Commonwealth Accountability Testing System

School Report Card

1999-2000

Campbell County High School

ssorrell@campbell.k12.ky.us

This report card provides information about how well our school is doing, where it is succeeding, and where there is room for improvement. While it cannot tell everything about our performance, the report card is a good starting point for discussions with our teachers, administrators, school council members, and school board members. Unless noted, all data is from the 1999-2000 school year; contact information and narratives reflect the most recent school year's activity. For a more detailed examination of our school, please ask to see our Expanded Report Card, which contains a wealth of data and reports detailing school performance and procedures. Each school is required by law to provide this information upon request.

About Our School

an opportunity to excel in learning, leadership, citizenship, and character."

How Our School Ensures Educational Equity

Campbell County High School addresses the issue of educational equity by opening classes to all students. The use of the collaboration model helps assure that all students may have access to the educational opportunities of Campbell County High School. The "Freshmen Academy" was established in 1999 to provide incoming freshmen the opportunity to have less transition difficulties. Seniors may choose to become involved with our Co-Op program. This class provides seniors with real-world work experience to help prepare them for successful transition after graduation.

School Enrollment __1384___

How Our Students Perform

Kentucky uses the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) to hold schools accountable for student progress. CATS has three parts: the Kentucky Core Content Tests, the national Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS/5), and other measures of the school’s performance, including attendance, retention and dropout rates. Together these three elements make up a school’s CATS Performance Score for every two-year period.

Kentucky Core Content Tests

These tests measure the ability of our students to use knowledge in each subject. Kentucky’s tests rate student performance using four categories: Novice, Apprentice, Proficient, and Distinguished. These categories translate into a scale of 0-140, with 100 being considered proficient. The state goal for all schools is 100 by the year 2014. This chart compares our school's performance, including academic indices and the percent of our students scoring novice, apprentice, proficient and distinguished (P/D), with all the schools in our district and all the schools in Kentucky.

KCCT Test

Novice

Apprentice

Proficient/Distinguished

Academic Index

School

District

State

School

District

State

School

District

State

School

District

State

Reading (10^th)

16%

16%

14%

59%

59%

53%

25 %

25%

32%

65

65

69.9

PL/VS (10^th)

54%

54%

52%

42%

42%

41%

3%

3%

7%

35.9

35.9

38.9

Mathematics (11^th)

25%

25%

26%

37%

37%

40%

39%

39%

34%

72.8

72.8

68.3

Science (11^th)

7%

7%

7%

84%

84%

79%

9%

9%

14%

63.6

63.6

67.1

Social Studies (11^th)

20%

20%

18%

61%

61%

51%

19%

19%

31%

60.7

60.7

67.8

Arts & Humanities (11^th)

63%

63%

46%

36%

36%

49%

2%

2%

5%

31.3

31.3

40.6

Writing (12^th)

24%

24%

29%

56%

56%

50%

21%

21%

21%

57.6

57.6

55.2

The goal is that by 2014 nearly all students will score proficient or distinguished.

National Norm Referenced Test

The national norm referenced test used in Kentucky, the CTBS/5, measures the basic skills of our students while allowing us to compare their performance with national benchmarks established in 1996. These scores are reported in percentiles. A percentile shows the percentage of students who fell below a particular score on the test. For example, a percentile of 60 would show that the average student in our school scored equal to or better than 60 percent of all students who took the test. For data on student performance on the ACT, SAT, and advanced placement tests, ask to see our school’s Expanded Report Card.

(CTBS/5)

School

District

State

Nation

9^th Grade Reading

63%ile

61%ile

52%ile

50%ile

9^th Grade Language Arts

58%ile

56%ile

48%ile

50%ile

9^th Grade Mathematics

59%ile

57%ile

47%ile

50%ile

Other Measures

Other measures of school performance are the degree to which our school succeeds in getting students to come to school, our dropout rate, and the degree to which our graduates successfully move on to higher education or jobs. Another measure is the retention rate, which reflects the percent of students who were not academically ready to go on to the next grade and had to repeat the content of a grade for another year. These data reflect our performance during the 1998-1999 school year.

Transition to Adult Life

Attendance Rate

Retention Rate

Dropout Rate

College

Military

Work

Training

Time School

Not Successful

School

94.1%

4.4%

1.4%

49.7%

1.7%

27.9%

5.5%

6.9%

8.3%

District

95.2%

2.8%

1%

49.7%

1.7%

27.9%

5.5%

6.9%

8.3%

State

93.9%

4%

3.4%

52.6%

2.7%

29.3%

4.3%

6.3%

4.8%

Our CATS Performance

State Contest Results: Academic/Speech, Band, Chorus, and Orchestra

Improv Night on May 18th

Teacher Qualifications

Sch.

Dist.

