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Teachers, students highlight new courses and improved graduation and attendance metrics
Summary
Teachers and students described recently introduced high‑school courses—Real History, Mathematics for the Trades and Play Production—and Principal Ochocchi highlighted progress: 86% of students on track to graduate and a 10% drop in tardies after trimester 1.
Teachers and student representatives used the Feb. 23 board meeting to describe how new, student‑driven courses are working at South Saint Paul High School.
Mr. Anderson, who teaches a film‑based 'Real History' course, said he designed a menu of 20 project options so students choose assessments tied to film units; units this year included the Holocaust, civil rights and World War II. “It was all student driven,” Anderson said, describing a structure of…
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