouraged, and valued. We are also committed to providing meaningful learning experiences in an environment which allows all students to develop to their maximum potential.

Mission Our mission is to employ academic interventions to support the 21st Century learner in an inclusive environment that fosters wellness and a positive school environment. Table of Contents

Message from the Director of Education ...... 1 Message from Principal ...... 2 Message from School Council ...... 3 Overview of School ...... 4 Our School Community ...... 4 Key Highlights/Special Projects ...... 5 Partnerships ...... 6 Summary Report on the School’s Most Current Data ...... 7 3-4 Year School Development Plan ...... 12

Message from the Director of Education

A Message From DARRIN PIKE CEO/DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

This school development plan for 2013-14 outlines your school’s successes and highlights, while also determining the direction of the school in matters such as student achievement and professional development for the coming year.

The planning and execution of a school development plan is an important process that must be undertaken by the entire school community. A thorough plan lays the foundation for a productive and successful school year and will be beneficial to every member of the school community, most importantly the students of your school.

The school development plan contained in this report will be the final one completed under the strategic plans of the former English school districts. As we move forward with the development of a new strategic plan for the and English School District I thank our administrators, teaching staff, school councils and school communities for their efforts in developing and implementing the previous plans to ensure student success and achievement.

I look forward with great enthusiasm to the progress we are going to make as we build upon these school development plans and continue to provide a quality education for every student in our province.

Sincerely,

Darrin Pike CEO/Director of Education

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 1. Message from Principal

I am thrilled to be providing this annual progress report to our school community. The 2012‐13 school year was an engaging, vibrant and highly successful one at Clarenville High School. Our students and teachers worked together to achieve some amazing academic results. While our academic successes were significant, our athletic and cultural successes were also exemplary. Our school community also grew socially through events like “Shave for the Brave” this past year. We believe it takes an entire community to raise a child however and, to this end, we acknowledge the contribution of our feeder schools and celebrate and share our success within the entire school community.

This past year we completed a very successful School Development External Review in May. Our plan was accepted by the team and we now have four years to achieve our goals.

Our school is a great school. We achieve much success in all our endeavors and inspire our students to be the very best they can be in life. To be the Principal of a school like Clarenville High is very humbling. My staff and students are simply remarkable and our community stakeholders are very supportive. To close, we hope you enjoy our annual school report. We enjoyed creating it and are so proud to share it with our stakeholders. Go Cougars!

Ian Davidson

B.P.E, B.Ed., M.Ed., Ed.S Principal, Clarenville High School

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 2. Message from School Council

With fresh new leadership at the helm both students and staff have settled in to what should be another exciting school year at Clarenville High. Our School Council has had two meetings to date with another set for November. We have discussed many new ideas including Exam results, PD Days, School Development Plans, Teacher allocations, Class Sizes, Programs and Fundraising activities related to sports events and educational trips.

I feel that our School Council has helped maintain an open door policy between the school administration, students, the community and parents. The administration has demonstrated their commitment to education and the programs that Clarenville High has to offer. Communication is always open to any concerns that students and parents may have. Always quoted in our meetings is “students come first”. Our extra‐curricular program far exceeds any dreams of most small schools. Clarenville High has something to offer to all students. The students may be members of our sports programs, art clubs, robotics, public speaking, community involvement projects, educational trips, etc. Our teachers and administration offer continuous support to any student who wants to be part of the Clarenville High community. Each meeting with our school council brings something new for our school whether it is a new program or another achievement. It has made our job as school council representatives very rewarding.

Rodney Short School Council Chair

Our school council is a vibrant and dynamic group who support our school in numerous ways. In addition to approving all fundraising activities, they are active in supporting operational and academic issues in our school. School development and achievement data is shared with them annually and they fully participate in the process. Current members of our school council are:

Chair – Rodney Short (Parent) Ian Davidson (Staff) Angela Abbott (Parent) Lynn Hiscock (Parent) Bonnie Brentnall (Parent) Dr. Veeragathy Vasanthan (Community) Susan Galway (Community) Jason Lane (Staff) Bert Roberts (Staff)

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 3. Overview of School

Our School Community

CHS is home to 324 students, 20 teachers, 1 student assistant, and 4 support staff from 14 different communities from Port Blandford to Goobies and north to Burgoyne’s Cove and is a part of the Newfoundland Labrador English School District. We also host the Vista region school board office team within our school and the partnership has been highly successful to date. The culture of CHS is characterized by excellent behavior and cooperation, high expectations, productivity, healthy communication, and consistent support for students.

