Cranston+West+High+School+Fall+2012

//Home of the Falcons // 80 Metropolitan Ave. Cranston RI, 02920 (401) 270-8049 Principal: Thomas Barbieri ** By: Jarrah Fiori **

__Introduction: __ Cranston High School West (CHSW) is a public school. It's part of the Cranston School District. The high school is made up of five buildings. CHSW includes 6 tennis courts, a baseball field, and a track/football field. The school is smoothly ran by 155 staff members, and has about 1750 students daily. West has a total of 203 different courses of study and 17 different courses in the Cranston Area Career & Technical Center. All of these courses are geared toward students academic abilities. After graduation about 52% of students will achieve a four-year degree while 22% will pursue a 2-year degree.

"Cranston High West School enables every student to reach their highest potential by establishing a curriculum that meets or exceeds government standards for education; providing extracurricular programs that develop children’s’ mental, physical and social skills; and partnering with parents and the community to create an environment geared to the success of all students." -Mission Statement.

Community Background: Cranston High School West is located in the western side of Cranston, RI, in a suburban area. High school students whom live within western cranston attend CHSW, and those who do not attend CHSE (Cranston High School East). Families who reside in Western Cranston are majority middle class to upper middle class. The amount of students who graduate from CHSW is about the same as Barrington, which is an extremely wealthy community in Rhode Island. Most students who attend CHSW are not below poverty level,but 6.0% are,which is high compared to Barrington's 1.7%

Level || 6.0% || 8.4% || 10.1% || 1.7% || Level || 8.4% || 12.2% || 13.8% || 2.6% ||
 * //__**INCOME/POVERTY**__// || __Cranston High School West__ || __Rhode Island__ || __United States__ || __Barrington__ ||
 * Median Household Income || $57,922 || $54,902 || $51,914 || $94,300 ||
 * Median Family Income || $70,932 || $70,663 || $62,982 || $116,295 ||
 * Per Capita Income || $27,752 || $28,707 || $27,334 || $46,029 ||
 * All Families below Poverty
 * All people Below the Poverty
 * High School Graduation || 76% || 83.7% || 85% || 76% ||

RACE AND ETHNICITY
The town of Cranston is very diverse. In Western Cranston the majority is white, but there are other ethnicities as well. Americans ||= 5.3% || 5.7% || 12.6% || & Alaska Native ||= .3% || .6% || .9% ||
 * RACE/ETHNICITY ||= Cranston West || Rhode Island || United States ||
 * < White ||= 81.9% || 81.4% || 72.4% ||
 * < Black/African
 * < Asian ||= 5.2% || 2.9% || 4.8% ||
 * < Hispanic or Latino ||= 10.8% || 12.4% || 16.3% ||
 * < American Indian



** SAFETY :**

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Cranston was named one of the "100 Best Places to Live" in the United States by Money magazine in 2006. It is among the top 25 safest cities in the country.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Education:
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The following information is gathered from data collected in 2011 census. Majority of graduates carry on their education to retain a college degree. Cranston West gears all students to achieve the best that they can and strive to graduate. Faculty and Staff encourage all students to stay in school and give them many opportunities to accomplish a high school degree. <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">



families || 26% || 31% || below the poverty line || 8.5% || 16.7% || financially responsible for grandchild || 6% || 6% || <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">As noted in the chart above, Cranston West is average in the listed categories. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">As of the census of 2000, there were 79,269 people, 30,954 households, and 20,243 families residing in the city of Cranston. The population was 2,774.6 people per square mile. There were 32,068 housing units at an average density of 1,122.5 per square mile.
 * __** Census-based Indicators: **__ the following data was configured in 2011 || Cranston West || Rhode Island ||
 * Children Population || 16,414 || 223,956 ||
 * Children in Single-Parent
 * Children living in families
 * Households with grandparents
 * Teen Birth Rate || 20.4% || 27% ||
 * Child Abuse || 11.1% || 14% ||

= = **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Economy: **


 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Economic Well Being: ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Cranston West || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Rhode Island ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Food Stamp program <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">participation || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">3% || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">5% ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">School Breakfast program <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">participation || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">25% || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">36% ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">WIC || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">61% || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">68% ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Rent || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">$1,094 || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">$1,150 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">SNAP || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">3,828 || <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">63,78 ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Cranston West has always had the reputation of being a well-off community. As we can see in the information listed above (configured in 2010) we notice that, that may not be the case. Unfortunately for statistical reasons we can not fully rely on the information above, based on the statistics combining Western and Eastern Cranston. Even if West was high on their economy level- East could bring the level down. With that said- Western Cranston is a middle class community with some minor cases of economic distress. In this current economy it is difficult to judge any community.


