Graduation Rate
In 2011 Shikellamy High School reported an 84% graduation rate. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Shikellamy High School's rate was 79.25% for 2010.
Former AYP graduation rate:
- 2010 - 84%
- 2009 - 78%
- 2008 - 84%
- 2007 - 78%
- 2006 - 83%
- 2005 - 81%
The district's policy is that if proficiency is not achieved on mathematics and reading PSSAs, a retest will be administered during the senior year for deficient subject areas. Failure to achieve proficiency in the retest requires a passing grade on a final examination and a passing course grade for any and all deficient subject areas reported by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. The student must pass both the course and the final examination in order to graduate. If a student fails to show evidence of this proficiency, the student can achieve a Shikellamy diploma by passing a summer school course or by returning for an additional school year to achieve a passing grade.
The curriculum is currently under revision to align it with the 1999 Pennsylvania Academic Standards. These standards are assessed in the third through eighth and eleventh grades under the guise of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. These tests last several days and cover Reading, Writing, Speaking, Mathematics, and Science.
Revision of the Shikellamy School District's mathematics curriculum, to bring it into compliance with Chapter 4 regulations of 2000, is to begin in fall 2007.
In 2007, Shikellamy School District was awarded two state grants to improve the education of their high school students. The administration announced the receipt of a three year Project 720 grant of $270,000. Some of these dollars will be used to revise the graduation project to include a career component. The district was also awarded a $339,000 grant to infuse technology into the core curriculum of the high school. The Classrooms for the Future grant provides laptop computers for English, math, science and social studies classrooms. Additionally, the state will cover the salary of a part time teacher technology coach whose role is to assist the teachers in using the equipment and software effectively to improve their instruction.
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