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C O L L E E N M E A N E Y

Challenge Success

Effort • Hard work is more important

than talent • Hard-work is more important

than intelligence

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Grit • Not to abandon tasks in the face of

obstacles! • Perseverance • Tenacity • Doggedness • Persistence

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Growth Mindset • "Whether you think you can,

or think you can't, you are right." (Henry Ford)

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Balance

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Enjoy the journey!

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Happiness

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• COMPASSIONATELY DEMANDING & SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Learning Environment

Core Values & Beliefs

Committed to excellence in and out of the classroom, the CCHS community believes that it is our mission to inspire our students from Concord, Carlisle and Boston to strive for and meet high levels of academic and personal achievement.

Core Values & Beliefs

We believe that the respectful, supportive, and engaging learning environment at CCHS instills intellectual curiosity, a passion for learning, as well as an understanding of one's role in the community and in a diverse global society.

Why Challenge Success

Our new partnership with Challenge Success, of Stanford University, comes from three places: (1) a recommendation from last year’s Homework

Committee (2) the positive response to our speaker, Julie Lythcott-

Haims, who surfaced a number of areas of students’ stress and who talked with parents about How to Raise a Successful Adult

(3) feedback from the Parent Survey highlighting student stress, the impacts of homework, extracurriculars, and more

What Challenge Success is about

Challenge Success, “provide[s] schools and families with

the information and strategies they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for their kids. ...Effective change happens when all stakeholders— administrators, faculty, parents, counselors, and students—come together to identify problems and work on solutions.”

What Challenge Success stands for

Data from Challenge Success’s work with other high

schools over the last ten years shows that academic achievement remains high while they partner with schools to strengthen students’ “ability to be independent, adaptable, ethical, and engaged critical thinkers,” and “foster learners who are healthy, motivated, and prepared for the wide variety of tasks they will face as adults.”

CCHS Challenge Success Vision

Concord Carlisle High School is a community united in support of students’ engagement and well-being. We consciously commit: To spark curiosity and excitement for the journey of the

high school experience To encourage balance, personal growth, and academic

excellence To value student voice in a respectful and compassionate

community To foster a community that actively challenges and

redefines success to support students’ individual well-being

CCHS Survey Data: Extracurricular Activities & Stress

61% School sports 40% Community service 35% Club sports 32% School clubs 21% Performing arts 14% Religious organizations 11% Visual arts 5% Student government 5% Advisory Leader 4% Journalism and literature

Academic Engagement

46% of students said they “do school”: they often or

always work hard, but rarely if ever, find their school work interesting, fun, or valuable

28% of students report working hard on their school work and finding their schoolwork meaningful.

Student School Stress & Academic Worries

73% of students reported they were often or always

stressed by schoolwork

60% of students reported that schoolwork often or always kept them from having time with family or friends

67% of students reported that schoolwork often or always kept them from getting enough sleep

48% of students have felt forced to drop an activity because of the amount of schoolwork they have

Average hours of sleep by grade level on a typical school night

Student health & well being

In the month prior to the survey:

48% of students reported that a stress-related health or emotional problem cased them to miss more than a day of school. 52% reported that a stress-related health or emotional problem caused them to miss a social, extracurricular or recreational activity more than once in the part month Approximately 37% of students surveyed experienced exhaustion, headaches and difficulty sleeping in the past month (see Figure 8 for percent on all physical problems related to stress and Table 8 for percent by grade).

Multi-tasking v. uni-tasking

Students were asked how they felt about the amount of homework they had each night. 56% reported they had “too much” homework 43% felt they had the “right” amount of homework Students were also asked what else they do while doing homework: 64% Listen to music 57% eating (dinner or snack) 51% texting (including Snapchat), chatting, etc.. 32% emailing 28% watching TV, YouTube, Netflix 28% are on Instagram or other social networking sites 25% talking to family or friends in person 19%talking on the phone, FaceTime, etc.. 12% are just doing homework

Recommendations to students on opening day: What we can do to support each other

Text / social media free (or lighter) time from 7-9 pm

Uni-task – do one thing at a time and see what happens with your efficiency

Permission to get more sleep

Kindness and encouragement

Challenge Success Steering Committee

Priority Areas, as derived from root cause analysis:

Extracurriculars Homework Student Engagement