The world of fashion, individual expression, provacative or conservative, what is worn to the mall, the beach or a night club may all be variables of a philosophical debate. Our guiding principles, Learning Matters & Eastview is a place to learn, form the foundation of the Eastview Learning Community. ISD 196 and Eastview provide the following expectations to support learning and provide our learning community with a safe and respectful culture.
“EASTVIEW SCHOLARS DRESS FOR LEARNING SUCCESS”
Staff members and students are expected to dress appropriately and comfortably with a focus on “dressing for learning success.” Students who dress inappropriately or provocatively are distracting to the learning process.
The purpose of these guidelines are to enhance the probability of learning success for students by establishing expectations of dress and grooming that are related to safety, educational goals and community/school standards.
Appropriate clothing includes, but is not limited to the following:
1. Clothing that does not create a health or safety hazard.
2. Clothing that is appropriate for the activity.
3. Clothing that covers the midriff, chest and undergarments.
4. Clothing articles must not hide the identity of the student.
5. Clothing that does not create a learning distraction through the display of sexual, profane, drug/alcohol/tobacco/gang related content that is offensive or is deemed disrespectful.
6. Shoes that are worn at all times.
Presidents Day celebrates the life and legacy of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and each of the other 42 chief executives. These leaders have provided our nation momentum, achievement, controversy and conflict. Our presidents have lead our nation by a powerful set of guiding principles, though interpreted through a political lens. Each of these leaders have given significantly for the achievement of a greater common goal.
Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2007, p3). At Eastview that common goal is educational equity and learning and we are driven by our guiding principles, which we affectionately refer to as our “Puzzle Pieces.” An Eastview Scholar is also a person who is deeply engaged in learning and whose purpose is to contribute to the betterment of society.
Presidents Day is a powerful reminder that for the Eastview Learning Community to achieve their full potential, we must all be leaders of leaders and engage in the 51% rule. When we take 51% responsibility for our learning and for our community – we provide the deep personal engagement and support for ALL to achieve. We are all continually developing our legacy of leadership and as with our chief executives, only time will tell our true impact. In the meantime, at Eastview we will continue on our journey to extraordinary.
Class of 2017… Welcome to the Eastview Family! To support your registration success, please review the video and web links below. Best wishes for success as you join us on “Our Journey to Extraordinary.”
Incoming 9th grade students must complete their 2013-2014 Online Registration before Friday, February 1st.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION PACKETS
You and your student will work together utilizing the registration packet provided to students to make appropriate course selections. Please sign the form indicating that you have worked with your student to make appropriate course selections. Your student will then return the green registration card to their middle school flex-time teacher on February 1st. We will use this information to determine how many sections of courses we will offer, how teachers are assigned, their teaching loads, and other decisions that help our school to be one of the very best. Therefore, once these decisions are made, it will be very difficult for you to change your course selections.
ON-LINE REGISTRATION
All students will register ON-LINE (Click HERE) and must complete the process by February 1st. Complete ON-LINE instructions were provided to students and are also posted on our website.
HONORS COURSES
Many students will be interested in classes within our EVHS honors programming. If you are considering honors courses please review the information on our website (Click HERE). There is a sample assignment posted for you to review to help you determine if you are well-suited for honors programming at Eastview.
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION
You are encouraged to print a course request summary from our website to compare with a confirmation letter you will receive in May. After that point it is very difficult to make adjustments. These important decisions are a major influence in determining how many sections of courses we will offer, how teachers are assigned, their teaching loads, and other decisions that help our school to be one of the very best. Therefore, once these decisions are made, it will be very difficult for you to change your course selections.
If your student has a question, please have them consult their teacher or counselor.
Martin Luther King Day celebrates the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation and for racial equality in the United States.
At the core of our Eastview culture and learning philosophy stands the principles of Educational Equity; ALL students reaching their FULL potential. At Eastview we embrace and celebrate our diversity and the strength which it provides for our students as we face our global future.
On Monday, January 21st we celebrate a great man, whose legacy is deeply engrained in our country and within our classrooms.
HAPPY, HEALTHY AND IN SCHOOL… Cold and flu season is here. Seasonal flu activity usually peaks in January or February. At Eastview we kick-up our prevention by additional cleaning of keyboards, desks and door handles, encouraging frequent hand washing and reminding students of proper “coughing and sneezing capture techniques.” Yes, as silly and time consuming as that sounds, the below research and recommendations by the Center of Disease Control demonstrates that these simple tasks make a difference.
THE SITUATION: The annual flu season hit about a month early this year, and illness is now widespread in 47 states. Many cases are caused by a flu strain that tends to make people sicker. But so far experts say it’s too early to know whether this will end up being a bad season. Maybe not: There are signs the flu may have already peaked in a few states, though it’s too early to tell for sure, health officials say.
THE DEFENSE: Besides getting a flu shot, wash hands with soap and warm water, and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Keep away from sick people.
THE TREATMENT: Most people will get a mild case and can help themselves and protect others by staying home and resting. But people with severe symptoms should see a doctor. They may be given antiviral drugs or other medications to ease symptoms.
COLD OR FLU?: Influenza is not the only bug making people sick. The cold virus and a nasty stomach virus are also going around. It can sometimes be hard to tell the difference, but cold symptoms include stuffy or runny nose, sore throat and sneezing. Flu usually involves fever, along with chills, headache and moderate-to-severe body aches and tiredness. Symptoms can come on rapidly, within three to six hours
In this season of giving, we are working with our Eastview Scholars to support our neighbors and to teach and learn the power of giving and serving our community. For the past 10 years our holiday giving has contributed approximately $100,000 holiday dollars to community food shelves.
Please select the below video to listen to Eastview Scholars Joey Hinrichs and Michelle Watkins explain what we are doing and how you and your family may help. Giving continues through our 1st period classrooms through Tuesday, December 18, 2012. See below for the “Most Needed Items.” Please support your student by sending them to school with a contribution. Your time, efforts and contributions are appreciated.
The following has been a common generational debate through the annals of time: as young adults - will our children be prepared for the challenge of leading the nation? As we are entangled in a year of presidential decision, this debate is intensified. Two great historical thinkers starkly disagree.
“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.” ― Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC)
“The future of the Republic is in good hands of the next generations.”― Joseph Pulitzer (1847 – 1911)
The Eastview Debate and Speech program fosters a deep engagement of knowledge as well as mature, articulate and worldly analysis. Recently a sampling of this nationally successful program partnered with our regional media and clearly demonstrated their leadership abilities and influence (select the Grading the Debate icon to hear more).
Our students are also influenced by strong assertive individuals who engage in non-traditional educational paths that pave the way to support our economy, spur job creation and support our technology driven economy. Eastview students Gabriella Knight and Sifora Tek-Lab are seen below on KARE 11 News promoting the Thomson Reuters and Advanced IT MN 2012 Aspirations Award. This awards celebrates involvement and achievement in the area of technology. See the below KARE 11 feature video.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
-Margaret Mead
The 2150 students of which Eastview educators have the pleasure to connect with each day: artists, performers and athletes, your daughters and sons, nieces and nephews, grandsons and granddaughters provide us with great confidence to align our support with Joseph Pulitzer and his premise that “… the Republic is in good hands.” Be it the deep understanding of national and world events, personal commitment to solving complex technological problems, overwhelming work ethic or compassionately serving those less fortunate – our scholars (your children) will make a powerful and positive impact on our future.
YES, I BELIEVEas Joseph Pulitzer and Eric Greenberg, “The future of the Republic is in good hands of the next generations. And Eastview Scholars, with the support of the Eastview Learning Community – Will Lead the Way!
-Dr. Randall Peterson
Our current teens are a special generation, potentially the greatest generation ever. They are not pessimistic or vengeful. Rather, they are sober in their view of the world. They believe in technology and know they can innovate themselves out of the mess they are inheriting. They believe in entrepreneurship and collective action, and that each person can make a difference. They are about plenitude, and they reject cruelty. They are spiritual, responsible, tolerant, and in many ways more mature than their predecessor generations. They reject punditry and bickering, because they are post-partisan, post-ideological, and post-political. Most important, they believe in the greater good and are ready to dedicate themselves to achieving it.
Eastview’s six Target Days will be held on 10/3, 12/5, 1/9, 2/21, 3/20, 5/17. Read more, including frequently asked questions below.
TIME + ENGAGED SUPPORT = LEARNING SUCCESS
“ATarget Day is simply a regular school day; the daily schedule is modified so that we can provide both meaningful focused enrichment and targeted intervention and support for ALL of our 2100 students.”
The below is a brief video summary of a Target Day.
In a continued effort to focus learning and to support our student’s specific and individual learning needs, Eastview will provide additional targeted opportunities during our school day. On each of the six Target Days during this school year, we will slightly adjust our regular class schedule to offer focused engagement with students on teacher determined individual learning needs.
Eastview’s Target Days provide our students with intervention and/or enrichments as determined through analysis of learning data by each of their classroom teachers and then prioritized with a focus on the four core curricular areas (English, Math, Science, Social Studies). Additional potential enrichment opportunities throughout the curriculum may also be available.
All students will have two (2), one period intervention or enrichment sessions six times during the school year. Teachers will make individual data informed recommendations for Interventions (focused or general) or Enrichments based on your child’s current grades and/or progress toward mastery of classroom learnings.
A FOCUSED INTERVENTION with your child’s individual classroom teacher (grades 9-12) will support a specific teacher identified student learning need.
A GENERAL INTERVENTION with other classroom teachers, paraprofessionals or student volunteers (grades 9-12) will support your child’s general learning or course progression needs.
An ENRICHMENT opportunity supervised by classroom teachers, counselors, parent or student volunteers (grades 9 and 10) to develop a deeper or broader learning for students who have demonstrated mastery or appropriate course progression.
Student attendance is expected as normal and will be taken for both Target Day sessions. All students will be provided a specific Target Day schedule. Target Day student schedules will be posted on the Campus Parent/Student Portal in the following categories:
All 9th and 10th graders: will be assigned a specific intervention or enrichment opportunity during both morning sessions.
All 11th and 12th graders who ARE assigned a Focused or General Intervention: are required to attend school on Targeted Days during the session/s they are scheduled.
All 11th and 12th graders who are assigned Enrichment (because their appropriate course progression and/or mastery of learning): will be involved in a direct or indirect enrichment that supplements the learning process (e.g. teacher recommended self-directed study, academic study groups, silent sustained reading…). Enrichment activities meet off-campus and on-campus and students do not need to arrive at EVHS until 9:30am, which will begin their 1st period course and their regular school day (additional information will be provided).
Celebrating Homecoming, Celebrating Those Who Served and Those Who Currently Serve our Country. Wishing for all a safe and prosperous homecoming!
On Tuesday, September 25th watch Eastview Lightning Boy’s Soccer take on the North St. Paul Polars in a homecoming community celebration. Eastview’s Principal, Dr. Randall Peterson will join the U.S. Army Golden Knights to kick-off the festivities while skydiving, to deliver an American Flag which flew over our troops in Afghanistan as well as the game ball. The flag that flew over our troops in Afghanistan was donated by EVHS parents Brent and Rhonda Bidjou (teacher at Oak Ridge Elementary) and current Navy Sea Cadet and EVHS student Dillon Bidjou. The flag will continue to be proudly displayed at Eastview.
What’s it like to fly with the U.S. Army Golden Knights? Take a brief video adventure with the best of the best and be Army Strong! Click below..
This exceptional evening of soccer and homecoming event celebration will proudly recognize our veterans and those currently serving coast to coast and around the world. Come and engage in our homecoming event to celebrate our veterans with our marching band, dance team, EVAA Youth Soccer Program and the entire Eastview Learning Community. For a complete listing of homecoming events and and activities Read More…
There’s an App for that… Infinite Campus Mobile Portal is now available for Android tablets, iPads, and smartphones!
Parents and students may access student academic information with the Infinite Campus Mobil Portal App. This app allows parents and students access to up to date student information through a convenient app, rather than needing to log-in through the web-based portal. To begin, just download the appropriate app for your device. When you launch the app, it will ask for a District ID, which is YVGMVX. You will then be able to sign in with your Infinite Campus portal username and password. Be sure to turn on notifications so you are notified when new assignments, grades, or attendance events are created for your child.
Schedule, grades, assignments and attendance information are viewable on the app giving you instant access via your mobile device. Just follow the instructions below to load, launch and set up the app on your device. Click Here to Read More… or view the imbedded video below!
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.
The “Planner” is an academic tradition at Eastview which is imbedded in our 9th Grade Teams. Rather than simply a notebook to jot down pages to be read or assignments to complete, the planner is a tool to promote deep academic engagement. This analog learning support tool is used to create quality academic habits by providing visual opportunities for students, teachers, counselors and parents to easily review daily target learnings, develop a plan to complete homework that supports learning, as well as having school resources neatly included in a single publication. The “Planner” in document form, provides daily opportunities to collaboratively engage in visibly learning the power of thoughtful planning and goal setting, with the support and engagement of our students most valued mentors.