Our goal at CHS is to ensure our students develop to their full potential both as individuals and as members of society; and to promote within them a sense of responsibility towards and interdependence with their peers, community, and world. CHS currently offers a Grade 10 to Grade 12 program with a wide variety of choices serving a wide variety of student interests and needs. In addition to staff based at the school, CHS students have access to District office staff as needed in our building including: a vision itinerant, educational psychologists and speech language pathologists.

Which Programs are offered in our School?

• Late French Immersion • Core French • Career Education • Physical Education • Family Studies: Human Dynamics & Nutrition • Art Technologies & Studio Art •Music (Choral, Band & Appreciation) • Science (Chemistry, Physics, Earth Systems, Biology) • Technology and Trades courses •Pervasive Needs • Special Education •Social Studies: World & Canadian Studies, Religious Education, and Economic Education • Advanced Mathematics

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 4. Key Highlights/Special Projects

In May of 2013 Clarenville High School hosted its first annual “Shave for the Brave” and forty‐six students shaved their heads for cancer research. In the end, with the help of Riverside Elementary, we raised $19,000!

Our school held two major student recognition events throughout the year. In December we held the CHS Scholarship Trust Foundation Awards presentation at the Clarenville Events Center. The ceremony was well attended with representation from Eastern School District CEO, Dr. Bruce Vey, Eastern School District Chair Mr. Milton Peach and Hon. Ross Wiseman, MHA, Trinity North who all brought greetings. In June we held our annual recognition night at the high school and over 80 students were presented with certificates of achievement in co‐curricular activities. The CHS student of the year award was presented to Hilary Power.

CHS also offers a number of co‐curricular opportunities to our students including:

* Varsity Athletics (Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, Ice Hockey, Soccer, X‐C Running) During the 2012‐13 school year our male and female varsity athletic teams were successful in a number of regional and provincial competitions. Our Varsity Boys basketball team won the inaugural 4A (Tier 2) provincial basketball banner in Deer Lake. In volleyball CHS won numerous NLVA and Invitational tournaments throughout the year. The Varsity Boys team had a very successful year winning Volleyfest, the Dalhousie Classic and the 4A championship banner. The team also attended Nationals in Edmonton and performed very well.

* Drama Club Our Drama Club won the regional festival and went on to represent our district in at provincials. * Art Club * Robotics Team * Student Council * Music Program (Jazz Band, Concert Band, Concert Choir, and Chamber Choir) * Recycling Club * French & English Public Speaking * Special Olympics

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 5. Partnerships

CHS is blessed with excellent support from the business and service sector in the Clarenville area. The CHS Scholarship Trust Foundation raised in excess of $17,000 this past year and has holdings in excess of $75,000 in its investment fund. At our annual Awards Presentation in December we presented over $15,500 to deserving graduates. We are especially proud of this partnership as the Foundation’s focus is on recognizing and rewarding as many deserving students as possible.

Each fall our Guidance department plans a Post Secondary Forum for our students. This project is a partnership between the school and post secondary institutions and other agencies such as the Canadian Forces and RCMP. The experience gained by our students through this partnership is invaluable to them as they plan for their future after High School.

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 6. Summary Report on the School’s Most Current Data

Provincial Assessment Data

Public Exam data (4-year trend data (average final mark)

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Course School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province French 3200 72.8 72.6 72.7 69.4 73.9 72.7 71.6 72.7 Français 3202 74.6 74.7 73.5 73.7 75.3 75.6 79.5 76.0 75.7 Mathematics 3204 73.1 61.1 61.7 76.2 61.4 62.0 79.1 62.6 62.8 76.6 60.6 61.3 Mathematics 3205 92.9 79.0 77.9 85.9 80.1 79.3 90.9 80.1 79.1 87.2 79.8 79.8 World Geography 3202 67.0 63.7 64.6 79.9 67.3 68.0 76.3 68.4 68.8 68.2 70.0 World History 3201 66.9 67.1 68.8 69.3 70.0 70.5 67.6 68.6 Histoire mondiale 3231 70.0 69.9 70.1 69.1 74.9 74.7 74.8 72.7 Biology 3201 68.3 64.1 64.4 71.5 64.8 64.0 75.0 66.1 65.9 79.6 67.5 66.5 Chemistry 3202 76.7 70.5 70.8 78.5 71.7 71.1 80.5 72.2 71.3 76.6 71.6 71.9 Physics 3204 89.4 70.8 71.0 77.9 74.4 74.0 85.9 74.6 74.5 80.9 74.8 75.0 Earth Systems 3209 64.4 62.0 61.4 61.8 61.7 66.1 63.2 62.6 64.3 60.3 60.3 English 3201 67.6 66.7 66.5 69.0 66.3 66.2 70.7 65.2 65.0 73.9 69.6 69.3

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 7. Clarenville High School students do very well in public exams each year. This past year we performed above the District and Province in all Public Exam courses. Our teachers are providing high level instruction and our students are rising to the challenge.

