2013Year in Review

Dalton Public Schools

More Students Graduating High School*Dalton Public Schools experienced a 27 percent increase in the number of students who graduated in 2013 over 2012. In only its second year to graduate students, Morris Innovative High School increased the number of graduates from 14 to 46, an increase of 229%. Dalton High School’s graduation rate was 90.90% for 2013.

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College Entrance ExamsHigh school students in Dalton Public Schoolscontinue to perform well on the SAT and ACT. Also, more high school students are taking college entrance exams indicating more students are choosing to pursue post-secondary education options.

High School Graduation

75.84% 77.20%

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Graduation Rate and Total Graduates

Graduation Rate

Total Graduates

49% Enrolled in collegeimmediately after

graduation

72% Enrolled in collegeduring the first two

years after graduation

83% Freshmen to Sophomore

PersistenceEnrolled in college

during the first year after graduation and

returned for a second year

Dalton Students Attending College

Amount of scholarships earned by theDalton High School Class of 2013

104 123scholarshipspresented

students eligiblefor HOPE

$2.78 million

*National Student Clearinghouse Studenttrackersm

*Governor’s Office of Student Achievement Report Card 2012-13

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

2011-12 2012-13

20.41 20.84 20.44 20.51 21 21

ACT Composite Scores

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National

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2011-12 2012-13

75.84 77.2

69.73 71.5

DPS Graduation Rate

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State

1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1550 1600

2011-12 2012-13

1435 1421 1408 1452

1498 1498

SAT Average Verbal, Math, & Writing Score

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State

National

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Advanced PlacementEnglish Language/ CompositionEnglish Literature/ CompositionUS HistoryWorld HistoryPsychologyBiologyChemistryPhysics B & CStudio ArtStatisticsCalculus A/BEconomicsGovernmentEnvironmental ScienceMusic Theory (virtual)

Agriculture/HorticultureArmy JROTCAudio & Video Technol-

ogy and FilmCulinary ArtsEarly Childhood Educa-

tion (with a preschool)Emerging TechnologyGraphic Design

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Dalton High School had its largest group of Advanced Placement Scholars in the school’s history in 2013.

Advanced Honors ProgramDalton High School provides 15 Advanced Placement (AP) or college-level classes for students. AP courses, developed by the College Board and taught by highly-qualified teachers, allow students who successfully complete the class an opportunity to sit for an exam that may result in college credit.

International BacclaureateDalton High School is one of only 26 schools in Geor-gia that offers the International Bacclaureate program. The challenging two-year curriculum leads to an IB Diploma that is widely recognized by the world’s lead-ing universities.

InternationalBaccalaureateEnglish Higher LevelMathematics Higher

LevelMathematics StudiesHistory of the AmericasPsychologyBiologyChemistryTheaterVisual ArtLatinFrenchGermanSpanishTheory of KnowledgeMusic

61 AP Scholars 16 AP Scholars with Honors 7 AP Scholars with Distinction 330* Students in AP Classes 319 Students took AP Exams 8 IB Diploma Candidates 5 Earned IB Diplomas 78* Students in IB Courses1200 Students in Career Tech 166 StudentsqualifiedasCTAE Pathway Completer

World LanguageAcademyFrenchGermanLatinSpanish

*all grades

*Morris Innovative High Language AcademySpanishGermanFrench

Dalton High Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Pathways More than 1200 students took a career technical course at Dalton High School with 166 students com-pleting three courses to qualify as a CTAE pathway completer.

Law and JusticeMarketing and Manage-

mentProject Lead the Way (Engineering)Business Management/ OwnershipMoney Management/ Banking

Morris Innovative High Career PathwaysHealthcare ScienceDigital DesignEntrepreneurshipStudio E (coming Fall 2014)Translation Academy

DPSLiteracy Scores at 90% or BetterStudents continue to perform better than the state average on standardized tests. Reading and English/Language Arts scores are consistently in the 90 per-cent or above range for all grades. Students showed improvement over 2011-12 scores in all areas except fifth grade English/Language Arts, which was down by three points.

Math Scores Continue to ImproveMath scores are above the state average at third and fifth grades and only one point below the state average in eighth grade. Scores remained the same as 2011-12 in both third and fifth grade with eighth graders increasing math scores by four points. The district has focused professional learning efforts in the area of math instruction at all levels for teachers.