IS THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT?
Yes, a digital tool (phone, laptop, tablet, PDA) is a quality 21st century option which many of us use thoroughly to plan and organize our lives; and we encourage all students to develop such digital competencies. At Eastview we will have a fully wireless infrastructure that allows ALL students to access our network and the Internet from their personal laptop, tablet, phone or iPad. We are working with technology vendors to merge their planning and assignment management App Tools with our school content (knowledge management) to create a more effective digital option – with availability next school year.
Organize your life around your dreams – and watch them come true.–Unknown By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ― Ben Franklin Don’t agonize. Organize.–Florence Kennedy
INCLUDED IN THE EASTVIEW PLANNER TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS
Planning Calendar
Assignment Notes
Vision of an Eastview Scholar
Class Schedule
Important Contacts
Writing Style Manual
Guide to Media Center Online Resources
Academic Honesty & Integrity Guidelines
School Event Information
Monthly Goal Setting
Inspirational Quote of the Week
Science, Technology, Engineering &Math Formulas Foundation
The central focus of Eastview High School is learning. Quality learning happens when the conditions for learning are strongly addressed; engaged students focused on achievement, prepared and connected teachers and supportive and involved parents and guardians.
Imbedded in the instructional process this week in every classroom at Eastview were lessons that supported learning in the specific course, as well as learning the difference between simply attending school and deep successful engagement in sustained focused learning as an Eastview Scholar. Learning academic content and related skills is important, learning how to learn is important, passion and engagement in learning is important, understanding achievement and how to support each other in the learning process is important.
The following three-minute multimedia clip created by Eastview teachers provides a summary of the variables which research and our experience has found to enhance the probability of learning and success as a young adult. These critical variables are powerfully present at Eastview High School!
The Eastview Family: A caring and engaged learning community which purposefully challenges and supports Educational Equity – ALL Students reaching their FULL potential. Raising achievement and closing the gap.
START DATE – TIME: School starts Tuesday, September 4th with a homeroom at 7:30am to receive an updated Q1 course schedule. Home Room Locator Link
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION: Students who have prescription medication needs during the school day must have those prescriptions dispensed by the school nurse. School board policy does not allow students to possess prescription medication. Questions?
Student Drop off: Please be aware of the TWO OPTIONS if you transport your student to school. Click HERE
Students Dress for Success: Dressing for comfort, safety and learning success is important and expected. Click here for more information.
ALL STUDENTS ARE EASTVIEW SCHOLARS: At Eastview ALL students are scholars! Read more…
At Eastview High School… we are fortunate and challenged. Our teachers, parents, school and community leaders provide extraordinary options for students to learn and grow. Sometimes a simple CLICK (worth $10,000) can also make a difference – and you can help! See below.
We are fortunate that the Eastview Learning Community expects success and supports our schools.
In our current economy we are also challenged to consistently provide the resources to hit the targeted needs for ALL students in our never ending journey to provide educational equity.
Our community is fortunate that the Eastview Foundation provides financial support for ALL of our schools in the Eastview Learning Community.
We are also fortunate for corporate and personal contributions to Eastview to support the learning process.
Eastview can receive up to $10,000 in Target GiftCards® for books or any supplies we need. Wouldn’t that be great? All we need to do is vote for our school each week until September 8. It’s part of Give With Target®. For every 25 votes our school receives, Target will send a $25 gift card. Find out more and vote at Facebook.com/Target.
At Eastview ALL students are scholars. What does that mean? How do we measure success?
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In a human organization, success has multiple measures. At Eastview High School, we strongly believe in accountability; for our educators, our students and as an organization. Action research plays a critical role in the decisions that we make, the data which we base our decisions and the processes and programs we perpetuate and initiate based on data.
As we measure scholarly success, we must first define the variables measured. Broad based qualitative measures
can be used as well as finite quantitative measures to offer direction for our energy and resources. Of course there are also the simple though important student feedback intangibles; it just feels good to be at school, I’m excited to learn, the teacher cares, I feel respected and valued…
US News & World Report, Newsweek and the Washington Post all recognize college readiness and
schools who perform above what is statistically expected. Eastview has been recognized consistently since the original ranking process was established in 2000. Most recently (May, 2012), US News & World Report recognized Eastview as one of the top five schools in Minnesota as well as in the top 2% nationally (Read More…).
