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December's Newsletter First Semester Exam Schedule
Friday January 27: The Middle School girls and boys basketball games have been cancelled for tonight.
Scheduling Note: for Monday, January 30: Students only need to attend school for make up exams.
Senior Class News:
OV Senior Class Discount Cards are now for sale. They can be purchased at most Varsity Basketball Games, Blue Seal Feeds, and at Carr's Florist and Gifts. They cost $10.00 and will help fund Project Graduation.
Notice about YEARBOOK information error:
Greetings Parents,
The card that was recently sent to parents by Jostens, Otter Valley Union High School's yearbook publisher, was released before it was vetted by me. Unfortunately, the card contains a factual error, and I don't know why. Every year we order enough yearbooks for 50% of the student body and sell them first-come, first-served at Spring Fling. We'll be doing that again this year, so please disregard the card you've received. Only once in 21 years have we sold out of yearbooks at Spring Fling. Seniors always get to buy first, and most years we have books leftover. The actual numbers so far this year are 330 books ordered by me and just over 50 (1.24.12) purchased online. Since you received the card sent by publisher, some have worried and gotten checks to me. I'll take those, but I would prefer to have you order a book online.
Sorry about the erroneous information on the card,
Mike Kelley
OV Yearbook Adviser
Otter Valley Union High School Placed on the College Board’s 2nd Annual AP® District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Advanced Placement® Access and Student Performance
367 School Districts Across the Nation Are Honored
— Otter Valley Union High School is one of fewer than 400 public schools in the nation, and the only school in Vermont, being honored by the College Board with a place on the 2nd Annual AP® Honor Roll, for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams. Achieving both of these goals is the ideal scenario for a district’s Advanced Placement program, because it indicates that the school is successfully identifying motivated, academically-prepared students who are likely to benefit most from AP coursework. Since 2009, Otter Valley Union High School increased the number of students participating in AP from 30 to 56, while improving the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher from 50% in 2009 to 70% in 2011. The majority of U.S. colleges and universities grant college credit or advanced placement for a score of 3 or above on AP exams.
The 2nd Annual AP Honor Roll is made up of only those public schools that are simultaneously expanding opportunity and improving performance. The list includes 367 schools across 43 states and Canada. Pennsylvania led all states with 34 public school districts named to the 2nd Annual AP Honor Roll, followed by Massachusetts and New York, both with 30.
“Participation in college-level AP courses can level the playing field for underserved students, give them the confidence needed to succeed in college, and raise standards and performance in key subjects like science and math,” said College Board President Gaston Caperton. “The AP Honor Roll districts are defying expectations by expanding access while enabling their students to maintain or improve their AP Exam scores.”
Many U.S. school districts have focused on expanding access to AP courses as part of a strategy to improve college readiness. While these efforts have resulted in more students earning scores of 3 or better —— these efforts also have resulted in more students earning scores of 1 or 2. Accordingly, there has been a slight decline since 2001 in the percentage of AP students scoring a 3 or better, a decline that can be expected in any program attracting a broader cross-section of students.
Helping more students learn at a higher level and earn higher AP scores is an objective of all members of the AP community, from AP teachers to district and school administrators to college professors. Many are experimenting with a variety of initiatives and strategies to determine how to expand access and improve student performance simultaneously.
"This school has achieved something very remarkable. It managed to open the doors of its AP classrooms to many more students, while also increasing the percentage of students earning high enough AP Exam grades to stand out in the competitive college admission process and qualify for college credit and placement,” said Trevor Packer, the College Board’s senior vice president of Advanced Placement and college readiness.
Read the full article here
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