For Parents/Guardians
Pima Partnership High School has several unique aspects designed to help your child succeed
Highly Qualified Staff
Pima Partnership High School is accredited by the North Central Accreditation Association. The continuous improvement model of the accreditation insures the continued upgrading of faculty knowledge and standards. The school administrator has nearly 25 years of experience as a teacher and administrator.
The Learning Center
Pima Partnership High School shares its facilities with several social service programs at the Learning Center under the umbrella of The Partnership. These programs include:
This on-site support allows PPHS to address issues in a holistic fashion with students and their families.
Charter Mission
Pima Partnership High School is an Arizona public charter school that is dedicated to bringing challenging educational opportunities to its student body. Those opportunities involve exploration and enhancement of the whole student intellectually, socially, and personally. As a result, students are exposed to many diverse activities that can help them grow into a fully engaged and confident citizen.
Advisory
Each day students meet with a specific teacher in a classroom setting as home base. This advisory period is designed to help students begin the day in a positive state of mind. The entire school population begin each day in a morning meeting for the Pledge of Allegiance, announcements, celebrations and a moment of silence. Students then go to their advisories where they work on various activities to enhance each student personal skills as well as build communities. We use several curricula like positive Behavior Supports, Seven Habits for Highly Effective Teens and Thinking for A Change to empower students to negotiate their way through the challenges of the present and the future.
Content Area Assistance
Our highly qualified staff have expertise in specific content area such as mathematics, social studies and language arts. In addition, PPHS is enhancing and developing a comprehensive vocational education component that prepares students for the world of work. In all of these areas, our teachers are available for after school tutoring. We also have a regular Saturday tutoring component to help students stay on track and earn all the credit for which they are scheduled.
Extended Day Programs
In collaboration with its sponsoring agency, The Partnership, the Partnership School is open from 7:00 a.m. each morning and students are to leave by 4:30 p.m. The school day begins at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday. Currently, classes conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Monday - Friday. There are many activities after the regular dismissal time of 3:30 p.m. in which students can participate. There is a game room with pool and tennis tables, juke box and other activities. Tutoring or academic counseling is also available.
Personal Learning Plans
Each student has his or her own curriculum based on personal interests, individual needs, learning goals and graduation requirements. The student's learning team, comprised of his/her parents or guardian, advisor/teacher, mentor and self, designs an individualized program of work for which the entire team has responsibility.
Individualized Scheduling
Because of the variety in students' learning plans, the school's philosophy is that a single whole-school schedule is not conducive to individual success. With the help of his/her advisor, each student creates a weekly individual schedule based on the work s/he needs to do, the resources s/he needs to find and his/her internship or other work outside of school.
Parents as Key Collaborators
PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY FOR PIMA PARTNERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
PPHS has a growing parent outreach program that encourages parent involvement in the school. It builds the schools’ and parents’ capacity for strong parental involvement and support a partnership among the school, the parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement through information, consultation and coordination activities.
Information
PPHS implements programs, activities and procedures with a focus on meaningful involvement of parents. The staff will take the following actions to inform parents:
• PPHS will invite parents to an annual informational meeting about the school’s participation in Title I, Part A programs and will explain the requirements and parents’ right to be involved.
The School will provide opportunities for equal access for parents who are ELL, migrant, homeless or disabled, in a language they can understand. Thus, a Spanish translator will be present.
• PPHS will present to parents specific information at the meeting about:
Title I Part A programs Arizona’s academic content standards and student academic achievement standards,
Arizona and local academic assessments
Strategies to monitor student progress and work with educators to improve the achievement of their child, such as the development of the Pathway for Graduation,
Opportunity to request regular meetings and flexible times.
• PPHS will hold several open houses that occur at the beginning of the academic year.
• Parent liaison will outreach to parents about school activities and opportunities for parental involvement. Parents are invited to meet their children’s teachers and are informed of goals, organizations, volunteer opportunities, and updates.
The liaison will provide information to parents in a uniform format, and in a language parents can understand and disseminated in a timely manner.
• Parents will be notified of student progress and grades as appropriate.
Consultation
PPHS will take the following actions to engage parents in meaningful consultation:
• Involve parents in Title I decision –making and policy development activities.
• Invite parents to develop and annually evaluate the content and effectiveness of the
Parent Involvement Policy in improving quality of the school and identifying barriers and strength/weaknesses of parental involvement programs.
School-Parent Compact (stating shared responsibilities for student academic achievement)
Consolidated Plan
• Inclusion of parents on Title I Schoolwide Plan committee
• Inclusion of parents on North Central Accreditation Team.
Coordination Activities
PPHS will coordinate and integrate parental involvement strategies in Part A with parental involvement strategies under other programs: 21st Century Literacy Center Project and other programs provided by Youth and Family Services Department of Pima Prevention Partnership.
SY2011-2012
To view the 2011 School Improvement Plan for Pima Partnership High School click here.
To view the 2011 Continuous Improvement Plan for Pima Partnership High School click here.