New Deal High School
STEM Academy
WELCOMES
Texas High School Project
and
Visiting Districts
May 18, 2011
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
New Deal High School – STEM Academy
• Our Mission …
– Provide every student a quality education at the
highest level of academic skill by meeting
individual needs, building positive character,
challenging all minds, and promoting lifelong
learning in a safe environment
• Our Vision ...
– Prepare students to be college ready, career
ready, and life ready
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
Demographics
• Student Enrollment – 208
• Faculty & Staff – 24
– High School Only – 15
– Shared between Middle & Elementary – 9
• Ethnicity
– White – 50%
– Hispanic – 47%
– Black – 3%
• Economically Disadvantaged – 50%
• At-Risk – 59%
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
Accountability Ratings
Year
Rating
2006
Acceptable
2007*
Acceptable
2008
Recognized
2009
Exemplary
2010
Recognized
Gold Performance
Acknowledgements
•Named a national Higher Performing by National Center for Education
Achievement and ACT, Inc
•Named one of the Best High Schools in Texas by Texas Monthly
•Named one of the Best High Schools in America by US News and World
Report
•Best Practices Clearinghouse for Data-Driven Decision Making
•Recognition from TEA Commissioner Robert Scott for Outstanding Use of
High School Allotment
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
Data
• Distinguished Achievement Plan
– 2011 – 13 (projected)
– 2010 – 14
– 2009 – 13
– 2008 – 2
– 2007 – 2
• College Enrollment Rate
– 2011 – 80% (projected)
– 2010 – 78%
– 2009 – 48%
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
Blueprint
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Explains “how to do it” … excellent guide
Serves as a comprehensive needs assessment
Sets and reframes goals
Growth model
Must know who you are and what you do
well
• Make the blueprint work for you … you don’t
work for the blueprint
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
New Deal High School STEM Academy –
Preparing Student to be College Ready,
Career Ready, and Life Ready
New Deal High School Strengths
• State and National Recognitions
• Senior Projects
– Shattered Dreams
– Showcased at Academic Awards Banquet
• Supportive Environment
– “Success is built on success”
– “Failure is not an option”
• Engineering Program
– Project Lead the Way (year 1 of implementation)
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
New Deal High School Strengths,
Continued …
• Mission-driven Leadership (blueprint 1)
• TSTEM Culture (blueprint 2)
– School wide STEM Program (year 2 of
implementation)
– Project-based Learning
• New Deal High School Website
http://www.ndisd.net/HighSchool/index.html
• Freshmen project – cotton/agriculture (summer 2009)
• Sophomore project – entertainment industry (summer
2010)
• Junior project – wind energy (summer 2011)
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
New Deal High School Strengths,
Continued …
• Strategic Alliances (blueprint 6)
– Texas Tech TSTEM Center
– Flex schedule, advisory period, flex classes
– STEM college day
• College Dual Credit
– Opportunity to earn 33 college hours this year
(next year 36)
– Local designation at graduation for College
Achievement Plan (CAP)
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
College Courses
• Dual Credit through South Plains College in 2010-2011 (33 hours)
– Principles of Macro Economics
– English Composition 1
– English Composition 2
– World Literature 1
– American Government 1
– American Government 2
– History of the US to 1876
– History of the US since 1876
– College Algebra
– General Psychology
– Introduction to Sociology
• Introduced in 2011-2012
– Art Appreciation
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
New Deal High School Next Steps
• TSTEM Culture (blueprint 2)
• Student Outreach, Recruitment, and
Retention (blueprint 3)
• Teacher Selection, Development, and
Retention (blueprint 4)
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
(blueprint 5)
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready
Thank You
Questions? Please contact us:
Dr. Jerry Adams
Principal,
STEM Director
jerrya@ndisd.net
New Deal High School
PO Box 250
New Deal, Texas 79350
Mr. Kyle Conatser
Math & Physics Teacher
STEM Coordinator,
kyle@ndisd.net
New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready