Please click on the principal's picture above to see that school's Whole School Improvement Plan
Our Vision Statement
Attleboro Public Schools ensures excellence for all students through powerful learning and constructive collaboration.
District Goals
Teaching and Learning
- Identify, develop, and execute PK-12 instructional practices that produce powerful learning for all Attleboro students.
- Accelerate and sustain achievement gains in all grades to ensure that students are college-ready at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
- Reduce the performance gap between students within subgroup categories (low-income, special education, African-American, Hispanic, etc) and their grade-level peers.
Organization and Management
- Use opportunities and resources to effectively support district and school priorities towards reaching standards of excellence in all areas.
- Address system-wide issues of attendance, the dropout rate, the graduation rate, student motivation and effort, and other areas impacting the attainment of district excellence.
Public Engagement and External Relationships
- Plan and execute a public engagement process at each school that articulates and leads to the school community understanding and embracing the vision for Attleboro Public Schools.
- Develop multiple venues within and between schools that more effectively support parents as partners in their child’s learning.
- Continue to develop an efficient complaint process so that families receive a timely response to their concerns.
Message to the Community
Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin
Welcome to Attleboro Public Schools
Attleboro Public Schools is off to an exciting start to the 2009-2010 school year with our principals, teachers, and staff members focused on making sure that every student makes progress every day in every school in every classroom. We want every child to improve – whether it is the 3rd grader struggling to become a stronger writer, the middle school student mastering algebraic concepts, or the high school student taking an Advanced Placement course for the first time. The District Improvement Plan describes how we are working this year to improve as a district and stay true to our Journey Toward Excellence. The District Improvement Plan outlines our goals and the action steps we are taking to achieve those goals. Each school has a Whole School Improvement Plan which also has a similar format and is connected to the larger district vision. We hope you will take the time to take a look at the district plan and click on the plan for your child’s school or the school for which you have an interest. We thank you for your support and look forward to your working with us in making Attleboro Public Schools a truly excellent school system.
Sincerely,
Dr. Pia Durkin
Superintendent
(Click on the pictures above to read each school's WSIP)
In the News
MASS MATH & SCIENCE INITIATIVE DOUBLES AP ENROLLMENT AT ATTLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL; PROGRAM GIVES STUDENTS PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE SUCCESS
Attleboro, MA –Attleboro High School students and teachers are poised to match the success of other Massachusetts high schools in increasing Advanced Placement* enrollment and achievement, thanks to a five-year, $671,461 private grant from Mass Insight’s Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative (MMSI). In classes that began this month, MMSI’s AP Training and Award Program nearly doubled Attleboro High’s AP math, science and English enrollment from 126 students last year to 245 today.
Advanced Placement Awards on the rise for AHS students
ATTLEBORO - City high school students aren't just succeeding in college-level advanced placement courses; they're winning awards at an increasing rate according to school officials.
A total of 23 students received Advanced Placement Awards from the College Board, up 53 percent over last year's 15.
The College Board's Advanced Placement Program affords students the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses. Depending on their performance on exams, students can earn college credit, advanced placement, or both. About 18 percent of the 1.6 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
Thanks in Advance
ATTLEBORO
If she needed any more convincing, Attleboro High senior Veronica Alfano said she got it recently from her sister in college.
She told Veronica she's thankful for the advanced placement courses she took back at AHS.
"She said it's important," said Alfano, who's taking an advanced placement course in biology. "It really helps you."
Fellow senior Sheila DaSilva, who said her friends urged her to consider taking the courses, says she's enjoying her advanced placement history class, even though she sometimes studies well into the night. She says the hard work is both a challenge and a confidence builder.