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I wish to sincerely thank our previous Board of Trustees. They have rendered excellent service and it has been both a privilege and a pleasure to work with them during their three year term. I have learned a tremendous amount from them and wish to publicly thank them for giving me the opportunity to be the Principal of Forest View High School. It is a privilege to be the Principal of this school and I look forward to working with the new Board to strengthen our schools ability to deliver quality learning outcomes to our students.

2010 Board of Trustee Members

2010 CHARTER GOALS AND 16 JUNE TEACHER PARENT EVENING

School charters are required to include student achievement improvement targets that the Board of Trustees is expected to report back to the Ministry of Education as part of the following year’s school charter. The Board of Trustees has set the following two goals for 2010.

2010 Charter Goal 1: At least 80% of students in NCEA classes will gain a minimum achieved grade in standards that sum to at least 15 credits. This will apply to NCEA classes that offer standards that sum to at least 15 credits.

NCEA Level 1 requires a student to achieve at least 80 credits at level 1 or above. Eight of the credits must be in numeracy (mathematics) and eight of the credit must be in literacy (English of Te Reo). NCEA Level 2 and NCEA Level 3 are also 80 credit certificates. 60 of the 80 credits are required to be at the level of the certificate or above. The School catchphrase “15 Up,” is about each student and teacher focussing on achieving a minimum of 15 credits in each NCEA subject that offers at least 15 credits. Achieving this goal will improve the likelihood of a student achieving the NCEA certificate that they are pursuing.

As you prepare for the teacher parent Report Evening for year 11 to year 13 on 16th June it would be a good idea to question your son or daughter about the amount of credits that they have achieved in each of their subjects. Your son or daughter will have a course outline for each of their subjects which will inform them about the number of credits that are offered in a particular subject and also the timing of these assessments. I encourage you to ask them to see these course outlines and to discuss their progress with the learning and assessments that are listed. Your son or daughter should also have a brick wall which is a Forest View High school tool that assists students keep track of the number of credits that they have achieved. Please ask your son or daughter to also sight these brick walls. You will be able to follow this discussion up with their teachers at the June 16 parent interview evening. School reports for Year 11 to Year 13 students will be mailed to parents on 11th June.

2010 Charter Goal 1: To increase the percentage of Forest View High School leavers who are of Maori descent that achieve NCEA Level 2 or above to at least 55%.

The Forest View High School Board of Trustees has set this student achievement improvement goal to address the variation that exists within the school between Maori and Non Maori NCEA achievement. This is a national challenge which the government expects all schools to respond to. It is envisaged that the 15 Up school catchphrase with support and monitoring will over time improve the achievement levels of all Forest View High School students. Level two has been selected because research identifies that this is a minimum qualification that students should achieve. The research clearly identifies a difference in the income levels of students who at least achieve NCEA Level 2 and students who do not achieve NCEA Level 2. The school’s involvement in Te Kotahitanga, is a key lever in achieving the above goals.

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