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Long-time RHS faculty member Ron Grove retires Page 6
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MAY 20, 2019 ISSUE 10, VOLUME 18
Beyond the CTE push
This article is the second of a two-part series on the increase of student enrollment in CTE courses.
See eyeofthetigernews.com for the first article, published April 9th. (‘District feels the CTE push,’ N. Khudyakov). BY NICOLE KHUDYAKOV
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According to a 2017-18 SARC report, 946 students participated in an RHS CTE program in any capacity. A SARC report from the previous 2016-2017 school year showed 721 Participants, a one year increase of 225. Since the state of California switched to Dashboard, an online ranking tool for measuring the performance and progress of all
schools in California, schools are incentivized to encourage students to take CTE classes. This is because the program released a new measure of ability, which calls for student college and career readiness and rewards school for having students complete CTE programs of study. RJUHSD currently ranks 61.1% of students of the class of 2018 as prepared within the measure of College and Career Readiness. PLTW Engineering head John
Fuller believes that these changes have encouraged a cultural shift within the district to more heavily value CTE courses. “There’s a lot more push for CTE in the state of California and Dashboard is one of those elements associated with CTE,” Fuller said. Bradlee Crockett, head of the CTE Computer Science pathway, agrees that both administration and teachers have looked to more fully integrate CTE pathways into students’ schedules. “I think it’s because our school gets rated based on student com-
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Students in RHS’ culinary program work to prepare food in class. According to Culinary Arts teacher Angela Ash, CTE pathways provide students with real world experience.
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Richter scales up to take reigns
Current block schedule impacts AP test preparation BY LIZZIE PELZMAN
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JUHSD has selected Dr. Nicholas Richter as Roseville High School’s new principal. Over the last week Richter took some of his first steps around campus to meet with the RHS community. Richter’s past experience includes working as a principal at Williams Jr./Sr. High School, an assistant principal at Woodland, Yuba City, and River City High Schools, and a math teacher Yuba City. While working as a principal, Richter set his focus on programs that offer students college credit in high school. In Williams Jr./Sr. High School district, Richter oversaw the transition to an early college high school – or a school that integrates dual-enrollment courses into the curriculum.
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Wellness Center begins to define role BY MEGAN HUBER
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With the implementation of the Wellness Center at RHS, many students have begun seeking help. The Wellness Center is working to use data to identify additional students who need assistance.
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For the last two weeks students in AP courses have left their regularly scheduled classes to take AP exams, the culmination of their work in either semester-long AP courses or year-long AP blocks. However, for students who took a semester-long AP course in the fall, the testing season can provide additional difficulties in relearning material they have not worked with for several months. As RHS functions on a block schedule, with four courses in the fall term and another four during the spring term, the majority of AP classes students will not have a year to learn the material. Classes like AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, and AP Chemistry are semester-long classes and that are offered during both the spring and fall terms. Students in the fall
At the beginning of the year, RJUHSD began implementing Wellness Centers at schools throughout the district, including Roseville High School. The Wellness Center was brought to Roseville as a way to assist students with the rise of feelings of chronic sadness and hopelessness. Eight months later, the Wellness Center has become established and begun defining its role in helping the students at Roseville. Although students who were identified the previous year by teachers and administrators as needing help started attending the Wellness Center when it first
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opened in August, those working at the Wellness Center worried about those students who went under the radar. Wellness and Prevention Coordinator Cristina Dobon-Claveau feels that there needs to be a reliable system to find students who go under the radar. “Counselors, admin, psychologists and Wellness staff meet on a weekly basis to discuss students with complex needs,” DobonClaveau said. “We talk as a team to discuss services at school and possibly community resources that the student and family may benefit from. We are working on strengthening this process to be WELLNESS | Page 3
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Varsity football coach placed on leave news@eyeofthetigernews.com
RHS varsity football coach and weight-training teacher Larry Cunha was placed on administrative leave at the start of May following allegations involving inappropriate conduct with a student. Roseville Police Department investigated the allegations. The case has now been submitted to the district attorney’s office and is currently under review. In the meantime, substitute teacher Doug Simmons is teaching Cunha’s current weight-training classes. In terms of athletics, the varsity football team continues to practice under the watch of assistant coaches.
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