A Message from the Principal, Dr. Jerry Anderson

Monarch High School is proud to have made Adequate Yearly Progress as defined in the No Child Left Behind Act. We met 26 of 26 targets for the 2008-2009 School Year.

Last year we made progress toward each of our achievement goals and met and surpassed our goals concerning improving school climate. Monarch High School remains committed to continuous improvement. After reviewing our CSAP and ACT results from the 2008-2009 school year, we established goals* in order to support student achievement.

Equity (E): MHS will increase student growth in achievement on the Reading CSAP for Latino, Sp Ed, and Meal Assistance students.

Achievement (A): Monarch High School will increase student growth in achievement on the 10th Grade Reading and Writing CSAP. Monarch High School will increase student achievement in the subject areas of ACT Reading and English.

Climate (C): MHS will reduce the gap in favorable responses on the climate survey between students of color and white students. MHS will increase parent satisfaction in our school measured increase in the percentage of favorable responses on the Parent Snapshot Survey

(*Specific SMART Goals can be found in the School Improvement Plan)

By working together to implement the most effective instructional strategies, we will be able to impact our school wide achievement. Through our learning communities, staff members have the opportunity to plan together, share best practices, examine assessment results, and use their collective knowledge and experience to support the learning of each and every student. We have supplemented these efforts through a process designed to more readily identify students whose behavior, attendance, or academic performance are impacting their opportunity to have a successful learning experience at Monarch High School. Once students are identified, we can problem solve and create plans to assist students with their learning. Students have also been given access to additional support through the "Forum", a learning center open all periods during the day and after school on Monday through Thursday.

In addition to these goals, we will continue to work on creating a welcoming school environment and increasing effective communication. In creating a welcoming school environment this year, we have a full time receptionist to address parent telephone calls. We are continuing with our Greeter Program to welcome visitors into the building. We are also reducing response time to parent requests for student work. You can also look forward to the establishment of the Monarch Parent Teacher Organization. In continuing to increase effective communication, parents are receiving a weekly bulletin, Howling Good News Notes, a quarterly newsletter, and email announcements of other important school and District events.