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Welcome to South Florence High School
Foundational Studies.
 Freshman Academy
Using a federal grant for start-up funds,
our school initiated a Freshman Academy at South Florence for
the 05-06 school year. The goal behind creating this small
learning community was to support students in order to improve
student promotion and graduation rates and decrease discipline
problems and drop-out rates. In addition to the funds providing
for a coordinator position, they also provide for additional
instructional supplies and professional development for
teachers.
The Freshman Academy incorporates all the
first-time freshman into one of three teams. Students in a
particular team are taught by all the same core-area subject
teachers. The teachers meet weekly to coordinate curriculum,
discuss student issues, and share student work.
After two successful years implementing the
Freshman Academy, South Florence has extended its Smaller
Learning Community (SLC) concept this year. Our goal in
expanding the concept of Smaller Learning Communities is to
increase student success by facilitating better collaboration
among students, parents, teachers, and curriculum. We now have
tenth through twelfth graders organized by career schools. The
three career schools are the School of Health, Education and
Human Services; School of Business, Marketing, Finance, and
Information Technology; and School of Engineering,
Manufacturing, Science, and Industrial Technology. Each school
has its own administrator, guidance counselor, and support
staff.
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Program Name |
Objective/Purpose |
Audience |
Description |
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Academic Showcase |
To showcase high school students work
To orient 8th graders and their parents to
SFHS
To facilitate online scheduling for current SFHS
students and their parents
To provide an opportunity for parents to sign IGPs
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All SFHS students, parents, and staff, plus rising ninth
graders and their parents |
In the early spring, SFHS invites rising ninth graders
and their families to the school for dinner,
orientation, and an academic showcase. Families eat,
attend a short meeting about SFHS and course
registration. Then they migrate to the SFHS Media
Center where ninth grade teachers and students are
showcasing student projects and work. That same
evening, current SFHS students and their parents may
also come to eat and complete course registrations or
IGPs. |
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8th – 9th Grade Transition |
To orient rising 9th graders to SFHS
To increase ninth grade promotion |
All rising ninth graders |
The SLC coordinator initiates a number of programs
designed to transition rising ninth graders to SFHS.
She visits Southside quarterly, bringing SFHS students
to conduct panel discussions with eighth graders in the
careers course. She oversees the Academic Showcase
night, an 8th grade tour of SFHS, and a
summer orientation of students and parents before school
begins. The SFHS ninth grade counselor oversees
students’ course requests and scheduling. |
Should you have a question about our SLC
concept, please contact Carol Hill, SLC Coordinator at 664-8190,
ext. 19, or cchill@fsd1.org.
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