The ratings were implemented by the American Institutes for Research and are based primarily on the following evidence:
Students performing better than statistically expected for the average student in the state.
School’s least-advantaged students (black, Hispanic, and low-income) were performing better than average for similar students in the state.
Schools produced the best college-level achievement for the highest percentages of their students.
The publicity while appreciated, is simply one measure of success. Students, faculty, staff, parents (our learning community) should be proud that their cooperative efforts have paid quality dividends in creating a culture of scholars.
Again, in a human organization success is multi-dimensional. In the Eastview Strategic Plan and “On Our Journey t
o Extraordinary”, college readiness is important, though is a single aspect of a larger plan to assure continuous improvement and success in our mission of educational equity; ALL students reaching their FULL potential - raising achievement and closing the achievement gap.
Innovation, Creativity, Design & Problem Solving, Engineering
Target Days at Eastviewcontinues to provide multi-dimensional opportunities for Eastview students; specific small group and individual focus on essential learnings, homework / project / assignment support and completion, space to breath, to refocus, to get on track and to excel.
Enrichment Opportunities Enrichment opportunities for current 9th and 10th graders are provided on Tuesday, April 24rd through a University of Minnesota program called Innovative Engineers. We are fortunate to welcome the engineering student group using their technical skills to impact the world. This session ties together the vast spectrum of engineering and the power preparation components of science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) as well as the life and career skills of leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation.
Becoming Better Engineers – impacting our world (environmental engineering: effective, efficient, productive, sustainable…). Innovative Engineers has plans to move forward in areas of renewable energy. Projects are currently under way to develop hydropower in Nicaragua, harness untapped energy in oceanic waves, create a more aerodynamically efficient blade for wind turbines, and produce a very inexpensive, mobile, functional wind speed meter.
Applied Engineering The group of students will present their ongoing collaboration with a village in Nicaragua to provide access to electricity. The village is a close-knit community in the northwestern part of Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. La Hermita is a village where about 120 residents (25 families) cultivate crops where meager electrical devices are powered by old car batteries. Village residents traveled regularly to the nearest town by horseback to have their batteries recharged which would take an entire day. Innovative Engineers designed and constructed the wind turbine which now sits on top of a beautiful mountain. It generates one kilowatt of electricity—enough to recharge batteries so they will last about three weeks.
Engineering and Leadership Innovative Engineers is a unique group of students because they understand the need for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) to solve energy needs and they understand the importance of the relationships needed to reconcile the differences in the cultures working together.
To support learning, the safety and security of our students is critical. To that end, when we are aware of an opportunity, we sieze the moment.
Dropping-off your student at the North Entrance in the morning can be stressful, especially if you drop-off in the 7 minute time span just before school, as 2100 additional students are also attempting to get situated. Exiting the North Lot during school hours you are limited to a right turn only.
Dropping-off your student at the West Entrance provides a no waiting opportunity and allows both a right and left turn as you exit our campus at the 140th and Flagstaff light.
This very simple 60 second update and process adjustment could reduce your morning anxiety, enhance students safety and get you to work on time by choosing one of two drop off points (North or West).
Thank you for your attention to these options to support student safety and learning!
No… just a normal day at Eastview; breakfast with Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea, debated with the Supreme Court during the Q & A session of the Spring Oral Arguments and hungout at lunch with Justice and NFL Hall of Famer Alan Page.
Minnesota Supreme Court 2012 Spring Oral Argument On the Campus of Eastview High School on Wednesday, April 11th.
Approximately 600 students, teachers as well as District 196 and community leaders, will have the opportunity to experience not only the formal Supreme Court Oral Arguments, but also personally engage with each of the Justices through an A.M. meet and greet session, lunch with the court and also through afternoon classroom visits. The Eastview journalism and broadcast video programs will also facilitate a late morning press conference that will be broadcast through the television studio at Eastview.
For the past week, our Eastview Scholars have been briefed, applied their governmental knowledge developed through the American Government and U.S. History courses and are now prepared to observe and engage at a scholarly level in the supreme judicial system.
Who knows where the positive influences of those we cross paths, will take us… More resources… Click Here
As parents and educators, we have a profoundly positive influence when we relentlessly support and challenge our children. Though parenting and educating is complex – at the foundation is simplicity and innocence.
At Eastview, learning is our focus. We enhance the probability of learning and our children thrive when we personalize and sincerely and consistently demonstrate our care and concern for their personal learning success.
