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Hope Academy principal highlights student leadership, early testing gains
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Hope Academy Principal Tasia Burks told the Decatur SD 61 board that the school’s principal-advisory committee gives students leadership roles, mentorship duties and input on school events; she reported gains on interim reading assessments and said community partners support student development.
Tasia Burks, principal at Hope Academy, described a student-led principal advisory program and shared early academic gains at the April 14 Decatur SD 61 Board of Education meeting.
Burks said the advisory committee is chosen through an interview process and gives students leadership responsibilities such as mentoring younger pupils, serving on discipline and interview teams, making morning announcements and offering event feedback. "Excellence is expected," she said, calling the committee the "heart of Hope." Several…
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