School Learning Plan

Aloha High School

Our Story:

Aloha High School’s Core Values, developed and approved through the Aloha Leadership Team, include the beliefs and attitudes that guide our behavior and relationships with others. They are the important and enduring ideals, shared by the members of our culture, about what is good or desirable and what is not. These values exert major influence on the behavior of the individuals within our culture and serve as broad guidelines in all situations. These are the filters for all of our decision-making from this day forward. Aloha High School’s Core Values are:

We are Warriors

We work hard

We build trust

We express gratitude

We own it

We are worth it

We are 'Ohana

An organization’s tagline is intended to let you quickly and efficiently sum up what an organization is all about and leave a lasting impression during a short encounter with the recipient. The pre-existing Aloha tagline of “Grit to Gold” never seemed to capture the core idea of Aloha. Again, through lots of transparent discussion and gathering input from stakeholders, we rallied around a change. Our new tagline is:

We are Warriors. We are 'Ohana.

The continued work of developing a set of school goals was hampered by the COVID-19 shutdown but has been restarted. We see goals as strategic objectives which outline expected outcomes and guide our efforts. These goals will direct activities, define performance standards, constrain the pursuit of unnecessary goals and function as incentives. Though we are still working to finalize our goals, the draft versions are:

85% on Track

'Ohana for All

Equity Area of Focus

The following Areas of Focus, Goals and Key Strategies are intended to account for our efforts through Comprehensive Distant Learning and a potential Hybrid Learning Model.

Equity Area of Focus: Become an anti-racist organization.

Equity Goal: Ensure every student, staff and community member is welcomed, supported, and has an equal opportunity to excel, free of any obstacles based on race, bias, decision-making or the interactions of the three.

Equity Key Strategies:

Transition the 2019-20 Aloha Culture Team into the Equity Accountability Team and expand the staff participation
Survey all staff to determine current thinking, comfort levels and Equity Team groupings
Use Equity Teams, including affinity teams, for all staff to engage in the anti-racist work
Begin infusing anti-racist work into all professional development
All staff learn to pronounce every one of their students’ names correctly
All staff intervene every time they hear the N-word or a racist comment
All staff think deeply about their own thinking, underlying biases and how these play out in their interactions with our students
Significant efforts to find ways to raise the status of people of color in our content and classrooms

Academic Excellence Area of Focus: Freshman on track.

Academic Excellence Goal: All subcategories increase in the percentage earning six credits and earning a “C” or better in the four core areas, with the greatest increases for ELL, SpEd, and Hispanic students.

Academic Key Strategies:

Implement a summer program focused on connecting incoming 9th graders and providing essential skills for high school success
Implement a robust Student Outreach Team, focused on student attendance, basic needs, SEL and technology support
Increase the number of staff involved in 9th grade teams to ensure no teacher is on more than one team
Maintain smaller 9th grade class sizes
Support team collaboration around:
- Common instructional strategies
- Common Assessments
Staff a full-time 9th grade coordinator
Maintain collaboration meetings for each 9th Grade Team
Align VP and counselor assignments to 9th grade teams
Designate three Resource teachers to support the 9th grade teams
Align Grad Mentors assignments to 9th grade teams
Continue working with the Teacher Development Group (TDG) to support effective and consistent math instruction
Shift the focus of the Physics teachers to support greater student success.

Collaboration Area of Focus: Staff focused on critical work.

Collaboration Goal:

All staff involved in three significant efforts:

Daily Homeroom/Advisory with students
Student Outreach
Anti-racist work

and certified staff involved in implementation of effective remote learning strategies.

Key Strategies:

Implement a daily Homeroom for all students
- 8:30-8:55am each student contact day
- Two staff members assigned to each Homeroom
- All classified staff, minus Custodial and Nutrition Services, assigned a Homeroom
- 0.2 release for one certified staff member to develop and distribute all Homeroom content
- Majority of content focused on building connections and SEL

Implement a robust Student Outreach Program, focused on student attendance, basic needs, SEL and technology support
- Led by Student Supervisor and 9th Grade Success Coordinator
- All Grad Mentors, Campus Supervisors and various other classified staff assigned to the effort
- Work with students and families through text, email, phone calls, on campus appointments and visits to homes

Implement anti-racist efforts
- See Equity Area of Focus

Establish a Best Practices Team
- Guide all common agreements
- Lead all professional development
- Facilitate all Staff Homerooms

Academic Excellence Area of Focus

Collaboration Area of Focus

Date of Last Revision: December 2020

District Goal: WE empower all students to achieve post-high school success.

WE Expect Excellence

WE teach students knowledge and skills for our evolving world.

WE seek, support, and recognize world-class employees.

WE Innovate

WE engage students with a variety of relevant and challenging learning experiences.

WE create learning environments that promote student achievement.

WE Embrace Equity

WE build honest, safe, and inclusive relationships with our diverse students and their families.

WE provide needed support so that every student succeeds.

WE Collaborate

WE work and learn in teams to understand student needs and improve learning outcomes.

WE partner with our community to educate and serve students.

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