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North Kingstown High School //Home of the Skippers! // By: Lindsay Kohn Our Mission Statement: "To provide our young adults a learning environment, both physically and philosophically, that fosters their growth as students, citizens and individuals through opportunity, accountability, encouragement and security"

Location: 150 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown, RI 02852

Contact Information: __Telephone__: 401-268-6236 __Fax__: 401-268-6210 __Website__: http://www2.nksd.net __Principal__: Thomas W. Kenworthy

__Superintendant__: Phil Auger, Ph.D (401-268-6400) 

Introduction: Welcome to Home of the Skippers! North Kingstown High School, or NKHS, is a public secondary school located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It is a very large town with 56.8 square miles. This great school, which serves grades 9–12, is attended by residents of both North Kingstown and Jamestown. In this town, there are 8 schools. The elementary schools consists of Stony Lane, Henseler/Quidnessett, Hamilton, Forest Park, and Fishing Cove. The middle schools are Wickford and Davisville Middle School. Lastly, the high school is North Kingstown High School. In North Kingstown, there is a Marine Biology Center. This fun place has hands-on activities for families and schools since the year of 1989! Kids that go to the Marine Center is proven that they get better grades in school. Furthermore, about a half hour away is Newport. This beautiful town that is on the water has many sight seeing areas. Also, it has several shops and resturants. If you are looking for something to do with your family and friends this town is the perfect place to come! It is only a half an hour from North Kingstown. You will not regret it! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday through Friday, school takes part from 7:30 in the morning until 2:30 in the afternoon and is 50% females as well as 50% males. As of 2009, there were 1,655 students enrolled, and the faculty consisted of approximately 130 teachers. Students at NKHS wear their school colors black, gold, and white with pride and spirit. Students enjoy singing the school song, Alma Mater. The kids get very into their school newspaper known as The Current Waver. In this, there is the latest sporting events, things going on around town, and much more. North Kingstown High School is known for their huge auditorium with a stage, cafeteria, computer labs, infirmary, library, science labs and sports facilities. As a matter of fact, North Kingstown High School was recently rated as one of the top 500 schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Community Background: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Kingstown has a great median household income. With Rhode Island having $54,902, North Kingstown comes to around $76,316. Therefore, North Kingstown is about $20,000 higher than Rhode Island all together. It is a very large town with 56.8 square miles. Many people love to live in North Kingstown because it is so big and filled with many people Below is a picture of the race and ethnicity of North Kingstown (left) and Rhode Island (right).

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Many people love to live in North Kingstown because it is so big and filled with many people. Below is a picture of the race and ethnicity of North Kingstown (left) and Rhode Island (right). As you can see, towards the left in North Kingstown, about 94% of kids are American Indian. Also, in Rhode Island, there are 69% American Indian. All together, Rhode Island is mostly made up of white/caucasian people



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">With Rhode Island having $54,902 of a median household income, North Kingstown comes to around $76,316. Therefore, North Kingstown is about $20,000 higher than Rhode Island all together. According to the 2010-2011 US Census, the families below poverty level are 4% and Rhode Island is 8.4%. As we can tell, North Kingstown reduces to about a half of Rhode Island. Another positive thing about North Kingstown is the high school graduation rate. In Rhode Island, the students that received a high school diploma was 83.7%. In 2011, North Kingstown had 88% of students that graduated high school. This is a great thing because only few students did not receive their diploma, and it is a higher rate than Rhode Island all together.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The child population has varied a lot in Rhode Island. For example, in 1990, there were 225,690 kids. Then, 10 years later in 2000, it decreased about 3,000 to 247,822 people. Recently, from the Census in 2010, Rhode Island currently has 223,956 children. In North Kingstown, there are 6,322 kids. The childrenin single-parent families are increasing rapidly with divorce rates. In North Kingstown, there are 28% of kids with single-parent families. Rhode Island has 31% kids with single parent families. These numbers are pretty close to each other. Another close statistic would happen with households with grandparents financially responsible for their grandchildren. North Kingstown currently has 4%, and Rhode Island is right there with 6%.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">District Summary <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Kingstown consists of 8 schools in the district which are 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school. The student to teacher ratio is currently 1 teacher to 14 students (1:14), or as you can see in the table below. The statewide ratio of students to teachers are 1:11. North Kingstown provides a learning environment where students can find any type of learning that they are searching for. Whether they are auditory or visual learners, they will definitely learn as much as possible. Teachers in North Kingstown are willing to help students with extra help. Furthermore, the teacher to student ratio in Rhode Island is 1:11, and also in Barrington, RI. Barrington is one of the wealthiest towns in Rhode Island. Central Falls, which is one of the worst districts in Rhode Island, has a ratio of 1:9.