At Eastview, Learning and Students Matter…
A simple question asked by a twenty year veteran teacher, author, parent and qualitative researcher - Angela Maiers, led to the below top 12 responses.
Here is a list of the 12 Most Important things that came out of these amazing conversations:
1. Greet me: Wish me good morning.
2. Smile: Let me see happiness in your eyes.
3. Give me your attention: Sit and talk with me; even if only for a second.
4. Imagine with me: Help me dream; don’t just tell me what I need to do.
5. Give me challenging content, assignments and tasks: Show me how to handle it. Teach me what to do.
6. Ask about me: Inquire about my life, the game I played, the places I go.
7. Let me have time: Time to let things sink in, time to think, time to reflect & process.
8. Demand of me: Hold me accountable. Don’t let me get away with what you know I am capable of doing better.
9. Notice me: Leave special messages . A quick note that says you notice something right.
10. Let me ask the questions: Even if they are off topic; it will show that I am thinking about new perspectives, curious, and willing to learn more. Let me have the chance to show what I am wondering about, not just what I know.
11. Engage me: I came to you in love with learning, keep me excited, keep me wanting more.
12. Trust me: Believe that I can do it. Allow me the chance. I promise to show you I can.
“Believe that I can achieve at high levels – unconditionally.”
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic … always has been and always will be at the foundation of learning. In the 21stCenturywe must also be S.T.E.M. Scholars. If we are not, our probability of success in our daily lives and the job market will also present diminishing returns at an exponential level. During Target Day #6 (Focus On Engineering) Eastview’s 9th and 10th graders had the opportunity to engage with Mr. Russ Matthys (Civil Engineer) City Engineer with the City of Eagan though our lecture series process. Target Day #7, through the academic lecture series will expose students to focused medical and allied health opportunities
Select this link for Eastview STEM Scholar Certificate Programming and Scholarship Options : STEM Honors College Prep, STEM 4 Year College Prep, STEM Pathways to Engineering & Medical Careers. Our multi-dimensional STEM program includes a powerful comprehensive academic core, with a four-year engineering sequence which culminates with the College Prep Engineering experience.
Eastview Top Scholars At Eastview, many of our top STEM Scholars are also our finest musicians, writers, actors and artists. The deep comprehensive engagement in the humanities, the arts as well as STEM, develops a student who is well prepared for the 21st Century. In addition, the importance of the 21st Century skills which are prominent in our creative right brained thinkers, is well established in academic and workforce readiness research. Daniel Pink’s 2006 book, “A Whole New Mind”, and his 2011 book, “Drive”, communicatesthe power of collaboration, innovation, problem-solving, creativity, leadership, teamwork and critical thinking; these ancillary academic skills though prominent work place skills, are developed significantly through the academic process at Eastview High School.
Academic return on educational investment * 63% of those with only an associate’s degrees in STEM earn more that those with a bachelor’s degree in non-STEM occupations.
* 47% of those with bachelor’s degrees in STEM occupations earn more than Ph.D.s in non-STEM occupations. ~Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
As educators and parents we cannot accept the common adage, “I’m just not a math… an analytical… or a science person.” No, there is not an expectation that ALL students will be engineers, chemists, physicists or physicians, though to thrive and succeed as an individual and as a society, analytical adept citizens are essential for our personal productivity and the success of our nation.
Employment in science, technology, math, and engineering will increase about 70% faster than the rate for all occupations.At a time when unemployment hovers near 9% in the United States, one million new jobs will open in science, technology, engineering, math, medical and allied health. Only 200,000 new graduates will have the skills to fill them. ~U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010
Final Target Days: April 24th (#7) and May 30th (#8)
IN THE OUR CURRENT ECONOMY AND WORLD OF WORK… What we should be concerned about, in the words of Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, is the “misalignment between our education system and the labor market.” The latter, he notes, “is demanding much more specific preparation” than students get.
One word: Engineering. While petroleum engineers can start above $90,000, in other fields beginning pay is in the $50,000-$70,000 range.
“The plain truth is that ALL of our children have the aptitude, to pursue an engineering or related degree’s in study math and science. End of discussion. Those majors can yield starting salaries of $50,000 and above. Accountants, actuaries, software developers, pharmacists, and nurses are also in high demand and highly compensated.”
Staff members and students are expected to dress appropriately and comfortably with a focus on “dressing for learning success.” Students who dress inappropriately or provocatively are distracting to the learning process.
What does that mean? How do we measure success?
