Jason Hass – Principal Jeff Tubbs – Assistant Principal

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Facts  Public Middle School which serves the city of Scottsboro, population 15,000  Community Advantages – Close-knit community which values education.  SJHS Advantages – Hard-working, knowledgeable teachers, excellent faculty and staff rapport, well behaved students.  Difficulties - Poverty rate is higher than the national average, unemployment rate is higher than the state and national average, lack of funding from State Legislature (Including a 25% cut of previous year contribution from the Jackson County Delegation in ).  SJHS Disadvantages – Lack of access to technology for students (1.1 initiative), aging facilities (although adequate). SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

DEMOGRAPHICS

DISCIPLINE, ATTENDANCE, GRADES

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Discipline/Attendance/Grades (1 st Semester )  119 total discipline referrals.  45 7 th grade referrals (14 SIR Offenses)  74 8 th grade referrals (22 SIR Offenses) (48 total SIR , 53 in )  1826 Absences (3902 in )  1316 Tardies (3145 in )  113 F’s 1 st 9 weeks (48 F’s 1st 9 weeks in )  1263 A’s 1 st 9 Weeks (1181 A’s 1 st 9 weeks in ) SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

SJHS RANKINGS

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  Schooldigger.com rates SJHS as a 3 star school (out of a possible 5 stars)  Schooldigger ranks SJHS as 150 th out of 437 Middle Schools in Alabama  Greatschools.com gives SJHS a 6/10 score. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

Year Avg Math Score Avg Reading Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating rd % st % st % th % th % nd % rd % nd % th % SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

SJHS DEDICATION

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Teacher Professional Development  Content Literacy/ALSDE PD – Two Full Days, 2 Half Days  Technology PD – (Promethean Board, APT+, Edmodo, Active Classroom, Global Scholar)  CCRS Quarterly Meetings (3 Teachers)  Advanced Courses PD with ALSDE  26 Teachers with 517 hours entered into STIPD since AUGUST! SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Dedication  Near 100% Lesson Plan submission = PROFESSIONALISM!  $ in lost Textbook fees from , but adoption and implementation of Book-Tracks program in looks to drastically reduce losses.  Improved School-Parent communication through Twitter(currently 83 followers), improved SJHS website participation, adoption of Remind101.  Implementation of BETA Club tutoring.  Implementation of Global Scholar student growth tracking program.  Implementation of new RtI plan. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

SJHS CHALLENGES

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Poverty/Free and Reduced Lunch  56 students eligible for free school lunch(up from 50 in 2011 and 47 in 2012 only 32 in 2004!)  34 students eligible for reduced school lunch(36 in 2012). SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Teaching Units  SJHS has 26 Teachers, 2.5 Teachers Aides, one Counselor and two Administrators.  In 2004 we had 30 Teachers! SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Yet, test scores are improving. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

7 TH GRADE MATH ARMT

ARMTStudents tested% met standard TestYearGradeSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState Mathematics20057th Grade209 59, Mathematics20067th Grade191 58, Mathematics20077th Graden/a Mathematics20087th Grade200 57, Mathematics20097th Grade212 56, Mathematics20107th Grade219 56, Mathematics20117th Grade197 57, Mathematics20127th Grade198 57, Mathematics20137th Graden/a TH GRADE MATH ARMT

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders ranked 193 out of 437 in Math ARMT scores in 2012  83.88% of SJHS 8 th graders met state standards (state average was 77.43%) SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

8 TH GRADE MATH ARMT

Students tested% met standard TestYearGradeSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState Mathematics20058th Grade211 57, Mathematics20068th Grade208 56, Mathematics20078th Graden/a Mathematics20088th Grade204 57, Mathematics20098th Grade198 56, Mathematics20108th Grade212 55, Mathematics20118th Grade214 55, Mathematics20128th Grade193 56, Mathematics20138th Graden/a TH GRADE MATH ARMT

7 TH GRADE READING ARMT

ARMTStudents tested% met standard TestYearGradeSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState Reading20057th Grade206 59, Reading20067th Grade192 58, Reading20077th Graden/a Reading20087th Grade200 57, Reading20097th Grade213 56, Reading20107th Grade219 56, Reading20117th Grade198 57, Reading20127th Grade197 57, Reading20137th Graden/a TH GRADE READING ARMT

8 TH GRADE READING ARMT

ARMTStudents tested% met standard TestYearGradeSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState Reading20048th Grade218 55, Reading20058th Grade211 57, Reading20068th Grade206 56, Reading20078th Graden/a Reading20088th Grade205 57, Reading20098th Grade196 56, Reading20108th Grade212 55, Reading20118th Grade215 55, Reading20128th Grade193 56, Reading20138th Graden/a

7 TH GRADE SCIENCE ASSESSMENT

ASAStudents tested% met standard TestYearGradeSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState Science20087th Grade195 55, Science20097th Grade210 54, Science20107th Grade211 55, Science20117th Grade196 55, Science20127th Grade198 57, Science20137th Graden/a TH GRADE SCIENCE ASSESSMENT

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders took the ACT EXPLORE Test in October 2013  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 15.2 Composite on the EXPLORE (National Avg. is 15.5)  21% of SJHS students score in the National Quartile  33% of SJHS students score in the 50-74% National Quartile  27% of SJHS students score in the 25-49% National Quartile  18% of SJHS students score in the 1-24% National Quartile SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders took the ACT EXPLORE Test in October 2013  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 14.2 (National Average is 14.7) in English  27% of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in English  25% of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in English  18% of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in English  30% of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in English  63% are at or above the benchmark (68% is National Average) in English SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders took the ACT EXPLORE Test in October 2013  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 15.0 (National Average is 15.5) in Math  32% of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in Math  12% of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in Math  25% of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in Math  31% of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in Math  32% are at or above the benchmark (36% is National Average) in Math SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders took the ACT EXPLORE Test in October 2013  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 14.7 (National Average is 14.6) in Reading  28% of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in Reading  26% of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in Reading  21% of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in Reading  25% of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in Reading  39% are at or above the benchmark (36% is National Average) in Reading SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders took the ACT EXPLORE Test in October 2013  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 16.4 (National Average is 16.6) in Science  35% of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in Science  14% of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in Science  27% of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in Science  24% of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in Science  35% are at or above the benchmark (37% is National Average) in Science SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

CONCLUSIONS

 Despite increasing poverty, fewer teaching units, increasing enrollment, and decreasing funding…SJHS continues to provide an excellent educational opportunity for our students.  Our students continue to show yearly improvement! SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL