The preliminary 2009 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) reports reveal that the North Schuylkill School District has made AYP for the second consecutive year. This is significant as the district had never before achieved AYP status in consescutive years. Besides 2007-2008, and 2008-2009, the district has made AYP only one other time, in 2005-2006.
More details regarding last year's results will be reported in upcoming posts. For now, I wanted to share the goods news- student academic achievement is on the rise!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Computer Forensics Summer Camp Held for Young Spartans
From June 15th to the 18th, North Schuylkill high school teacher, Richard Gober, led thirteen curious middle-school-age students through a four-day investigation of Computer Forensics. The camp was sponsored by Bloomsburg University and Luzerne County Community College, financed through a 2+2+2 Workforce Leadership grant.
Students were guided through fun, hands-on and computer-based experiments which allowed them to gain a better understanding of the foundations of this growing field. The camp culminated with a field trip to Bloomsburg University and more activities, this time led by Dr. John Riley, professor of math, computer science and statistics.
A goal of the camp is to spark interest in computer forensics (which is increasingly being called digital forensics)and future enrollment in North Schuylkill's own computer forensics course and the 2+2+2 program available to North Schuylkill students.
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