Advanced/Academic/General Enrolment

Percentage of Students enrolled in Academic/Advanced/General Level III courses

High School Enrolment = 305

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province AdvancedMathematics 14.2 19.3 61.3 16.2 21.0 20.3 16.3 21.6 21.2 20.3 20.5 19.6 (Math 3205) Academic Mathematics 66.0 62.6 18.6 50.5 58.6 58.0 54.5 58.2 58.4 63.6 62.6 62.5 (Math 3204) General Mathematics 19.8 18.2 20.1 33.3 20.4 21.7 29.3 20.3 20.5 16.1 16.9 17.9 (Math 3206)

Academic English 77.7 76.8 75.0 64.6 77.3 74.2 69.8 79.3 76.6 70.3 79.0 76.5 (English 3201) General English 22.3 23.2 25.0 35.4 22.7 25.8 30.2 20.7 23.4 29.7 21.0 23.5 English 3202

The above table is misleading in representing our Academic to General ratio. We combined our Level II and Level III general students which threw off the percentages. Approximately 11% of our Level III students were enrolled in the general program last year, not 29.7 as the above table would suggest. You can see from the table below that only 16.5% of our students graduated with general status and this includes some who were enrolled in academic courses but failed one or more of those, resulting in general graduation status.

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 8.

Graduation Rate and Status

Percentage of Eligible Graduates that Graduate and Percentage of Graduates with Honours, Academic, or General

High School Enrolment = 305

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Graduation 92.8 91.6 92.6 95.7 91.4 91.7 98.9 92.5 92.7 95.2 94.2 94.2 Rate Graduation Status Honours 35.1 26.9 24.6 42.4 29.5 26.3 39.6 30.5 27.7 45.6 31.6 29.6 Academic 46.8 41.5 39.0 28.8 41.8 40.8 28.6 40.8 40.1 38.0 39.8 38.6 General 18.2 31.6 36.4 28.8 28.7 32.9 31.9 28.7 32.2 16.5 28.6 31.8

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 9.

Scholarships

Number of Level III students = 305

Provincial Government Scholarships

2011/2012 2012/2013 2014/2015 2015/2016 Junior Jubilee Electoral 3 3 Centenary 7 3 Moss

Total Scholarship/Bursary Offers

2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Number of Students Awarded a 56 52 Scholarship or Bursary Total (estimated) Dollar Figure 27,500.00 28,000.00 Offered (all students)

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 10. Analysis of the School’s Most Current Data

Public Exam results were very good this past year. Our school ranked above the district and province on all public exams. Of particular note this past year was the continued strong performance of our Math students, the successful implementation of French 3202 and the fact that our Biology 3201 students finished up with the highest average in the province. The shared evaluation marks in all courses indicated our belief that our students would outperform the province, and their teachers were correct. At CHS, we feel that our students are well prepared to write public exams and believe, going in, that they will do well.

This past year, under the leadership of school development chair Mr. Paul Stewart, we were able to successfully create a new, four year plan for Clarenville High. Our key goals were:

1) To develop and employ academic interventions to support the 21st Century learner. 2) To enhance learning through an inclusive environment. 3) To foster wellness and create a positive school environment where teachers, parents, and students collaborate.

Our data is clearly showing that our students are meeting with success on provincial and internal assessments. The next phase in our evolution is to move toward more 21st century friendly teaching styles to better prepare our students for the challenges of learning in the coming years. We need to ensure our teaching continues to not only prepare our Cougars for success in examinations, but success in life. Being able to think outside the box, embrace change and approach problems in a positive manner will all be crucial to a successful life. Our school development plan seeks to address all student needs in a safe, positive and challenging environment. To this end, we are looking forward to the next four years and feel our data will continue to show high achieving students who are prepared for success in life in the 21st century.

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 11. Report on School Development Plan for Previous Year

3- 4 Year School Development Plan Template

School Development Plan 2013-2014 Goal 1: To develop and employ academic interventions to support the 21st Century learner. Objective 1.1: Increase the Objective 1.2: Increase the use of Objective 1.3: Enhance student Objective 1.4: Enhance student knowledge and utilization of activities to promote critical awareness of local and global ability to collaborate and 21st century technology thinking and problem solving in issues. (Global awareness) communicate. amongst staff. all disciplines.

