LWVCC Student Poster Contest

Posted on January 23rd, 2017 by

LWVCC Student Poster Contest

“why vote”

poster contestThe League of Women Voters of Citrus County is sponsoring a poster contest on “why vote”, open to all Citrus County high school students.

The League of Women Voters of the United States was organized in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt shortly before the Women’s Suffrage Amendment was ratified. Its principal aim was to help newly enfranchised women become politically educated, responsible voting citizens. Today there are Leagues in every state, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands with about 130,000 members and supporters.

For more information, click on form or contact The League of Women Voters of Citrus County by visiting their website at www.lwvcitrus.org

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Shelter Me Citrus

Posted on January 22nd, 2017 by

Shelter Me Citrus

Shelter Me CitrusPets play a vital role in our lives.  They are non-judgmental, non-political and can provide near unconditional love.  Pets can be a comfort to those who live alone and provide companionship.

Shelter Me Citrus is a not-for profit organization that was formed for the purpose of obtaining funds to build a needed new Citrus County Animal Shelter in Lecanto. In addition to the capital fundraising project Shelter Me Citrus’s mission is to foster awareness of the animal shelter and the needs of the animals Citrus.

I support public-private projects such as this and I encourage you visit their webpage at www.sheltermecitrus.com, their Facebook page at Shelter Me Citrus, or email them at; sheltermecitrus@aol.com

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1st, 2017 by

Happy-New-Year-2017-Images-1-1Happy New Year!

Let’s make some mistakes….

I read this today and thought it was a wonderful quote. It is a good challenge for our students and for the rest of us to do.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.

So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

~Neil Gaiman

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Stop playing political game with our public education

Posted on December 19th, 2016 by

Stop playing political game with our public education

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CRHS, CHS and LHS FUG graduation rates all rise

Posted on December 17th, 2016 by

CRHS, CHS and LHS FUG graduation rates all rise

Citrus County High Schools rose to 88% and 8.2% points higher from 2014-15

CaptureCitrus County High Schools got an early Holiday present with the release of the Federal Uniform Graduation (FUG) rates. The three high schools averaged an 88 percent FUG rate and 8.2 percentage points higher than 2014-15.

Crystal River High School’s FUG graduation rate climbed to 86.2 percent, an impressive 12.1 percentage points higher from 2014-15. Citrus High School’s FUG rate grow to 88.7 percent, a gain of 9.8 percentage points from 2014-15.  Last of the three high schools, Lecanto High School’s FUG rate was the highest at 89.2 percent, and 2.7 percentage points higher from 2014-15.

Including all of Citrus County’s high school programs, WTC, CREST, Cypress Creek Detention Center, Renaissance Center and the Citrus MYcroSchool Charter School, Citrus rose to 79.0 percent, 1.6 percentage points greater from 2014-15.

As impressive as these scores are (and they are), these Federal Uniform Graduation high school rates do not include all the successes from all the District’s completion programs.  If you combine all the District’s “Completion Rate”; those rates for this past year, are well over 90%. The Completion Rate includes these programs; district’s 4th-year graduates, G.E.D., 5th year graduates, Special Diploma, and Certificate of Completion (which replaced Special Diploma in 2015).

We are so proud of these successes and look forward to continuing to serve our college career bound students in these challenging times.

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High school graduation rates good but only give part of the data

Posted on December 16th, 2016 by

High school graduation rates good but only give part of the data

Florida and Citrus rates up; District’s programs completion rate is over 90%

CaptureToday the Florida’s 2015-16 Federal Uniform Graduation (FUG) rate data are released at http://bit.ly/22IVwOJ. The results showed that Florida’s statewide graduation rate has risen once again and that we are now at a 13-year high. This is reason to celebrate and I believe shows the positive work happing in Citrus County and Florida.

It is important to understand that the Federal Uniform Graduation rate is not the full graduation rate. It only gives the rate for students that graduated in 4-years with a standard Florida high school diploma. It does not include students that graduated in the summer (some a few days after graduation), G.E.D., vocational transfer students, or special diploma graduates.

CaptureFlorida’s statewide graduation rate climbed to 80.7 percent, an increase of 21.5 percentage points since 2003-04 and 2.8 percentage points over last year.  Citrus rose to 79.0 and 1.6 percentage points from 2014-15.  Citrus average rate includes our three public high schools, WTC, CREST, Cypress Creek Detention Center, Renaissance Center and the Citrus MYcroSchool Charter School.

Crystal River High School’s FUG graduation rate climbed to 86.2 percent, an impressive 12.1 percentage points higher from 2014-15. Citrus High School’s FUG rate grow to 88.7 percent, a gain of 9.8 percentage points from 2014-15.  Last of the three high schools, Lecanto High School’s FUG rate was the highest at 89.2 percent, and 2.7 percentage points higher from 2014-15.

Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart said, “Today’s news is cause for celebration! I am proud of Florida’s students for their outstanding achievement, even as the bar has been steadily raised.”

Capture2What I am even more proud of is our District’s programs “Completion Rate”.  As a District, and School Board, we do not simply focus on the Federal Uniform Graduation data– we look at the successful completion rate of all our students.  If you combine all of those rates for this past year, it was over 90% and which includes; district graduates for the year, G.E.D., 5th year graduates, Special Diploma, and Certificate of Completion (which replaced Special Diploma in 2015).

These programs represent all of our students’ completion work and is the true testament of the successes in our community and with our students.

 

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