Henry W. Grady High School

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Henry W. Grady High School

• Individually We Are Different Together We Are
  Grady

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Excellence and Achievement

• Home to APS Communications Magnet
• Ranked One of the Premier GA High School
• Distinguished School 3 Years in a Row

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Grady High School Demographics

• Students
• -67 African American
• -27 Caucasian
• -6 Other
• Faculty
• -46 African American
• -41 Caucasian
• -13 Other

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Grady High School Demographics
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Grady High School Demographics

• 1997-1998 721
• 1998-1999 706
• 1999-2000 699
• 2000-2001 740
• 2001-2002 870
• 2002-2003 892
• 2003-2004 933
• 2004-2005 1,010
• 2005-2006 1,216

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Grady High School Demographics

• Increase of 476 students over 6 years
• 46 Overall increase

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Students Eligible to Receive Free/Reduced Lunches

• 2003-2004 383, 41 of students
• 2004-2005 465, 46 of students
• 2005-2006 528, 43 of students

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Average Combined SAT Scores for Seniors
99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
Grady 1002 1064 1050 1014 1007 1100
APS 839 856 855 862 847 815
GA 967 973 974 980 981 993
U.S. 1011 1012 1013 1016 1017 1028
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Average Combined SAT Scores for Seniors
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Number of Grady Seniors Who Took the SAT

• 1999-2000 91
• 2000-2001 108
• 2001-2002 111
• 2002-2003 138
• 2003-2004 140
• 2004-2005 148

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Mean Total SAT Scores for African-American Seniors
00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
Grady 906 925 915 914 985
District 827 828 834 819 843
State 853 852 856 852 868
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Mean Total SAT Scores for Caucasian Students
00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
Grady 1216 1193 1236 1172 1200
System 1157 1165 1168 1147 1187
State 1026 1029 1033 1029 1040
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Mean Scores of Grady Students on the HSTW
Assessment
1998 2000 2002 2004 HSTW Goal
Reading 252 288 307 300 279
Math 281 306 322 318 297
Science 283 303 323 317 299
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Mean Scores of Grady Students on the HSTW
Assessment
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Completion Rates
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
Grady 56 68 75 89
System 39 43 54 72
State 62 63 65 69
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Completion Rates
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Retention Rate
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02
9th Grade 27 18 13 7.2 8.3
10th Grade 17 9 5 2 2.6
11th Grade 18 5 6 7.4 2.58
12th Grade 6 3 7 2.9 5.59
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Dropout Rates

• 1997-98 13
• 1998-99 10
• 1999-00 8
• 2000-01 7.7

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Overall Retention Rate

• 1997-98 18
• 1998-99 10
• 1999-00 8
• 2000-01 5
• 2001-02 4.99

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Overall Promotion Rate

• 1997-98 82
• 1998-99 90
• 1999-00 92
• 2000-01 95
• 2001-02 95.01

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Average Student Attendance

• 1997-98 87
• 1998-99 90.6
• 1999-00 92.9
• 2000-01 95
• 2001-02 95.01

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Ninth Grade Focus

• Data 1995 2005
• 9th Grade Retention Rate
• 1995 - 35 2004 11
• Increased Core Requirements
• Removed Lower Level Classes

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Ninth Grade Summer Transition Program

• Began in 1998
• Three weeks
• 80 students
• All homeroom students met with their advisors the
  Friday before school started and completed
  activities and a ropes course
• Currently 100 students can volunteer to
  participate
• Two weeks
• Overview of math and language skills
• Introduction to study skills
• Getting acquainted with high school ATL
• All 9th grade students are invited to come to
  school on the Friday before school starts for an
  orientation activity

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Ninth Grade Instructors

• Teachers committed to teach ninth grade students
• Teachers are given support and training
• New Educational Methods
• Single gender algebra I classes
• Summer Math Academy

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Advisement Program Revision

• 9th grade students are placed in smaller
  homerooms (32 students-15 students) with an
  advisor who has volunteered to be a 9th grade
  specialist
• Advisement is held bi-monthly
• Advisement is grade level specific
• Advisors are trained for specific needs
• Advisement includes study skill and test prep

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Lets Do It Again

• Academic Recovery
• Purpose- Keep students on track for graduation.
• Available to Students who have failed a course
  which has an EOCT.
• Meets on Saturdays for 9 weeks.
• Students who succeed get course credit.

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Extra Help

• Project Success
• AVID
• Inclusion/ RVI

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Extra Help (continued)

• Tutoring
• SAT
• End of Course Test
• Tabernacle Partnership
• Community Based Program
• Mentoring Programs
• Grady Men of Distinction
• Georgia Department of Labor
• Lunch and Learn
• WISE (Women Inspiring Self Enrichment)
• Made Men
• Principals Mentoring Program

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Career Academies

• Communication Magnet Program
• Health Careers Academy
• Arts Academy
• Travel and Tourism 2007

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Academic Rigor through Advanced Placement

• French Literature
• Latin
• Music Theory
• Physics B
• Psychology
• Spanish Language
• Statistics
• Art
• Spanish Literature

• Biology
• Calculus AB
• Chemistry
• U.S. History
• English Literature
• Environmental Science
• French Language
• U.S Government
• World History

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Relevance Through Community Outreach

• 360 Degrees
• Aramark
• Atlanta Job Corp
• Atlanta Medical Hospital
• Bobby Dodd
• Criminal Records
• Georgia Department of Labor
• Georgia Tech
• Georgia Youth Apprenticeship

• American Tech Logistics
• Atlanta College of Arts
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Atlanta Technical College
• Cold Stone
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Georgia Power
• Georgia Tech Arts Education Program
• Heritage Production

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More Business Partners

• Job Corp CEO
• Kennesaw Mountain Writing
• Margaret Mitchell House
• Morehouse School Of Medicine
• Pen/ Faulkner Writers in School
• Publix CEO
• Savannah College of Art Design
• Turner Broadcasting

• Johnson Wales
• Le Cordon Bleu
• Marriott Foundation
• Newcomb Boyd Consulting Engineers
• Phillips Arena
• Renaissance Hotel
• Target
• U.S. Small Business Administration
• Youth Radio

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Support from HSTW Reform Model

• Technical Assistance Visit
• School Leadership Retreat
• HSTW Reform Model
• California Partnership/Academies
• Curriculum Revision

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More Support from HSTW

• HSTW has helped by providing
• A school improvement framework
• Professional development resources
• An assessment system
• District and school leaders opportunities to
  participate in HSTWs urban initiative
• Technical assistance from an external team that
  includes useful recommendations from objective
  experts

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Professional Development

• HSTW Sponsored Staff Development
• End of Year Faculty Staff Development
• Continued Refinement of School Improvement Plans

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HSTW Focus/Challenges

• Provide more interdisciplinary instruction.
• Providing common planning time for teachers is a
  major barrier in the development of
  interdisciplinary instruction

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How the State has Helped

• Georgia provides
• State content standards in all areas (through
  Georgias Quality Core Curriculum) that give
  teachers and school leaders clear ideas of what
  they need to get students to learn
• Mandatory state graduation tests (GHSGT) in
  English/language arts, mathematics, science,
  social studies and writing that send the message
  to all students that they need to master
  challenging content, regardless of their
  ethnicity or socioeconomic backgrounds and
• An accountability system (Georgia Public
  Education Report Card) that measures school
  performance and gives schools a way to measure
  themselves.