Dixie Heights High School Freshman Academy The Journey Larry Tibbs Brennon Sapp Thad Dusing

Freshman Academy Goals Improve Attendance Improve Retention Rate Improve Failure Rate Improve Discipline Referral Rate

Year One  Establish Academy  Choose teachers  Create Remediation Program  Create Homework Hotline

Year Two  Common Planning Periods  Established Parent Conference Day  Created 4th Quarter SWS

Year Three  Create Freshman Coordinator position  Establish Freshman Wing in building  Freshman Success Guide created  Freshman Administrator assigned  Camp Dixie Day  “Colonel Character” Cards  Reward Field Trip  Pathway Advisor program  Honors Assembly  Teacher WebPages  Gender-based PE/Health  PD on Adolescent Development  Mandatory Tutoring Busses

Next Year??  Trimesters  Separate Teams  Course placement determined by math and English assessments

Pitfalls  Prepare, prepare, prepare  Put someone in charge  Choose Staff carefully  Train Staff on adolescent and gender development  Maintain high staff moral  Strong transition plan with the middle school