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Eastern York SD pilot 'Freshman Seminar' aims to catch struggling 9th graders early
Summary
At the district board meeting, Assistant Principal Heidi Tyson described a fall pilot that pulls freshmen failing two or more classes into a 45‑minute daily enrichment 'Freshman Seminar' using JROTC peer mentors; preliminary results for 11 participants showed improvement in course pass rates.
At its January meeting, Assistant Principal Heidi Tyson described a pilot program called Freshman Seminar intended to identify ninth‑grade students failing two or more classes and give them daily, structured support to improve their on‑track status for graduation.
Tyson said the district started the pilot this past fall after studying the Pennsylvania Future Ready Index and local graduation data. “Our 4 year graduation rate had only been hovering, around 87 to 87 a half percent,” she said, adding the board has set a longer‑term target of 92 percent within three years.
Freshman Seminar pulls selected regular‑education freshmen into a 45‑minute enrichment period at the end of the school day. Students are asked to put…
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