Washington - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

IX. POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Please describe any policies that provide opportunities to learn and/ or additional time that the district and school has in
place to help ensure that all students enrolled in the school will meet the state’s proficient level on the Kansas state
reading and mathematics assessments. (Examples may include: attendance policies, discipline policies,
retention/promotion policies.)
The Achievers program allows Washington High School to honor and reward students who do well on formative, local and
state assessments. These select students earn admission into to the program which offers college visits, dress-down days
and special assemblies. Many Achievers are hired by the district to act as student tutors throughout the school year as well
as during extended school and summer school.
The Target program allows Washington High School to identify and support students who show potential on formative,
local and state assessments. These students are selected based on a score that approached proficiency. These students can
also earn dress-down days and special assemblies with the hope of making them Achievers.
Please describe any practices that provide opportunities to learn and/or additional time that the district and school has in
place to help ensure that all students enrolled in the school will meet the state’s proficient level on the Kansas state
reading and mathematics assessments. (Examples may include: student improvement plans, peer tutoring, Saturday
School, summer school, etc.)
Washington High School offers tutoring during advocacy for English and Math as well as after-school tutoring for each of
the core subjects (English, History, Math and Science). Tutors may be Achievers, Instructional Coaches and Teachers.
Academic Pull-Out Sessions have become a building block for each SLC. They can use Achievers and Teachers to tutor
Target students for state assessment in English, History, Math, Science and Writing. Each SLC plans the structure and
content for the interventions.
Washington High School offers Extended School which is a one-week program that follows the school year and helps
select students make up benchmarks, so they don't have to attend summer school. This program involves Achievers,
Instructional Coachers andTeachers.
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