City of Harper Woods School District Middle School Annual Education Report

September, 2010

Dear Parents and Community Members:

We are pleased to present you with the Annual Education Report (AER) which provides key information on the 2009-2010 educational progress for Harper Woods Middle School.   The AER addresses the complex reporting information required by federal and state laws. The school’s report contains information about student assessment, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and teacher quality.  If you have any questions about the AER, please contact Mr. Peter Newman for assistance.

In an effort to prepare and comply with graduation requirements for the Class of 2016, we are very happy to report that we have established a new World Language Program.  I would like to congratulate the students and staff in the Middle School for the significant improvement realized on last year’s standardized tests.  As always, I would like to thank the community for its continued and unrivaled support of education in Harper Woods, and we look forward to our continued progress toward educational excellence for all our students.

Sincerely,
Peter R. Newman, Assistant Principal
Harper Woods Middle School

Annual Education Results

The AER is available for you to review electronically by clicking here or you may review a copy from the Principal’s Office at the Secondary School.

Harper Woods Middle School once again made Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2009-2010 school year, scoring an 89 (B) on the annual report card. In the area of Reading the Middle School students showed dramatic and significant gains in achievement. 

State law requires that we also report additional information:

PROCESS FOR ASSIGNING PUPILS TO THE SCHOOL
Families who have students new to the district must provide residency verification upon enrollment. Pupils are assigned to grades 7-8 based on their report cards and/or records requested of the students’ former school.

The Middle School is the fourth (4th) year of our five year school improvement and accreditation plan. The accreditation organization to which we are applying is Advanced Ed.

Although Harper Woods Middle School does not currently have a specialized school, there is a gifted and talented program in which qualified students are permitted to take high school courses (Earth Science and Algebra I) for credit.

The Course Description Guide is completely aligned with the Michigan Merit Curriculum and a copy may be obtained on line.
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THE AGGREGATE STUDENT ACHEIVEMENT RESULTS FOR ANY LOCAL COMPENTENCY TESTS OR NATIONALLY NORMED ACHIEVEMENT TESTS