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<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">School Analysis

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Kingstown is considered a large school having 1,655 students and approximately 130 teachers. Thomas W. Kenworthy plays a great role in being the principal.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In the graph shown to the right, we can notice that North Kingstown High School has done almost perfect on the reading NECAP, but students should probably get extra help or tutored in math, although the test scores are not terrible.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Shown above is the writing NECAP for one elementary school, one middle school and North Kingstown High School. These scores are very close to each other, as we can see. The yellow, being North Kingstown, has actually done better than the "average" students in Rhode Island. Teachers not North Kingstown High School but in all of the North Kingstown District make sure the students pass at least the proficient part of the NECAP, although they strive for even better.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The graph towards the left is another example of how great the NECAP scores are in North Kingstown. With the statewide of Rhode Island being 19,19, and 25, North Kingstown ended up being higher once again to 25,28, and 29.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Conclusion <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In conclusion, North Kingstown High School a school with many opportunities in it. Teachers build great bonds with all of their students and are focused on moving onto a further chapter in their life. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">There are not only great site seeing attractions, but parents can choose to where there kids want to attend school for elementary and middle school. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The wide range of clubs, classes, and extracurricular activities provides the school-wide community that any student would ever wish for. The NACEP scores, teacher to student ratio and percent of qualified teachers seem to be a lot higher and better than all of the other schools. In North Kingstown, kids and families will never be bored. Families that are moving into North Kingstown should 100% consider sending their students to this high school because of all the opportunities it offers. Here, many students have furthered their education, and with North Kingstown High School, they have been very successful so far. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kids in North Kingstown do not regret living here. North Kingstown High School is an incredible public school where there is so much to offer. <span style="color: #808000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">References Rhode Island Kids Count (2012). Retrieved October 26, 2012 from [] U.S. Census Bureau (2012). American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 26, 2012 from[] Votta, Peg(2012). InfoWorks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting. Retrieved October 27, 2012. From []

<span style="color: #808000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Rubric <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Editor: Cassie Audette

Introduction = 3 / 5 pts.

 * 5 - Intro provides an overview of the upcoming analysis, including what school/district/community is being analyzed, what aspects are being analyzed, and who the report is intended to inform. || 4 - Intro names the school/district/community and previews the scope of the report, but does not describe who the report is intended to inform. || 3 - Intro names the school/district/community but not much else. || 2 - Intro fails to name the school, district, and community. || 0 - No introduction section is apparent. ||

Constructive comments about report's introduction:  talk about the other districts you compare NK to. you focus mainly on just the school itself. you had a lot of good info about the school it is just a little choppy in some sentences. also add maybe one sentence about some of the stats you will be looking at

===  **Organization =**  5 **/ 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Report includes an Introduction, a Conclusion, and sections for the School, District, and Community. Within each section, paragraphs logically group the information presented. || 4 - Report includes all of the sections mentioned previously, but does not break down information into paragraphs within each section. || 3 - Report is missing one of the sections. || 2 - Report is missing more than one section. || 0 - Report does not include any sections. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization:  all sections are present and clearly labeled and each paragraph is clearly defined

===  **Mechanics =**  3 **/ 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - All information in the report is cited using APA styled- citations after the information and in a Reference section at the end of the report.

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There are extremely few typos and misspelled words in the report. || 4 - Most information is cited using APA style.

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There are a noticeable number of typos or misspellings. || 3 - Some citations in the References section are not in APA style, e.g. URLs are listed without the title of the website.

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There are many typos, misspellings, or other writing errors. || 2 - Most of the report's information is not cited, or APA style was not used. || 0 - Report does not include a Reference section. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization:  Cite sources within your text also properly format each reference you have listed. no noticeable typos, but a few sentences here and there could use some reworking.

===  **Conclusion =**  3 **/ 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community and describes why findings should be important to reader. || 4 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community. || 3 - Conclusion does not refer back to report findings. || 0 - No conclusion section is apparent. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about conclusion:  good so far just add a sentence or two summarizing the report findings.

===  **Creativity =**  4 **/ 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Report is written in an engaging style. || 4 - Report has some interesting sections. || 3 - Report generally reports information without seemingly without purpose. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about presentation:  you have very good and interesting information. if you want to make it a 5 just make it a little less dry add a little extra within each section

===  **Thoroughness =**  3 **/10 pts**  ===


 * 5 - Report includes at least ten different facts in each section (school, community, district) and

compares each figure with another relevant figure (e.g. state or national average) and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 4 - Report includes at least eight different facts in each section and

compares most figures with relevant values and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 3 - Report includes at least six different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures || 2 - Report includes at least four different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures. || 0 - Report includes less than four different facts for any section or

fails to compare any figures with other relevant figures. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about presentation: you have good information just add more comparison to the other schools and analysis (maybe about what their scores reflect of their curriculum etc.) for each topic you talk about. it will make your whole project more interesting.