Assessment

Georgia High School Writing TestIn the Fall 2012 administration of the Georgia High School Writing Test, 94 percent of all Dalton Public Schools met or exceeded the standard. Morris Innova-tive High School had 48 students who were first-time test takers and 93.8 percent met or exceed the stan-dard. Dalton High School had 292 first-time test takers and 96.9 percent met or exceed the standard. Dalton High School had over 20 percent of those student who exceeded the standard compared to the state average of 9 percent. Also, 16 Dalton High students earned a perfect score on the writing test.

Eighth Grade Writing ScoresOverall, more students scored “on or exceeds target” in 2012-13 than in 2011-12. More Dalton students scored at the “met and exceeded the target” range than the state average.

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Reading ELA Math

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95 96 94 96 93 94

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8th Grade Writing Exam

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Georgia High School Writing Test

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2012-13

Instruction $40,017,602

70%

School & Student Support

$6,090,428 11%

Central Support $4,268,968

7%

Maintenance & Operations $4,435,923

8%

Transportation $2,421,231

4%

General Fund Expenditures Fiscal Year 2013

$9,148

$9,801 $10,413 $10,268 $10,056

$9,256 $9,275 $9,341

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Per Pupil Expenditures All Funds excluding Capital and Debt

Community services

Food services

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Support services

Instruction

1,894 1,998 2,100

3,664 3,674 3,702

1,677 1,697 1,715

6,313 6,470 2.5%

6,612 2.2%

6,736 1.9%

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Student Data

High School Grades 9-12

Middle Grades 6-8

Elementary Grades K-5

PreKindergarten

SchoolsElementary Schools (PreK-5): 6Middle School (6-8): 1High Schools (9-12): 2Total Enrollment: 7,564

Staff Administrators: 43Aides/Support: 355Licensed Staff: 527

Master’s degree or higher: 79%Fewer than 3 yearsexperience:11%More than 10 yearsexperience: 62%

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Student Enrollment

DPS Statewide Ranking forPer Pupil Expenditures

2009 - 47th 2013 - 102nd

General Fund ExpendituresFiscal Year 2013

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*ProjectedPer Pupil Expenditures

All Funds excluding Capital and Debt

Other Local $718,777

1%

Local Property

Taxes $26,907,450

48%

State Sources $27,773,258

50%

Federal Sources $601,365

1%

General Fund Revenues Fiscal Year 2013

General Fund RevenuesFiscal Year 2013

68.5% 4.8% 2.2%

21.8%

2.7% Race/Ethnicity of Students

Hispanic Black Asian

White Multi-racial

Race/Ethnicity ofStudents

2013 Academic Accolades

Mrs. Teresa Hildreth’s 4th Grade Class at Blue Ridge

Region Winners of the Fall 2012 Georgia Stock Market Game Program

Brookwood and Westwood SchoolsHighest-Performing Title I Reward Schools

Dalton High SchoolHigh-Progress Title I Reward School

Dalton High SchoolAP Honors School in four categories: AP Merit

School, AP STEM School, AP STEM Achievement School and AP Access and Support School

Dalton High Students Jordyn Mader, Emily Poplin, Sawyer Stinnett,Josh Newby and Laura Smith

GMEA District 7 Honor Band

Dalton High Student Jordyn MaderGMEA All-State Band

Dalton Middle Students Roberto Ortiz, Madison Esters and Perla Salaises

GMEA All-District Band

Pratik Bhatter2013 Dalton High STAR Student

Dalton Middle Students Caitlin Tiede and Vanessa Vargas

2013 Georgia Commission on the Holocaust’s Art, Writing and Music Contest

Dalton Middle Student Caroline Coleman2013 Georgia River of Words Contest state winner

Dalton High Students Amanda Pham, Suzie Martinez and Luis Rosales

2013 Governor’s Honors Program

Brookwood SchoolFinalist in Georgia STEM Education

Awards Program

Dalton High Student Kathryn Harbin2013 American Legion Auxiliary Girls State

Dalton High Student Seth Gabriel2013 American Legion Boys State

Dalton High Student Araceli Acosta3rd Place - Georgia German Poetry Contest

Dalton High Student Caitlin ParhamExcellence in Graphic Design for logo used in Georgia for United States Tennis Association

C3 Center Stock Market Team(Itzel Garcia, Rhett Hammontree,

Josh Ayers, Caylob Patino andcoaches Tammy Poplin,

Vanessa Rinkel and Marla Pridgen) Spring 2013 Region Stock Market winners

Dalton High 1st Sgt. Eugene JacksonWDEF News 12/Bi-Lo Golden Apple Award

David Hilley2013 Dalton High STAR Teacher

City Park Teacher Rebekah RogersGeorgia Power New Teacher Assistance Grant

Dalton Middle Teacher Mitch Doxsee2013 Florida Authors and Publishers Association

