Diploma-Plus 2006-07
DIPLOMA PLUS
WHAT IS DIPLOMA PLUS?
The program focuses on the three main dropout causes:
(1) POOR ATTENDANCE, which leads to the second cause,
(2) LOW OR FAILING GRADES.
In the 2006-07 school year, a total of 202,099 students in Grades K-12 were retained in grade.
(3) TO PURSUE A JOB
The Diploma Plus program identifies at-risk high school juniors and awards selected students a "stipend" throughout their senior year. The program works through the school councilors who help identify and then track the recipients. The applications are reviewed and recipients selected by the club. To qualify for the stipend the student must maintain a 95% attendance record and a "C" or better average for each of the school's grading cycles.
The goal of Diploma Plus was then and is now, to keep these at-risk and financially challenged students in school until graduation), thereby utilizing the existing resources of the public and private educational resources to fulfill their role and to supplement their effectiveness by keeping the students in school and by motivating them to learn through the personal attention that outside groups can give.
(1) POOR ATTENDANCE, which leads to the second cause,
(2) LOW OR FAILING GRADES.
In the 2006-07 school year, a total of 202,099 students in Grades K-12 were retained in grade.
(3) TO PURSUE A JOB
The Diploma Plus program identifies at-risk high school juniors and awards selected students a "stipend" throughout their senior year. The program works through the school councilors who help identify and then track the recipients. The applications are reviewed and recipients selected by the club. To qualify for the stipend the student must maintain a 95% attendance record and a "C" or better average for each of the school's grading cycles.
The goal of Diploma Plus was then and is now, to keep these at-risk and financially challenged students in school until graduation), thereby utilizing the existing resources of the public and private educational resources to fulfill their role and to supplement their effectiveness by keeping the students in school and by motivating them to learn through the personal attention that outside groups can give.