 * **//__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Family & Community __//** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**Cranston West** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**Rhode Island** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**Child Population** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">16,414 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">223,956 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**Children in single-parent** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**families** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">4218 (26%) || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">68,138 31% ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**Infants born at higher risk** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">6 (2%) || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">417 (4%) ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">M**other's education level** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">118 (8%) || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">9,481 (16%) ||

= = <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">District Summary: <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">NECAPS:

<span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Cranston West scores above averages in most areas in NECAP scores. <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Their scores somewhat meet Barrington's high scores, and West fulfills <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">the Rhode Island target.

=<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher-Student Ratio: = __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">TEACHER-STUDENT __ __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">RATIO __ || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Rhode Island || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Cranston West || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Barrington || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Central Falls || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">With having a 1:11 teacher-student ratio, students have a better chance of succeeding in school. <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Teachers are more aware of who they are teaching, and have a chance to form a relationship with <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">each of their students. This is extremely necessary in high school, especially when it comes time <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">to fulfill college application requirements, including a recommendation letter.
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">QUALIFICATIONS & __
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Teachers with Emergency <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Certification 2010/11 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">1% || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">0% || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">0% || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">2% ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Not Highly Qualified <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">teachers 2010/11 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">3% || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">0% || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">0% || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">4% ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Teacher-student Ratio || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">1:11 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">1:12 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">1:12 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">1:9 ||


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Student Characteristics: **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;"> //**Safe & Supportive Schools**// || **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">RHODE ISLAND ** || **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">CRANSTON WEST ** || **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">BARRINGTON ** || **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">CENTRAL FALLS ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Attendance rate **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">in High School ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">92% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">94% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">92% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">87% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Chronic absence ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">18% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">16% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">51% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Percent graduated **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">in 2011 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">77.2% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">88.5% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">96.6% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">70.8% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Percent of dropped out ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.5% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.8% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">0.3% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.2% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Percent received GED ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.0% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">2.1% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">0.0% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.2% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Percent still in school ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">7.3% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">5.6% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.1% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">19.8% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Percent graduated in 5 years ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">80.2% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">89.7% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">96.7% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">62.4% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Percent graduated in 2010 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">76.6% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">87.4% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">95.6% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">54.4% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Suspension incidents ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">26,983 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">553 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">84 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">120 ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Stability Index ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">85% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">92% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">99% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">88% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mobility Index ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">17% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">9% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1% || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12% ||
 * //**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Funding & Resources **// || **Property Value per Student** || **Per Pupil Expenditure** || **Median Family Income** ||
 * Cranston West || $659,765.83 || $13,261 || $55,241 ||
 * Barrington || $894,9098.80 || $12,379 || $84,657 ||
 * Centeral Falls || $196,417.72 || $14,347 || $26,844 ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Conclusion: <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">In conclusion, Cranston West fulfills all state target requirements. West is a community based <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">school with many extra curricular activities for students to engage in outside of the classroom. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The students are able to form closer bonds with teachers due to teacher-student ratio, <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">which can help them accomplish their college application process. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">West is a great school that allows students to really understand responsibility and leadership. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">West allows each student to reach their highest potential in each department of learning. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">West is a well-rounded school that any student can feel a belonging and can have every <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">material they need to succeed in their high school career.



=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">References: =

http://cpsed.net/chsw/index.htm http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/about/intro-guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranston_High_School_West

Peer Evaluation / Feedback for EDC 102 Context Statement
 * Author: (Person who wrote report.)**
 * Editor: (Person evaluating report.)**
 * Total Score for this Evaluation:** _/35 pts

The purpose of the context statement in EDC 102 is to provide each student with an opportunity to demonstrate his or her ability to research a school, its district, and its community in order to better understand its strengths and challenges. Each report should describe their school based solely on evidence that they cite in their Reference section.

As a peer editor, your tasks are:
 * Read author's report.
 * Carefully **evaluate** report by assigning a score for each criterion
 * provide **constructive comments** that will help the strengthen the author's report for each category.
 * Create a link to your evaluation at the end of the report.

Rubric

Introduction = REPLACEWITHSCORE/ 5 pts.
Constructive comments about report's introduction:
 * 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. ||

Organization = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.
Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization:
 * 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. ||

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:

Conclusion = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.
Strengths and constructive comments about conclusion:
 * 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. ||

Creativity = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.
Strengths and constructive comments about presentation:
 * 5 - Report is written in an engaging style. || 4 - Report has some interesting sections. || 3 - Report generally reports information without seemingly without purpose. ||

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. ||