Strategies: Strategies: Strategies: Strategies: 1.1.1 Organize and deliver a session 1.2.1 Assign a POW (problem of the 1.3.1 Participate in local and global 1.4.1 Establish a school wireless on smart board/team board teaching week) in each discipline. (Post in initiatives which enhance the health network and encourage student usage. strategies for staff. Cougar Chronicle) and wellness of representative 1.4.2 Employ social media (twitter, 1.1.2 Conduct department meetings 1.2.2 Develop lessons around the use citizens. (Local Christmas charities, blogs, Edmodo, etc.). to investigate appropriate teaching of software and online tools Spread the net campaign, etc.) 1.4.3 Employ group work to allow ‘apps’ within each discipline. (Inspiration, Explore Learning, Google 1.3.2 Organize debates to investigate students to work together on 1.1.3 Offer professional development Earth, etc.). current issues within courses (where curriculum related tasks. on making use of social media 1.2.3 Present students with appropriate). 1.4.4 Connect our students with (twitter, blogs, Edmodo, etc.). opportunities to investigate curricula 1.3.3 Invite community members to students in other localities through 1.1.4 Develop staff working groups through hands on activity. present to students on cultural appropriate ‘channels’ to exchange to investigate the use of software and 1.2.4 Expand the boundaries of the diversity. information and ideas. online tools (Inspiration, Explore classroom by utilizing other areas of 1.3.4 Present students with the 1.4.5 Develop an acceptable policy Learning, Google Earth, etc.). the school (school property), opportunity to increase social pertaining to the appropriate use of community, province and beyond awareness by volunteering with the school wireless network. (field trips/school trips). community organizations. 1.3.5 Organize school clubs that address local and global issues (Interact Club, Envirothon club, World Vision, etc).

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 12. Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: 1.1.1 Record of scheduled session. 1.2.1 List of problems used for POW 1.3.1 Record of initiatives taken. 1.4.1 Record of network 1.1.2 Record of scheduled meetings. initiative. 1.3.2 File of issues debated. establishment and student use. 1.1.3 Record of scheduled 1.2.2 File of plans used. 1.3.3 Record of presenters. 1.4.2 Record of social media used. professional development sessions 1.2.3 File of plans used. 1.3.4 Record of volunteer 1.4.3 File of examples used. attended. 1.2.4 Record of trips taken. experiences. 1.4.4 Record of connections made. 1.1.4 Formal schedule/minutes of 1.3.5 List of groups and members. working groups.

Goal 1. Support Plan Financial Professional Development/Time Required 1.1.1 Apply for appropriate government grants to support curriculum 1.1.1 Appropriate use of school PD shut-down time related experiences. 1.1.2 Maximize school related funds to support teachers as they strive to learn how to differentiate instruction.

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 13. Goal 2: To enhance learning through an inclusive environment. Objective 2.1: Increase teacher Objective 2.2: Increase teacher Objective 2.3: Foster an awareness Objective 2.4: Incorporate opportunity to broaden their opportunity to broaden their of the importance of activity based technology into the inclusive knowledge of various assessment knowledge of differentiated learning amongst staff to enhance the classroom to enable all students to practices. instructional practices. inclusive environment. participate in learning. Strategies: Strategies: Strategies: Strategies: 2.1.1 Initiate sharing sessions 2.2.1 Initiate sharing sessions between 2.3.1Provide in-servicing to staff 2.4.1 Provide in-servicing on the between staff/colleagues to discuss staff/colleagues that would allow them demonstrating the effectiveness of types of technology available and best practices in assessing students to discuss practices and develop plans Activity Based Learning (ABL) as how they can be utilized in the with differing needs. of instruction. well as provide examples of how to classroom. implement ABL in their own 2.1.2 Provide teachers with resources 2.2.2 Provide teachers with resources classrooms. 2.4.2 Provide teachers with to support their initiation of that would support their initiation of resources/technology and training on differentiated assessment. differentiated instruction. 2.3.2 Provide teachers with resources how to use this technology effectively that will enable them to use various in their classrooms. activities to teach curriculum concepts. Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: 2.1.1 Records of scheduled sessions 2.2.1 Record of scheduled sessions of 2.3.1 Record of presenters who are 2.4.1 Record of classrooms equipped and presenters. professional development. trained in ABL methods. with technology such as Smart 2.1.2 Record of resources. 2.2.2 Record of teachers using a 2.3.2 Record of teachers Boards, computers and software. variety of resources and instructional demonstrating ABL techniques in 2.4.2 Record of teachers methods. their classrooms illustrating increased demonstrating and students using motivation in students. various technological resources in their classrooms.

