Pentucket Regional High School NCLB

Arlene C. Townes, Principal
Mailing Address: 22 Main Street, West Newbury, MA 01985-1899
Phone: (978) 363-5507 / Fax: (978) 363-2730
Website: http://www.prsd.org

Pentucket Regional High School Community is dedicated to the fostering of academic excellence, civic responsibility, and social awareness in its students. We strive to provide our students with a strong foundation of knowledge and skills; to initiate a lifelong quest for learning; to maximize individual potential; to inspire the confidence necessary for the fulfillment of goals; and to produce ethical, involved citizens who, respecting themselves and others, work for the betterment of mankind.

Enrollment – 2003 – Grades Offered: 9 - 12
	School	District	State
Race/Ethnicity
White	97.8 %	97.6 %	75.1 %
African-American	0.6 %	0.6 %	8.8 %
Hispanic	0.3 %	0.8 %	11.2 %
Asian	1.3 %	1.0 %	4.6 %
Native American	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.3 %
Gender
Male	50.8 %	51 %	51.5 %
Female	49.2 %	49 %	48.6 %
Selected Population Enrollment
Limited English Proficiency	0.0 %	0.0 %	5.3 %
Low-income	4.5 %	3.4 %	26.2 %
Special Education	12.1%	12.2 %	15.2 %
Migrant	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.2 %
TOTAL COUNT	933	3,445	982,152

*Report Card:
This report includes information on the school's performance on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) by content area, grade level, and for particular student populations. Comparison data from the district, the state, and from 2001 are also provided. In addition, this report includes other information as required by the federal No Child Left Behind act.

Goals:

Develop a strategic plan for technology.

Create a dynamic process to review, evaluate and revise curriculum based on student expectations for learning.

Insure the instructional programs provided by the school meet the educational needs of all students.

Develop a professional development program that impacts student learning outcomes.

Develop a planned system of assessment practices that insures continuous student growth and effective use of resources.

School Council Members 2002-2003:

Principal	Arlene C. Townes, Co-Chair

Staff:	Jeanne Anderson
	William Buell
	Janet Crosby
	Connie Fall
	Jack Willett

Parents:	Jean Lambert, Co-Chair
	Lyn LeGendre
	Denise Littlefield
	Edith Maxwell
	Tina Morrison

Student Representative:	Elisabeth Buell

Parent Alliance Liaisons:	Nancy Giard
	Peter Giard

Faculty Licensure Information:

Student success is linked to the quality of a school’s instructional staff. The information below is divided into two parts: (1) the percentage of teachers who are certified or licensed to teach in Massachusetts and (2) the percentage of classes taught by teachers who are highly qualified in core academic areas such as mathematics, science, reading, history, English language arts, etc. Both pieces of information are intended to help you understand the backgrounds and preparation of the teachers who are working with your child. As you will see, most if not all teachers in the school are certified, and most, if not all, are highly qualified. Those who are not are either working on a waiver granted by the Massachusetts Department of Education, or are long-term or permanent substitutes. While qualified to teach within Massachusetts, certain teachers are now in the process of demonstrating subject matter competency through additional coursework. No Child Left Behind requires that all teachers be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, and thus what you will see in the percentages are indications of how far our school has to go in order to comply with this deadline.

2000-2001 Dropout Rate, Grades 9-12: 3.5%

Percent of teachers licensed: 93%

Percent of core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers: 97%