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Spaulding High to launch Freshman Academy and numeric proficiency scale to support transition and graduation pathways
Summary
Spaulding High School principal Denise Maurice outlined a Freshman Academy and related changes — including a numeric proficiency-based grading scale, expanded advisory and 'crimson block' support time, and use of a Ron York scholarship to develop engineering pathways — aimed at improving ninth-grade success and long-term outcomes.
Denise Maurice, principal of Spaulding High School, outlined plans to launch a Freshman Academy aimed at improving the transition from middle school to high school and supporting students' long-term success. Maurice said the academy will form the foundation of the school’s tier 1 supports within a broader multi-tiered systems-of-support (MTSS) framework.
Maurice said the high school plans to strengthen its proficiency-based grading system by moving from word-based reporting to a numeric scale that uses 0.5 increments (for example, 3.5 or 2.5 on standards-based scales). "Teachers are beginning to draft those…
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