Jason Hass – Principal Jeff Tubbs – Assistant Principal Scottsboro Jr. High School The State of the School

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Facts  SJHS is a 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, and excellent Central Office support.  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 followed by another 25% cut in ).  SJHS Disadvantages – Need for increased student access to technology (although improving), and aging facilities (although well maintained). SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

DEMOGRAPHICS

DISCIPLINE, ATTENDANCE, GRADES

 Improving Scottsboro Jr. High School Discipline/Attendance/Grades ( ).  282 total discipline referrals in (64 SIR Incidents).  134 referrals in (23 SIR Incidents).  3797 Absences in , 2550 Tardies  2123 Absences in , 1688 Tardies.  1009 F’s by 176 Students in  385 F’s in the 1 st Semester of  9185 A’s by 413 Students in  3850 A’s by 390 Students during the 1 st Semester of SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

SJHS RANKINGS

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  In 2013 Schooldigger.com rated SJHS as a 3 star school (out of a possible 5 stars)  Schooldigger ranked SJHS as 150 th out of 437 Middle Schools in Alabama  Greatschools.com gave SJHS a 7/10 score.  Current rankings are unavailable due to changing state assessments. 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 – Six Full Days, 4 Half Days  Data Driven Instruction PD – One Day  Technology PD – (Promethean Board, APT+, Edmodo, Active Classroom, Global Scholar)  CCRS Training – One Day  Advanced Courses PD with ALSDE  Essential Tools PD for Collaborative Teaching SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Teacher Professional Development…Continued  26 Teachers with 1267 hours entered into STIPD in !  27 Teachers with over 1,000 hours already in SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Dedication  Near 100% Lesson Plan submission = PROFESSIONALISM!  Adoption and implementation of Book-Tracks program in has saved the Jr. High over $1,700 for the School Year.  Improved School-Parent communication through Twitter, Facebook, improved SJHS website participation, adoption of Remind Tool.  Implementation of BETA Club tutoring.  Implementation of Global Scholar student growth tracking program.  Implementation of new RtI plan (use of Global Scholar/Compass Learning integration which creates a specific learning path for each student).  Implementation of Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Program. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

 Scottsboro Jr. High School Dedication  Winner of Regions Bank Grant to purchase a new Laptop Lab for SJHS.  Winner of Regions Bank Grant to purchase two Nook Labs for two 7 th grade English Classes.  TVA Donation of 56 new Laptops for SJHS. 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 27 Teachers, 3 Teachers Aides, one Counselor and two Administrators.  In 2004 we had 30 Teachers – Decreased state funding for Teacher Units. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL

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

SJHS DATA

 GLOBAL SCHOLAR DATA (7 th Grade) – SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTFALL 2013WINTER 2014SPRING 2014 TOTAL GAINS 7 th MATH 2593 Average/Low 2662 Average/Low 2661 Average/Low+68 7 th READING 2881 Average/Low 2934 Average/High 2917 Average/Low+34 7 th SCIENCE 2654 Average/High 2704 Average/High 2740 Average/High+86 7 th ENGLISHN/A

7 TH GRADE READING SPRING 2014 BREAKDOWN 4TH 3 RD 2 ND 1 ST

7 TH GRADE MATH SPRING 2014 BREAKDOWN 4TH 3 RD 2 ND

7 TH GRADE SCIENCE SPRING 2014 BREAKDOWN 4TH 3 RD 2 ND 1 ST

 GLOBAL SCHOLAR DATA (7 th Grade) – SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTFALL 2014WINTER 2015SPRING 2015 TOTAL GAINS 7 th MATH 2574 Average/Low 2621 Average/Low th READING 2827 Average/Low 2867 Average/High th SCIENCE 2617 Average/Low 2666 Average/High th ENGLISH 2558 Average/Low 2604 Average/Low +46

 GLOBAL SCHOLAR DATA (8 th Grade) – SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTFALL 2013WINTER 2014SPRING 2014 TOTAL GAINS 8 th MATH 2686 Average/Low 2738 Average/Low 2714 Average/Low+28 8 th READING 3015 Average/High 3049 Average/High 3061 Average/High+46 8 th SCIENCEN/A 8 th ENGLISHN/A

8 TH GRADE READING SPRING 2014 BREAKDOWN 4 TH 3 RD 1 ST 2 ND

150 STUDENTS 8 TH GRADE MATH SPRING 2014 BREAKDOWN 4TH 3 RD 2 ND 1 ST

 GLOBAL SCHOLAR DATA (8 th Grade) – SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTFALL 2014WINTER 2015SPRING 2015 TOTAL GAINS 8 th MATH 2624 Average/Low 2676 Average/Low th READING 2946 Average/Low 3029 Average/High th SCIENCE N/A 8 th ENGLISH 2674 Average/High 2716 Average/High +42

 ACT ASPIRE Norms - MATH  The STATE results for the 7 th grade ACT ASPIRE – Math  10% of students “exceeding” (SJHS – 11%).  21% of students “ready” (SJHS – 22%).  35% of students “close” (SJHS – 38%).  34% of students “in need of support” (SJHS – 29%)  The STATE results for 8 th grade ACT ASPIRE – Math  12% of students “exceeding” (SJHS – 11%)  17% of students “ready” (SJHS - 23%)  28% of students “close” (SJHS – 28%)  44% of students “in need of support” (SJHS – 39%) SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ACT Aspire Data - MATH  33% of SJHS students (137 of 414) are ranked as “College Ready” in Math, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  33% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 33% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  33% of SJHS 7 th Graders (71 of 218) are ranked as “College Ready” in Math.  38% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 29% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  34% of SJHS 8 th Graders (66 of 196) are ranked as “College Ready” in Math, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  28% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 38% are ranked as “In Need of Support”. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

SJHS MATH ASPIRE College/Career Ready Close In Need of Support

 ACT ASPIRE Norms - Reading  The STATE results for the 7 th grade ACT ASPIRE – Reading  7% of students “exceeding” (SJHS – 5%).  29% of students “ready” (SJHS – 31%).  34% of students “close” (SJHS – 34%).  31% of students “in need of support” (SJHS – 30%)  The STATE results for 8 th grade ACT ASPIRE – Reading  14% of students “exceeding” (SJHS – 7%)  34% of students “ready” (SJHS - 40%)  27% of students “close” (SJHS – 28%)  25% of students “in need of support” (SJHS – 24%) SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ACT Aspire Data - READING  42% of SJHS students (172 of 413) are ranked as “College Ready” in Reading, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  31% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 27% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  36% of SJHS 7 th Graders (79 of 220) are ranked as “College Ready” in Reading, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  34% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 30% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  48% of SJHS 8 th Graders (93 of 193) are ranked as “College Ready” in Reading, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  28% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 24% are ranked as “In Need of Support”. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

SJHS READING ASPIRE In Need of Support Close College/Career Ready

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ACT Aspire Data - ENGLISH  78% of SJHS students (323 of 412) are ranked as “College Ready” in English, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  16% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 6% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  80% of SJHS 7 th Graders (175 of 218) are ranked as “College Ready” in English, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  15% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 5% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  76% of SJHS 8 th Graders (148 of 196) are ranked as “College Ready” in English, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  17% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 7% are ranked as “In Need of Support”. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

SJHS ENGLISH ASPIRE College/Career Ready Close In Need of Support

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ACT Aspire Data - SCIENCE  40% of SJHS students (167 of 414) are ranked as “College Ready” in Science, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  25% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 35% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  41% of SJHS 7 th Graders (89 of 218) are ranked as “College Ready” in Science, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  22% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 37% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  48% of SJHS 8 th Graders (78 of 196) are ranked as “College Ready” in Science, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  28% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 24% are ranked as “In Need of Support”. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

SJHS SCIENCE ASPIRE College/Career Ready Close In Need of Support

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ACT Aspire Data - WRITING  34% of SJHS students (139 of 404) are ranked as “College Ready” in Writing.  42% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 24% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  23% of SJHS 7 th Graders (49 of 213) are ranked as “College Ready” in Writing.  49% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 28% are ranked as “In Need of Support”.  47% of SJHS 8 th Graders (90 of 191) are ranked as “College Ready” in Writing, SURPASING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  33% are ranked “Close to College Ready”, 20% are ranked as “In Need of Support”. SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2014 ACT ASPIRE DATA

SJHS WRITING ASPIRE College/Career Ready Close In Need of Support

 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 2014  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 15.3 Composite on the EXPLORE (National Avg. is 15.5)  % of SJHS students score in the National Quartile  % of SJHS students score in the 50-74% National Quartile  % of SJHS students score in the 25-49% National Quartile  % 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 2014  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 14.7 (National Average is 14.7) in English  % of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in English  % of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in English  % of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in English  % of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in English  % 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 2014  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 14.6 (National Average is 15.5) in Math  % of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in Math  % of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in Math  % of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in Math  % of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in Math  % 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 2014  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 14.8 (National Average is 14.6) in Reading  % of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in Reading  % of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in Reading  % of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in Reading  % of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in Reading  % 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

 Scottsboro Jr. High School ratings  SJHS 8 th graders took the ACT EXPLORE Test in October 2014  SJHS 8 th graders scored an average 16.5 (National Average is 16.6) in Science  % of SJHS students scored in the 75%-100% National Quartile in Science  % of SJHS students scored in the 50%-74% National Quartile in Science  % of SJHS students scored in the 25-49% National Quartile in Science  % of SJHS students scored in the 1-24% National Quartile in Science  % 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 a decrease in State funding…SJHS continues to provide an excellent educational opportunity for our students.  Our students continue to show yearly improvement! SCOTTSBORO JR. HIGH SCHOOL