Michigan City Wolves Wire, February 2016

MC Wolves logoRecently, the Indiana Department of Education released the 2014-15 A-F school grades and I am proud to report that Michigan City High School continues to show improvement. Since the A-F model began in 2011-12, we have improved in all four of the major categories used to rate Indiana high schools. While our 2014-15 grade of a C remained unchanged, we improved the total number of points received from 2.55 to 2.75. The increase in the points earned was largely credited to the number of sophomores who passed their English 10 and Algebra 1 end of course assessments. Another highlight from our grade is the 58 percent of the 2014 graduating class earning a dual credit, industry certification or passing an advanced placement exam. Michigan City High School remains a leader in the state in terms of college and career readiness as the 58 percent is well above the state expectation of 25 percent and the state average of 47 percent.

The IDOE also released the 2015 graduation rates and we are truly excited to report that our graduating class of 2015 earned the highest rate that has ever been recorded, 89.8 percent, since the state began recording graduation rates in 2007. This is a tremendous accomplishment for the students, parents, teachers and countless community members who have worked with our students, K-12, to ensure that our students graduate college and career ready.

As we strive to meet our vision, Excellence for Everyone, we have set our goal on moving to the next grade by improving the number of students who pass the end of course assessments and graduate college and career ready.

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