This past spring, Catholic High received SACS/CASI (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Council on Accreditation and School Improvement) accreditation renewal. For a school to earn and maintain a five-year term accreditation, it must adhere to the AdvancED Standards for Quality Schools and follow a detailed accreditation process, which involves a commitment to ongoing self-assessment and improvement. Accreditation is not a week or month-long event. It is a continuous process of change and accessing those changes.

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Looming in the shadows, waiting to make its appearance, is an ominous creature that many students loathe: the report card! When the first quarter amazingly comes to a close on October 10th, report card grades will be on everyone’s mind. However, beyond the quizzes, tests, assignments, and project scores that combine to define a student’s quarterly grade, other assessments are also used at Catholic High to indicate achievement in learning.

On Wednesday, October 15, Catholic High will hold its high school testing day. PLAN, an ACT readiness test, will be administered to all 9th and 10th graders. The PSAT/NMSQT assessment will be administered to all 11th graders as a Pre-SAT test and as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Also on that day, seniors will take the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), serving as a multi-aptitude test. Throughout the year, juniors and seniors select from test dates in October, December, February, April, and June to schedule the ACT.

Catholic High teachers, department heads, and administrators use these standardized test score results to identify students’ needs, to assist with placement of students in courses, and to steer curriculum development and instructional planning. Parents and students can study these scores to gain insight into student aptitude and career possibilities, to identify areas for improvement, and to note individual scholastic growth over time.

For more information on any of these high school tests, please visit the Web sites described here.

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The school year is now in full swing, and despite the heat, hurricane, and homework, everyone is settling into learning. Even teachers are learning as they continue their education through various professional development opportunities.

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In one of his famous sonnets, William Shakespeare proclaimed, “Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” I would bet that no student, parent, or even teacher would disagree with him! All too soon the long, delightful days of summer are gone, and the new school year is here. Hopefully, students have passed some of those lazy summer days visiting new places and times in the company of a good book.

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