Monday - Eastern's Future

So we're getting a half day today - do you know why? It's so we can spend the afternoon discussing a plan to help transform Eastern next year. A few highlights from the plan so far:

Make each class a little shorter (55 minutes) and add an extra class at the end of the day - Advisory Class. During Advisory we'll so a variety of things - basically provide students with both social and academic support.

Have 17 half days (to make up for the slightly longer day).

Schedule more students into a 7th hour class when they fail a class so they can get back on track to graduate ASAP.

Implement a system of positive behavior supports (teach students how to behave in a civilized manner and reward those who do, re-teach those who don't).

What do you think? What does Eastern need to do to help with our 3 main problems (increase our math and reading scores, increase our graduation rate and create a more positive environment)?

Monday - Homecoming Week

Student senate is looking for feedback on what you thought of our homecoming week activities, especially the tailgate (if you went to it). Share some of the positives and any suggestions you have to improve on it for next time. Thanks!

Friday

Find a funny / interesting / crazy news article from the last couple days ... copy a link to it. Why did you chose this article?