State of the School

2010-2011

Curriculum

• High School Named Top 100 in the State by the Chicago Sun Times
• High School receives Academic Improvement Award for the 2^nd year in a row
• 1300 new books added to the Elementary Library
• Elementary Accelerated Reader Program—Top Reader over 200 Points
• Math RTI commenced at the Elementary
• 30 minutes Reading Strategies in the Elementary
• Collaboration with Cass Health Department on Healthy Initiatives
• Middle School Math Competency Challenge—4^th Place
• ACT scores improve and are higher than state average
• Pre-K begins

Finance

• Cass County Sales Tax Generates over $120,000
• Abated $150,000 in Property Taxes

Technology

• One-to-One Initiative Launched
• Upgrade of Ashland data backbone to managed switches and gig connections
• Installation of enterprise wireless access in Ashland and provisional access in Chandlerville
• Implementation of Google Apps district wide
• Upgrade of phone system to PRI with DIDs and caller ID
• Doubled number of Promethean/SMART Boards and responders
• Live broadcasting of community events
• Creation and launch of iKnights and A-C Alerts; automating calendar updates
• Disaster recover procedure to include the growing IlliniCloud

Student/Staff Initiatives

• Best Zoology Project in the State
• 6 Projects qualified for State Science Fair
• Nationally ranked FFA Chapter Award Program
• 4 FFA State Degrees—highest honor to a member in State of Illinois
• Haley Pfaffe named Illinois Agriculture Science Student of the Year
• Western Illinois Valley Conference Volleyball Champs
• Regional Volleyball Champs
• Softball -Capital City Officials Assoc. Sportsmanship Award Winners
• Softball-WIVC Conference North Champs
• Allyson Quick placed first at the New Berlin Art Show
• Art Grant for After-school Program
• Middle School Envirothon Team won Envirothon for the 10^th year in a row
• 4 Middle School Students Winner of IEPA Poetry/Prose Contest
• 3 Middle School Beardstown Ladies Auxiliary Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest
• 3 Middle School Students winners in Chandler Post 694 Essay Contest
• 5 1^st place and 1 Outstanding Project at Regional Science Fair
• 1 Gold Project State Science Fair
• IIHSA Organizational Contest—1 Superior Rating
• 9—I Superior Rations at IHSA Solo/Ensemble Contest
• Grand Champion—Beardstown Fall Fun Festival
• Diann Hoagland Memorial Drum Major Award—Beardstown Fall Fun Festival
• Performance@ Petersburg Harvest Festival
• Grand Champion Barry Apple Festival & Percussion Line Award
• Outstanding Drum Major Award—Barry Apple Festival
• Best in Class & Gold Medal in Musicianship Quincy Invitational
• First in Class & Best Drum Majors @ Pickneyville Mardi Gras Parade
• Outstanding Color Guard at Pickneyville Mardi Gras Parade
• Represented Illinois at the 201 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC
• IESA Middle School Organizational Contest—1 Superior Rating
• 54—I superior ratings Cass County Solo Ensemble Contest
• Sports Coop initiated with PORTA
• 32 total 6th, 7th, and 8th graders performed speeches for Contest last November, plus 14 5th graders for Choral Reading
• Of those 6th-8th graders, there were 12 Improv duet performances, 8 duets, 4 solos, and 5 small group performances all the 5th grade Choral Reading group received a First rating

Community Involvement

• Student Council contributed over $300 to Cass-Schuyler Habitat for Humanity, Cass-Schuyler Area Hospice, Cass County Food Pantry, and A-C Post Prom
• Gold Rated FFA Chapter—Section winner in Community Development
• Featured on Channel 20 for FFA Week and Illinois AgriWomen
• Mrs. Waters & Haley PFaffe served on the Il AgriWomen Conference Committee
• Middle School Math-A-Thon raised $2438 for St. Jude’s
• A-C Central Staff Contributed $995.81 for Charitable Donations

Facility

• Completion of Roofing projects at Chandlerville & Ashland
• Completion of Energy Efficient HVAC system in Ashland
• Completion of Air-Conditioning Chandlerville Facility
• New flooring in the Middle School Hallway