Academics and Building Information

Report Card Rating

• Excellent for three years in a row
• Highest Performance Index ever (96.9 out of 120)
• Highest percent of Indicators met ever (23/26)
• Highest number of subgroups meeting AYP ever (41/46)
• Met Value Added for five years
• Exceeded Value Added for four out of five years

individual attention. infinite opportunities.

• All-day every day kindergarten program
• Responsible student-teacher ratios
• 200 course offerings at Whitmer High School
• 15 career training programs
• 22 varsity sports
• 50 clubs/activities
• Award-winning programs in fine arts
• Nurses, counselors, proficiency tutors
• Alternative school—Malcolm Bain Center
• Literacy and math intervention

Student Safety and Wellness

• Security cameras
• Buzzer security system
• School Messenger call alert system
• 100% bus inspection passage rate
• Challenge Days at Whitmer, zone recess, Mix-it Up at Lunch, anti-bullying programs, Bucket Fillers and other positive school “climate” activities
• National Blue Apple Award at Whitmer
• Wellness initiatives
• Student Health Advisory Committee
• Salad bar at Whitmer

Using Technology as a Learning Accelerator

• 3,500 computers, including mobile, wireless labs
• SMARTBoards in every classroom
• “Clickers”—student response systems
• Document Cameras for hands on demonstrations

Student Population

• Our economically disadvantaged student population has nearly tripled since 2003, increasing from 17% to 53.3%
• In same time period, district’s Performance Index Score increased 11.5%