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Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • February 24, 2010 FLOW Area Regional high schools get annual report cards by Frank J. McMahon The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District has received the New Jersey Department of Education’s annual report cards for 2008-09. The NJDOE has provided the public with information about every school in New Jersey since 1995, when the state legislature mandated the annual accountability report. In her narrative, Superintendent C Lauren Schoen explained that the regional high school district serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two-campus setting. “Students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience,” Schoen said. “The district offers opportunities to support academic, social, and emotional growth through a wide array of course offerings in the core content areas as well as diverse electives and the instructional staff demonstrates ongoing dedication and competence as they deliver a high quality differentiated program to address the needs of all learners. “As a district, we have identified the need to address the skills students will need as they move through the 21st century. Targeted areas include creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, communication and collaboration and information, media, and technology. The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District believes in the necessity for preparing students to compete in a global world where a keen awareness has been developed in the areas of economic and business literary, healthy living, civics, and scientific and mathematical thinking, and language arts literacy.” The report card information is arranged under five categories: school environment, student information, student performance indicators, staff information, and district financial data. During 2008-09, the enrollment at Ramapo High School was 1,246 students, a decrease of 53 students over the previous year, while at Indian Hills enrollment was 1,054 students, an increase of 26.5 students, for a total enrollment of 2,300 students, a decrease of 26.5 students over the previous year. The average class size at Ramapo was 20.8 students while at Indian Hills it was 19.9 students. The High School Proficiency Assessment test results indicated that in language arts literacy 95.6 percent of the 296 students tested at Ramapo, and 93.3 percent of the 269 students tested at Indian Hills, were at or above the proficiency level. In mathematics, the numbers were 88.3 percent of the 299 students tested at Ramapo and 83.2 percent of the 267 students tested at Indian Hills. The comparable averages in the state were 84.5 in language arts and 73.7 in mathematics. The 2008-09 average SAT scores for Ramapo were 570 math, 556 verbal, and 570 essay, combining for a total average SAT score of 1696. The average SAT scores at Indian Hills were 538 math, 522 verbal, and 531 essay for a total average SAT score of 1591. The state’s average SAT scores were 509 math, 491 verbal, and 489 essay for an average state total SAT score of 1489. At Ramapo, 34.3 percent of the students in grades 11 and 12 participated in the Advanced Placement tests while at Indian Hills 27.3 percent of the grade 11 and 12 students participated. The state average was 19 percent. The school report cards indicate that 100 percent of the Class of 2009 at Ramapo and 98.3 percent at Indian Hills graduated, while 93.3 percent graduated statewide. At Ramapo, 91.3 percent of the 2009 graduating class went on to a four-year college or university, 5.8 percent went on to a two-year college, and one percent went on to other post secondary schools, the military or apprenticeship programs, and 1.1 percent pursued employment. At Indian Hills, 78.1 percent of the graduating students went on to a four-year college or university, 19.3 percent went on to a (continued on page 10) But STILL can’t lose that Tummy or Cellulite? 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