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Riverhead High reports gains in academics, lower incidents and growth in alternative programs
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Riverhead High School leaders told the Riverhead Central School District board that AP participation, dual enrollment and vocational enrollment rose, disciplinary incidents and physical altercations declined, and two alternative programs expanded credit recovery and graduation outcomes.
Riverhead High School Principal Christopher O'Hara told the Riverhead Central School District Board of Education on June 24 that the high school recorded gains in advanced coursework, career-technical participation and reductions in disciplinary incidents while alternative programs expanded to help students recover credits and graduate.
O'Hara said 564 Advanced Placement exams were administered this year, 506 students registered for dual-enrollment courses, 242 students enrolled in BOCES career and technical education programs, and 44 students registered for an early-college program this year. He also reported a multi-year decline in disciplinary referrals and fewer physical altercations, which he attributed to increased presence of counselors, social workers, neighborhood aides and school resource officers.
The accomplishments include athletics and arts highlights that school staff presented as part of the…
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