Wantagh High School Named Reward School

WANTAGH-SEAFORD, NY - From The Wantagh Union Free School District: New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has named Wantagh High School as one of the state’s 155 Reward Schools. Reward Schools are schools with high academic achievement or those with the most progress in the state and do not have significant gaps in student achievement between subgroups.

To be identified as a Reward School for high performance, for which Wantagh High School has been identified, a school must meet the following requirements:

• Be among the top 20 percent of schools in the state for English language arts and math performance for both the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years, or be among the top 10 percent of schools in terms of gains in ELA and math performance in the 2016-2017 school year.
• Have made Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2015-2016 school years for all groups of students on all measures for which the school is accountable, including the requirement that 95 percent of all groups participate in the English language arts and mathematics assessments.
• Not have unacceptably large gaps in student performance on an accountability measure between students who are members of an accountability group (e.g., low-income students) and students who are not members of that group.
• Must have a graduation rate above 80 percent, and the percentage of students who graduate with a Regents diploma with advanced designation or a Career and Technical Endorsement (CTE) must exceed the state average.
• Must demonstrate that their graduation rate for students who entered the school performing below proficient in ELA or math exceeds the state average. Superintendent of Schools John C. McNamara noted that the collaboration of students and faculty contributed to this prestigious honor. “Best instructionalpractices inspire students to strive for success, and I could not be prouder of this
  significant achievement,” he said.

Photo courtesy of Wantagh School District