High School! is a best practice periodical for educators produced by the Middle and High School Improvement Office, 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 are working toward a goal of high performance.
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Spring 2007
DOC (954KB; 20pp.; 23-Feb-2007) | PDF (778KB; 20pp.; 23-Feb-2007)
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
DOC (2.8 KB; 19pp.; 09-June-2006) | PDF (303KB; 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
DOC (810KB; 18pp.; 02-Mar-2006) | PDF (351KB;18pp.; 02-Mar-2006)
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 (283KB;: 16pp.) | PDF (254KB; 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.) | PDF (266KB; 15pp.)
Theme: Raising Student Achievement
- High Performing High School Initiative
- River City and Lompoc High Schools
- Model Continuation High Schools
March/April 2004
DOC (16MB; 14pp.) | PDF (311KB; 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 (132KB; 19pp.) | PDF (934KB; 18pp.)
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 (115KB; 15pp.) | PDF (414KB; 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 (130KB; 15pp.) | PDF (479KB; 14pp.)
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 (141KB; 16pp.) | PDF (304KB; 14pp.)
Theme: School Construction
- A message from the Superintendent
- High School Construction
- High School Remodeling
- Leland High School
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