Academic Goals

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Sheridan Freshman Academy
510 West Church Street
Sheridan, Arkansas 72150
Phone: 870-942-3232
Fax: 870-942-3296

2008-2009

SFA Academic Goals

School Goal:

All students will receive the minimum credits necessary to be promoted to tenth grade.

English Department:

Increase SAT10 reading comprehension scores to 60%.

Increase SAT10 reading vocabulary scores to 60%

Improve vocabulary scores by teaching Latin cognates.

Math Department:

Maintain 100% proficiency on EOC geometry test.

Increase the percentage of students scoring advanced on EOC geometry to 95%

Increase the percentage of students scoring proficient on EOC algebra to 88%

Increase the number of students passing Algebra A and B, without attending summer school.

Science Department:

Incorporate writing skills into science lesson plans.

Social Studies:

Incorporate writing skills into civics lesson plans.

Art Department:

Provide students with a variety of art media and processes as required by the Arkansas Art Frameworks.

Continue to emphasize understanding of math concepts through related art projects.

Vocational Department:

Increase student competency test scores by 5% for Computerized Business Applications and Word I.

Incorporate cross curriculum to include spelling and vocabulary lessons to assist with increasing ITBS scores.

Increase student skills to “compose at the keyboard” to create professional business communication documents.

R.O.T.C. Department

Improve student’s oral and written communication skills through the application of the National JROTC curriculum.