Jackson County Comprehensive High School 1668 Winder Highway Jefferson, GA 30549

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Jackson County ComprehensiveHigh School1668
Winder HighwayJefferson, GA 30549
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Population of School
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Graduation Rate/Postsecondary Education

• 2008 Graduates
• 238
• Graduation Rate
• 69.3
• Number of Graduating Seniors Continuing in
  Postsecondary Institutions
• 95

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Community and School Challenges

• Economic
• 31.47 Free or Reduced Lunches
• High Teen Pregnancy Rate
• Adult Literacy
• Low Secondary Completion Rates

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PEPPERS Goals

• Panther Enhancement Program to Postsecondary
  Experiences--Reaching for Success
• Provide high school students experiences that
  will help them plan, explore, and become
  familiar with the varied postsecondary
  institutions and careers.
• Increase the rate of students attending two or
  four year colleges, technical colleges, or
  universities.

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Activities

• Curriculum
• TAA (Career management, thinking and learning
  skills, personal and social development)
• Freshman mentoring
• Postsecondary Parental Resources
• Parental Outreach
• Computer Lab accessibility/training
• Informational community and individual meetings
  (postsecondary options)

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Activities (Cont.)

• Student Outreach
• College visits
• Career fair
• Program of study
• Career pathways
• High school parent night for 8th grade students
• Scholarship opportunities
• Need based
• Missing courses and/or credit recovery

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Evaluation

• Surveys
• Annually
• Comparison
• Surveys vs. transcript requests
• Seniors
• Post secondary plans
• Exit interviews

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Contacts

• Graduation Coach
• Ms. Joyce Hawkins
• Assistant Principals
• Ms. Kendra Phillips
• Mr. Joe Lancaster
• Ms. Laura Ruffin
• Mr. Bruce Yates
• Guidance Counselors
• Ms. Deb Hanzel
• Mr. Hal Macias
• Principal
• Dr. Todd McGhee