June 10, 2015
high ralph Lauren school's goal
A charter school that's succeeding Students at twin cities academy charter
school in st.Paul can't chew gum, carry a cell phone or, until recently, walk
around with their requisite polo shirt hanging out or wear any kind of pants
other than khakis.They have seven classes a day, usually with homework in five
of them. While education shifts with flavor of the month initiatives probing
different teaching and learning styles, twin cities academy is decidedly old
school. "There's nothing innovative about us,"Says liz wynne, principal. "We are
about reading, writing and arithmetic.High expectations and
accountability.That's as innovative as we get. " That spartan style seems to be
working.Students score higher on standardized tests than the state average, and
graduating seniors have earned a passel of college acceptance letters,
scholarships and financial aid offers. On tuesday, 26 seniors will graduate,
marking the school's first substantial graduating class. The high ralph Lauren
school's goal is to enroll about 300 students, almost triple the number of
students it currently has.It is moving ahead with a marketing effort that has
its high school seniors calling every student who attends an open house or
enrolls, and following up on students who come to special school functions. It's
a small school, actually two schools a grade 9 12 high school of 114 students,
and a grade 6 8 middle school with 198 students that share the former trinity
catholic school on e.5th Street in St.Paul.As in many schools student lockers
are stuffed to overflowing with books, jackets and instruments, but there are no
locks. "I should be able to leave my purse at the door of the school all day,
and it would be all right,"Wynne says. A longtime educator who became
disillusioned and left the profession for http://www.irmina.co.uk/ six years to be
a buyer for dayton's department stores, wynne brought her tough ideas to
fruition at the middle school she has led for 11 years, and the high school
since it started. On a recent day, moments after she spoke about student
expectations while monitoring midday traffic, a seventh grader ignored the order
to stay off the main floor during lunch hour.Wynne quickly informed him that he
would be eating alone the next day. Wynne's high expectations extend not just to
students, but also to staff.According to the latest annual report, the school
terminated two of 15 teachers last year, one in the middle of the school year,
for unsatisfactory performance. Preparation for college "The academic program
here really prepares you for college,"Says sue vang, who scored a scholarship
from hamline university, where he plans to enroll in the fall to study criminal
justice and biology.He hopes to get a job in forensic sciences. There is a
velvet glove over the school's iron hand.When two near fights broke out earlier
this year, wynne called a couple of schoolwide meetings to seek student
solutions.She settled on a plan to create a student run peer mediation council.
And sometimes the calculus or history classes don't get down to business until
10 minutes after the bell because they're talking about other stuff, says
vang.The teachers act as if the teens are their friends,"Not their students,"He
says. "So, we're like, they're willing to help us, so we're willing to help
ourselves by getting done what we need to get done. " "We have a reputation
among our own kids as being a harder place,"Says english teacher nathan schultz.
Regardless of the rules, the students are still teenagers.Between classes, girls
comment on each other's outfits(Even though they're only slight variations on
the uniform), young couples hold hands and steal a kiss, boys loiter near the
drinking fountain. And in response to requests from seniors who wanted the
school to soften up some, the high school held its first prom this year,
shortened its school day and began letting students wear their shirts
untucked.It also gave special privileges to seniors, including one day ralph lauren uk
stores a month without uniforms, and lunch once a week in the"Senior
lounge,"Away from the underclassmen. "It felt more like a real high school,"Says
jessica franklin, a senior who's headed to the university of minnesota's twin
cities campus.She adds that the rigor and small classes have helped her prepare
for college. "I enjoyed being here. "
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