Administration

Welcome to the Marengo Community High School website. We are pleased you are visiting us and hope you find our website informational and up-to-date. I encourage you to view a promotional video about our school on You Tube and share the link with others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMg_iSYQfLU.

Our school focuses on the 3 R’s- Rigor, Relevance and Relationships. Our staff cares deeply about the students and building a strong relationship with them. Additionally, their lessons are becoming more project and problem based in order to show students the relevance of their content area. Once relevance is established, then students will become engaged in more rigorous real-world problem solving activities.

Our administration and staff have been working to raise student achievement on standardized tests, especially the ACT. Over the past six years a number of initiatives have been implemented to achieve higher ACT scores. These initiatives have included curriculum mapping, developing common assessments, test prep strategies, reading across the curriculum and problem based learning. Our average ACT score has risen 2.5 points in the last five years from 19.6 to 22.1 for the Class of 2012.

In 2011-2012, we will be expanding a netbook pilot program, which we began last year, to include nine additional teachers. This year, eleven teachers will be issued a classroom set of netbook computers in order to make the use of technology and web based resources an integral part of their curriculum and instruction. In December, the Board will be making a final determination about implementing a Digital Learning Environment (1-1) Program beginning with the freshman class in the fall of 2012. The Board will consider charging a small technology fee each year in which the students would purchase the netbook over a four year period of time while students will enjoy 24/7 access to technology,

Goals of the Digital Learning Environment Program

• To provide each student with a netbook computer so all students have computer access 24/7.

• To continue to provide students with up-to-date technology to use as a learning tool.

• To create a digital learning environment by using the netbook as an essential tool in the delivery of each student’s curriculum and instruction on a daily basis.

• To improve student’s awareness and skill development in using web based resources to increase their achievement, critical thinking and problem solving skills.

• To teach 21st century literacy skills and extend each student's learning opportunities.

• To enhance school-home communication through the use of technology.