High School! was a best practice periodical for educators produced by the California Department of Education. The primary objective of the periodical is to highlight issues, research, and resources pertinent to high school grades; focus on best practices and strategies of high schools; and showcase schools that work toward a goal of high performance.
Spring 2009 (Posted 21-May-2009; DOC; 5MB; 13pp.)
Theme: Program Improvement
- Program Improvement – A Challenge for California’s High School
- The Facts About Program Improvement
- Highlighted Schools: Waterford High and Enterprise High
Spring 2007 (Posted 23-Feb-2007; DOC; 956KB; 20pp.)
Theme: Relevance
- Civic Literacy and the Civic Mission of School
- Highlighted Schools: Del Campo High School and Golden Sierra High School
- Is Your School Library Relevant to Twenty-First Century Learning?
- The Relevance of Counseling in High School
Spring 2006 (Posted 09-June-2006; DOC; 2.84MB; 19pp.)
Theme: Small Learning Communities
- Some Big Ideas About Smaller Learning Communities
- Highlighted Schools: Anzar High School and Chico High School
- Technology as a Tool to Save Time
- School Counseling: Improving the Lives of California Youths in the Twenty-First Century
Winter 2006 (Posted 02-Mar-2006; DOC; 809KB; 18pp.)
Theme: Student Support and Interventions
- Prevention and Intervention Strategies Support All Students
- Student Support and Intervention Strategies—What Works?
- Spotlighted Schools: Lowell High School and Escondido High School
- Getting Results: Health Risks and Academic Performance Index (API) Scores
- Technology Contributes to Both Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
- Eleven California High Schools Win Awards for Exemplary Counseling and Student Support Programs
Spring/Summer 2005 (DOC; 285KB;: 16pp.)
Theme: Teacher Collaboration
- Teacher Collaboration and Common Planning Time Increases Student Achievement
- Rio Linda and Tulare High Schools
- Collaborating with the School Library Media Teachers
- CAHSEE Update
June 2004 (DOC; 1MB; 15pp.)
Theme: Raising Student Achievement
- High Performing High School Initiative
- River City and Lompoc High Schools
- Model Continuation High Schools
March/April 2004 (DOC; 16.2MB; 14pp.)
Theme: Student Achievement and School Improvement
- High Performance High School Initiative
- Red Bluff and Norco High Schools
- Pupil Personnel Ratios, Services, and Programs
January/February 2004 (DOC; 131KB; 19pp.)
Theme: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students
- Communicating Across Cultures
- Santiago and East Bakersfield
- High Schools
- Educational Equity - Changes in Legal Compliance Requirements
December 2003 (DOC; 114KB; 15pp.)
Theme: Enhancing and Supporting Student Achievement
- Essential Components for Instructional Success
- Alisal, Calipatria, and Trabuco Hills High Schools
- NCLB Supplemental Services
- CAHSEE Update
September/October 2003 (DOC; 128KB; 15pp.)
Theme: Secondary Literacy
- Hoover and Santa Ynez High Schools
- Resources
- When Older Kids Can't Read
- CAHSEE Update
- Report Card on Reading and Writing
July/August 2003 (DOC; 138KB; 16pp.)
Theme: School Construction
- A message from the Superintendent
- High School Construction
- High School Remodeling
- Leland High School
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