Goal 2. Support Plan Financial Professional Development/Time Required 2.1.2 Maximize school related funds to support teachers in differentiated 2.3.1 Appropriate use of school PD shut-down time instruction and assessment. 2.4.1 Appropriate use of school PD shut-down time

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 14.

Goal 3: To foster wellness and create a positive school environment where teachers, parents, and students collaborate. Objective 3.1: Increase the opportunity for staff, Objective 3.2: Enhance a positive school Objective 3.3: Increase collaboration/communication student and community wellness. atmosphere and improve the school environment between and amongst administration, teachers and the school community. Strategies: Strategies: Strategies: 3.1.1 Establish an afterschool student fitness 3.2.1 Increase student support and involvement in 3.3.1 Initiate administration, Dept. heads, and teacher program in our Schools Wellness Center. student activities. (Interact Club, SRC, Winter sharing sessions. (instruction, inclusive, growth) 3.1.2 Organize a wellness symposium for staff Carnival, Drama, Art Club, etc) 3.3.2 Increase administration classroom visits. students and parents. 3.2.2 Enhance teacher and community support of 3.3.3 Increase communication between school and 3.1.3 Create opportunities for staff to participate co-curricular activities. home through the use of Synervoice, Powerschool, in wellness activities (staff luncheons, staff 3.2.3 Initiate student involvement within CHS newsletter, etc. functions, etc.). Clarenville High School’s ‘Cougar Pride’ 3.3.4 Improve parent participation in curriculum 3.1.4 Encourage staff participation in physical committee. night, PT interviews, school functions, etc. fitness. 3.2.4 Enhance the physical environment of the 3.3.5 Implement co-teaching throughout the 3.1.5 Offer professional development pertaining school and grounds. school/across the curriculum. to teacher wellness (Teacher Stress, Classroom 3.2.5 Encourage partnerships with community 3.3.6 Develop a mentoring program for new and Discipline, Personal Wellness, etc,). groups. existing staff members 3.1.6 Promote and Facilitate Active Living 3.2.6 Implement bullying, anti-bullying and Cyber 3.3.7 Provide staff with opportunities for input in practices in our School. bullying programs within our school. teaching assignments 3.1.7 Promote and facilitate Healthy Eating 3.2.7 Implement a Sexting Prevention Education practices in our school. Program within the school. 3.1.8 Encourage more community members to 3.2.8 Increase school Spirit & School Pride facilitate clubs/varsity programs. 3.2.9 Encourage students to create and maintain 3.1.9 Provide support to students in financial need murals which enhance the curriculum and display allowing all who wish to participate in wellness student talent initiatives an opportunity.

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 15. Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: Indicators of Success: 3.1.1 Record of student attendance. 3.2.1 Record of participation. 3.3.1 Record of sessions. 3.1.2 Record of participation. 3.2.2 Record of support. 3.3.2 Record of visits. 3.1.3 Record of participation. 3.2.3 Record of participation. 3.3.3 Record of communication. 3.1.4 Record of participation. 3.2.4 File of improvements. 3.3.4 Record of attendance. 3.1.5 Record of professional development session. 3.2.5 Record of partnerships. 3.3.5 Record of co-teaching. 3.1.6 Record of participation. 3.2.6 Record of programs. 3.3.6 Record of mentorships. 3.1.7 File of practices. 3.2.7 Record of programs. 3.3.7 File of discussions. 3.1.8 Record of community involvement. 3.2.8 Anecdote of pride. 3.1.9 Record of support. 3.2.9 Record of improvements.

Goal 3. Support Plan Financial Professional Development/Time Required 3.1.2 Allocate funding from school budget to implement a Wellness 3.1.5 Appropriate use of school PD shut-down time. Symposium within school. 3.1.7 Apply for community grants in support of our Healthy Eating program. 3.1.9 Apply for local and community grants for students in need of financial support for sports and wellness initiatives. 3.2.4 Allocate school funding to enhance the physical environment of school through fundraising initiatives and school budget.

Clarenville High School Annual Report 2012-13 Page 16. Operational Issues for 2013-15

Operational Issue Intended Action Elevator Lift Have elevator serviced by a technician.

Combination of 3202/2202 Revisit to see if viable. English.

Fairness of teaching Hold discussions between administration and teachers. assignments. Smart Boards. Replace Team Boards with Smart Boards.

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