President’s Gold Award

Dalton High Students Bitia Eunice Pazand Thao Nguyen

2013 North Georgia Leadership Program

Morris Innovative High StudentOmar Sheikh

2013 North Georgia Leadership Program

Blue Ridge School$2500 physical activity grant from

Action for Healthy Kids

Dalton High School U S News and World Report Best High Schools

Ranked 16th in Georgia, 888th in Nation

Dalton High Student Gabriela Espitia Gates Millennium Scholarship winner

Sarah StinnettDalton High School 2013 Valedictorian

Alejandro AzuaMorris Innovative High School 2013 Valedictorian

2013 Extracurricular AccoladesDalton High Girls’ Softball

Advanced to the Sweet 16 of Class 4A State Tournament

Dalton High Boys’ Swim Team GHSA Class A-5A State Swimming Champions

Dalton High’sTaylor Dale Georgia High School Swim Coaches Association Swimmer of the Year Runner-Up 5A and under

Dalton High Swim Coach Charles Todd Georgia High School Swim Coaches Association

Swim Coach of the Year 5A and under

Dalton High Girls’ Swim Team Participated in the GHSA Class A-5A State

Swimming Championship

Dalton High’s Ninive Arriola andSusan Meinders

State qualifiers at the GHSA Class A-5A State Swimming Championship

Dalton High Boys’ VarsityBasketball Team

Advanced to the State Playoffs as the No. 2 Seed in Region 7AAAA

Dalton High Girls’ VarsityBasketball Team

Advanced to the State Playoffs as the No. 3 Seed in Region 7AAAA

Dalton High Wrestlers Dylan Carlile and Sidney Wheeler

Advanced to the State Wrestling Championships

Dalton High Basketball CoachJeff McKinney

500th career win and 250th win at Dalton

Dalton High Girls’ Golf Team Region 7AAAA Champs and advanced to state

championship playoffs

Dalton High Boys’ Golf Team Region 7AAAA Champs and advanced to state

championship playoffs

Dalton High Boys’ Soccer TeamClass 4A State Champions and Region 7AAAA Champions (ranked #1 in nation by MaxPreps)

Dalton High Soccer Coach Matt Cheaves 2013 DiVarsity Georgia Class 4A Soccer

Coach of the Year

Dalton High Varsity Cheerleaders GHSA Region 7AAAA Champions

Dalton High Football TeamGHSA Region 7AAAA Champions

Dalton High Girls’ Varsity Tennis Team Region 7AAAA Champs, Advanced to Elite 8 in

State Championship

Dalton High Students Nick Nelson,Jesus Torres and Marvin Beecher Participated in the Technology Student

Association State Competition

Dalton High JROTC Rifle Team2nd Place at the VFW State Championship

Dalton High Student Enrique Muro 2nd Place in AutoCad in the TechnologyStudent Association State Competition

Dalton High Seniors Emma Phinney and Ben Southerland

Cast in the All-State Theatre performance

Dalton High Literary TeamAbraham Ocana - 3rd in State,

1st in Region for Dramatic Interpretation;Suzie Martinez - 3rd in State, 1st in Region for

Essay; Bo Southerland, Will Alderman,Chase Todd and Connor Cohran - 2nd in Region

for Quartet; Efra Uscanga - 3rd in Region forExtemporaneous Speaking; Emma Phinney - 4th in Region for Solo; Erin Farmer - 4th in Region

for Dramatic Interpretation

Blue Ridge SchoolSafe Routes to School Northwest Region

Outstanding Partner of the Year

Dalton High Girls’ Track TeamRegion 7AAAA Champs

Dalton High SchoolGeorgia Athletic Directors Association’s Director’s

Cup - Region 7AAAA Winner, 4th Place Class 4A

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individual who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice.

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Beliefs•Each student is unique and can learn more at higher levels•Students give their attention and commitment when provided engaging experiences

•Literacy is fundamental for success in all pursuits and necessary for lifelong learning

•Together, we achieve more

•Each individual is a learner, teacher, designer and leader

•Education is essential to the well-being of each individual, the economy and our democratic way of life

VisionEach student of Dalton Public Schools engages in interesting, challenging, satisfying experiences that result in profound learning in academic disciplines, synthesis, creativity, respect and ethics so that each student is a contributing citizen of the world.

MissionThe mission of Dalton Public Schools is to be a great learning organization where networked learning commu-nities are the primary means of maintaining direction, establishing goals, assessing results, and assuring progress; creating, developing, importing, and exploring knowledge; and recruiting and inducting members.

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