Introduction = REPLACEWITHSCORE/ 5 pts.

 * 5 - Intro provides an overview of the upcoming analysis, including what school/district/community is being analyzed, what aspects are being analyzed, and who the report is intended to inform. || 4 - Intro names the school/district/community and previews the scope of the report, but does not describe who the report is intended to inform. || 3 - Intro names the school/district/community but not much else. || 2 - Intro fails to name the school, district, and community. || 0 - No introduction section is apparent. ||

Constructive comments about report's introduction: 4

=== **Organization = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Report includes an Introduction, a Conclusion, and sections for the School, District, and Community. Within each section, paragraphs logically group the information presented. || 4 - Report includes all of the sections mentioned previously, but does not break down information into paragraphs within each section. || 3 - Report is missing one of the sections. || 2 - Report is missing more than one section. || 0 - Report does not include any sections. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization: 5

=== **Mechanics = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - All information in the report is cited using APA styled- citations after the information and in a Reference section at the end of the report.

and

There are extremely few typos and misspelled words in the report. || 4 - Most information is cited using APA style.

and/or

There are a noticeable number of typos or misspellings. || 3 - Some citations in the References section are not in APA style, e.g. URLs are listed without the title of the website.

and/or

There are many typos, misspellings, or other writing errors. || 2 - Most of the report's information is not cited, or APA style was not used. || 0 - Report does not include a Reference section. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization: 5

=== **Conclusion = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community and describes why findings should be important to reader. || 4 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community. || 3 - Conclusion does not refer back to report findings. || 0 - No conclusion section is apparent. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about conclusion: 4

=== **Creativity = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Report is written in an engaging style. || 4 - Report has some interesting sections. || 3 - Report generally reports information without seemingly without purpose. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about presentation: 4

=== **Thoroughness = REPLACEWITHSCORE /10 pts**  ===


 * 5 - Report includes at least ten different facts in each section (school, community, district) and

compares each figure with another relevant figure (e.g. state or national average) and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 4 - Report includes at least eight different facts in each section and

compares most figures with relevant values and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 3 - Report includes at least six different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures || 2 - Report includes at least four different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures. || 0 - Report includes less than four different facts for any section or

fails to compare any figures with other relevant figures. ||

Introduction = REPLACEWITHSCORE/ 5 pts.

 * 5 - Intro provides an overview of the upcoming analysis, including what school/district/community is being analyzed, what aspects are being analyzed, and who the report is intended to inform. || 4 - Intro names the school/district/community and previews the scope of the report, but does not describe who the report is intended to inform. || 3 - Intro names the school/district/community but not much else. || 2 - Intro fails to name the school, district, and community. || 0 - No introduction section is apparent. ||

Constructive comments about report's introduction: 4

=== **Organization = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Report includes an Introduction, a Conclusion, and sections for the School, District, and Community. Within each section, paragraphs logically group the information presented. || 4 - Report includes all of the sections mentioned previously, but does not break down information into paragraphs within each section. || 3 - Report is missing one of the sections. || 2 - Report is missing more than one section. || 0 - Report does not include any sections. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization: 5

=== **Mechanics = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - All information in the report is cited using APA styled- citations after the information and in a Reference section at the end of the report.

and

There are extremely few typos and misspelled words in the report. || 4 - Most information is cited using APA style.

and/or

There are a noticeable number of typos or misspellings. || 3 - Some citations in the References section are not in APA style, e.g. URLs are listed without the title of the website.

and/or

There are many typos, misspellings, or other writing errors. || 2 - Most of the report's information is not cited, or APA style was not used. || 0 - Report does not include a Reference section. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization: 5

=== **Conclusion = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community and describes why findings should be important to reader. || 4 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community. || 3 - Conclusion does not refer back to report findings. || 0 - No conclusion section is apparent. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about conclusion: 4

=== **Creativity = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.**  ===


 * 5 - Report is written in an engaging style. || 4 - Report has some interesting sections. || 3 - Report generally reports information without seemingly without purpose. ||

Strengths and constructive comments about presentation: 4

=== **Thoroughness = REPLACEWITHSCORE /10 pts**  ===


 * 5 - Report includes at least ten different facts in each section (school, community, district) and

compares each figure with another relevant figure (e.g. state or national average) and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 4 - Report includes at least eight different facts in each section and

compares most figures with relevant values and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 3 - Report includes at least six different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures || 2 - Report includes at least four different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures. || 0 - Report includes less than four different facts for any section or

fails to compare any figures with other relevant figures. ||