State

This chart shows the level of content preparation, continuing education, and classroom experience of our teachers. These numbers do not include our administrators, guidance counselors, or library media specialists. The top row presents information on the certification of our teachers, while the second row presents additional information on the extent of their formal preparation to teach specific content. A teacher may be fully certified and yet not possess a formal major or minor in the subject they are teaching. The third row reflects the continuing efforts of our teachers to increase their mastery of the content areas they teach. The bottom two rows present further information about the extent of preparation and years of teacher experience

Certified for Subject and Grade Level

100%

90%

NA

Minor, or the Equivalent in the Subject Being Taught

100%

95%

NA

% of Classes Taught by Teachers Who Participated in Content-Focused Professional Development

100%

99%

NA

or Greater or the Equivalent

79%

68%

80%

Teaching Experience

13

12

13

Our Learning Environment

School Safety

The information on school safety is intended to illustrate the policies and procedures we have in place to make our school as safe as possible for our students and staff.

Yes

No

Visitors are Required to Sign in

X

All Parents received the District Discipline Code

X

% of Classrooms with Telephone Access to Outside Lines

100%

Procedures in Place in Our School for Drug and Weapons Detection

Campbell County High School uses a tip line (Voice mail box 4792) that can be accessed both in school and from the outside. We use "drug dogs" unannounced to search lockers and cars. Discipline code states that there is no tolerance for drugs, alcohol and violence. Discipline code also includes a dress code that addresses proper attire for the school. We use metal detectors and breathalyzers to randomly check participants at extra-curricular events. These item are available for use during the regular school day if needed.

Violation

Number of Reported Incidents

Number of Students Suspended or Expelled for This

Number of Students Transferred to Alternative Placement for This

Aggravated Assault (with intent to cause injury)

3

4

0

Drug Abuse Violations

11

22

4

Weapons Violations

3

3

0

Student Resources

Spending per Student

Student Teacher Ratio

Student/Computer Ratio

% of Classrooms with at Least One KETS Workstation With Internet Access

Our School

3786

19:1

5:1

100

District

5498

17:1

3.3:1

100

State

6270

17:1

5.8:1

92

How We Use Technology to Teach

Students use our computer labs for internet research and writing. The Kentucky Tele-Linking Network (KTLN) Room incorporates satellite video conferencing and computer access to provide students with real time interactive conferencing with sites around the world. Teachers are encouraged to use the media retrieval system for instruction and are provided training on Microsoft Power Point for presentations. We have the Information on Demand (IOD) system to provide information on grades, discipline and attendance to parents on a 24 hour basis. Our Web site is www. campbell.k12.ky.us /cchs.

Parental Involvement

# of Students Whose Parent/Guardian Had at Least One Teacher Conference

# of Parents/ Guardians Voting in School council (SBDM) Elections

# of Parents/Guardians Serving on the School Council (SBDM) or Its Committees

# of Volunteer Hours

Our School

300

21

20

2500

Extracurricular Activities

Campbell County High School offers every sport sanctioned by the Kentucky High School Athletics Association. We offer boys and girls soccer, football, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls golf, volleyball, boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track, fast pitch and slow pitch softball. We also have marching band, pep band, drama, and academic clubs offered for students as extracurricular activities.

Award and Recognitions

Campbell County High School was pleased to award over $500,000 in scholarships to the graduating class of 2000. We also awarded four Commonwealth Diplomas to the class of 2000. This school year we have a National Merit Scholarship finalist and two semi-finalist in the class of 2001. These students represent the upper 2% of the class of 2001 nationwide. Our vocational organizations, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) continue to earn high honors regionally and state-wide.

What We Are Doing To Improve

We are presently reviewing our assessment data and will participate in a voluntary Scholastic Audit. This process will identify areas of strength and weakness and allow us to focus our energy on improving. We will also be involved in a SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) ten year review. Professional Development at the start of the school year focused on Teaching Reading in the Content Areas and we are providing professional development on developing quality open response questions. This training will directly impact students during the CATS (Commonwealth Accountability Testing System) tests in the spring. Campbell County High School welcomes input from parents and the community at large on ways to increase support in our community. Please contact Principal Stephen Sorrell at 635-4161, extension 2183 with ideas.

How to Get More Information

Call, e-mail, fax or write to our principal at the number and address on the top of this School Report Card. You may contact your School Based Council Members at the numbers below. Visit our main office and ask for the Expanded School Report Card that contains a variety of information including Kentucky Core Content Test data and CTBS/5 national norm referenced test data disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, disability and other criteria. This disaggregated data is available to you at no cost. The remainder of the Expanded School Report Card may be free or provided at cost of copying.

Member’s Name

Phone

Member’s Name

Phone

Billie Beacom, Teacher

(859) 635-4161

Hazel Short, Asst. Principal

(859) 635-4161

Judith Beiting, Parent

(859) 442-9747

Stephen A Sorrell, Principal

(859) 635-4161

Geoffrey Besecker, Teacher

(859) 635-4161

Jennifer Stein, Parent

(859) 635-4161

Renee Boots, Teacher

(859) 635-4161

Kathy Coleman, Parent

(859) 635-4927

Jennifer Combs, Teacher

(859) 635-4161

David Jones, Parent

(859) 781-7960

Roseann McCafferty, Teacher

(859) 635-4161

Diane Sebastian, Teacher

(859) 635-4161

Our school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in employment or provision of services.