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API scores continue to rise
in Alpine School District
By Lori Bledsoe
The Alpine Sun
ALPINE — The Sept. 19 Alpine Union
School District board meeting brought good news to build on this
school year. With the implementation of a strong reading
program, ExCel, and a new Principal at Shadow Hills, the
district is facing further growth in educational success, while
the proof of higher API scores this year lends credence to
practices that are definitely working for our Alpine students.
Keith Malcolm was welcomed and cheered for as the new
Shadow Hills Principal. Malcolm was previously working with Katy
Woodward, at Joan Mac Queen Middle School as the Vice Principal,
when he received a promotion to take the place of Cyril
Reinicke, who retired last year from Shadow Hills Elementary
School. Malcolm has a background in science education and knows
that when you have a talented and conscientious staff, the
school’s success is inevitable. His plans are currently to
observe and listen to his valued staff, making changes only when
changes are necessary.
The highlight of the night was when Superintendent Greg
Ryan reported on the success of the Alpine schools’ new API
(Academic Performance Index) scores. Ryan was very happy to
report that overall, Alpine was raising the bar, on their STAR
performance. Each school in the Alpine Union School District, as
well as the District itself, is showing a marked improvement in
performance over the last four years.
The state of California has established an overall
target score of 800. Each school in the state must show
improvement towards this goal to satisfy the “no child left
behind” requirement. Our schools have shown constant improvement
over the last four years, and each school is solidly placed
above the 800 mark.
Shadow Hills Elementary School was the highest scoring
school in the district this year, reaching 861, 75 points higher
than their achieved scores of five years ago. Joan Mac Queen
Middle School received an API score of 805, taking only a slight
dip from last year, but still over the state goal of 800.
Boulder Oaks Elementary School achieved a score of 855, also
slightly dropping from last year, but also well over the
required state goal.
Alpine Elementary School progressed this year and
achieved a score of 838. Mountain View Learning Academy, the
district’s home school facility, achieved a very impressive
score two years ago at 897.
Their API score, dipped dramatically last year, though
not below 800, but is back “on the up” at 850, still solidly
placed above the state goal. This up and down of scores at the
academy is due to the rotation of students in the program.
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