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Annual Performance Report- A+

The 2011 preliminary Annual Performance Reports (APR) for Missouri schools have recently been released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The APR is an evaluation tool that focuses on fourteen different areas in school performance. Six of these areas are related to the Missouri Assessment Program, or MAP test scores. The other performance areas include ACT scores, numbers of students taking advanced and career education courses, college and career placement, graduation and attendance rates. The APR examines many different performance areas of a school’s progress and is the major factor in determining the accreditation level of a school district. The report highlights the overall performance of schools. The Alton R-IV School District received fourteen points (out of a total possible of fourteen points) on their Annual Performance Report. This is very good news for the Alton R-IV School District! The District met ALL of the performance areas related to the MAP tests, which are the achievement tests given each spring. The District also earned two additional bonus points on the MAP standards. The Alton School was able to use one of these bonus points to meet the Attendance Rate standard, which is the only performance standard the District did not meet. Congratulations to the faculty, staff, students, parents and community for earning this great report. We are fortunate to have such dedicated staff, committed parents and students who are willing to put forth good efforts.

Student Attendance

Good attendance by students is crucial to their success in school. The benefits of classroom instruction, once lost, cannot be entirely regained. If it is necessary for your child to be absent, please contact the school office as to the reason for the absence. During the 2010-11 school year, student attendance at the elementary school was 94.6 % and at the high school 93.3 %. With your help, we can better help the students by improving on that attendance percentage for this year.

2012 High School Graduation

The 2012 Alton High School graduation date has been set. The 2012 senior graduation will be held on May 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Alton High School gymnasium.

Tobacco Free District-New Policy Approved

The Board of Education recently approved a new policy. In the past, smoking and use of tobacco products was prohibited in all school facilities. That policy has now been revised to include all district property. To promote the health and safety of all students and staff and to promote the cleanliness of district property, the district prohibits all employees, students and patrons from smoking or using tobacco products in all district facilities, on district transportation and on all district grounds at all times. Students who possess or use tobacco products on district grounds, district transportation or at district activities will be disciplined in accordance with Board policy. Smoking or tobacco use is not permitted at ball games or other school activities. Your support and adherence to this policy is very much appreciated.

December Talking Points

I would like to congratulate Mrs. Johnson and the Jr. /Sr. High Choir , as well as, Mrs. Hufstedler and the Elementary Choir for their outstanding performances in the annual Christmas concerts. We are very fortunate to have such a talented group of teachers and performers!

I would also like to thank all of the National Anthem singers we have had representing our school this year at our home games. Our National Anthem performances are the best in the area, and I feel we are very blessed to have such wonderful singers in our school!

The elementary K-6 boys and girls just finished up a six week basketball league in Mountain View. I would like to thank Mrs. Clary for organizing this so our kids had an opportunity to participate. We had many volunteers and businesses make this possible for our young athletes, and we want to thank them also. In addition, the 4th grade boys won 1st place in the tournament!

High school basketball is off and running! January is our tournament month, as both the boys and girls teams will be playing in the Liberty Tournament and the Big Springs Conference Tournament. Please continue to support your Comets as they work toward achieving their goals.

The pep band has been doing a wonderful job of bringing excitement and enthusiasm to our home games! We appreciate Ed and Jerry Hackworth, and all of the pep band members for their hard work.

FFA has been preparing for their Greenhand Conference that is coming up this week, and Area Officers and State Degree interviews that they will attend later this month. We want to wish these students good luck as they participate in these competitions.

Special thanks to Joe Wheeler and all the Jr. High eMINTS teachers for all the hard work they’ve put into getting our new Jr. High technology program up and running. We now have all the computers in the classrooms and being utilized by our students.