Let's here it for student achievement!

I look at a lot of data.  This week I looked at summaries of how our students did during the first trimester of this year at the high school.

We had 43 9th graders earn all "A"s or "A-"s  on their first report card in high school.  Of those 43 students,  17 of them earned all "A"s.

We had 42 10th graders earn all "A"s or "A-"s during the first trimester.  Of those 42 students, 24 of them earned all "A"s.

We had 32 11th graders earn all "A"s or "A-"s during the first trimester.  Of those 32 students, 13 of them earned all "A"s.

The senior class had 40 students who earned all "A"s or "A-"s during the first trimester of this school year.  Of those 40 students, 19 of them earned all "A"s.

Overall, we had 157 students who earned all "A"s or "A-"s.  Of that group 74 earned all "A"s.

The freshman class had the most students who earned all "A"s or "A-"s with 43 students.  The sophomore class had the most students who earned all "A"s with 24 students.

Grades are clearly one indicator that we have to look at to see how well we are doing.  Grades help us answer the question - Are our students learning?  

But grades are just one indicator.  We need to look at test scores, survey our community, get feedback and insight from a variety of sources.

But for today I want to celebrate the achievement of these 157 students.  They worked hard and I want to say to them, "Job well done!"