Our charter school served 46 students this year; 21 (46%) will receive their high school diploma in June. Of our 21 North Country Charter Academy graduates, 7 will attend post secondary education (33%), including four-year universities such as West Virginia State and the University of Hawaii. One Lancaster student will be attending Berlin Technical Community College for its Radiology program. Several students are investigating military careers.

One graduate, a wife and mother, will be attending Granite State College in September to pursue dual-degrees in Criminal Justice and Behavioral Science. She has been very involved in public speaking on behalf of the Academy as well as fund-raising for the graduation ceremony. She never thought she would graduate high school after dropping out in 2001. She applied to the Academy this year two weeks before her 22nd birthday, just making the age limit guideline. She set a high goal for herself, and now feels after accomplishing the task of graduating that she can accomplish anything. She will be speaking at the graduation ceremony and one of the most poignant lines in her speech is that she will never have to tell her daughter she did not earn her high school diploma.

Some graduates are going to continue working and will start higher education at a slower pace. The wonderful thing about our charter school graduates is how their attitudes have changed since beginning at this school. Most were very reluctant to believe they could perform at college level never mind be able to afford college. We were very fortunate to have faculty from Berlin Technical Community College come meet with our students. At a graduation planning meeting faculty from Granite State College (formerly CLL) came to address the students and their parents. To these students higher education is a reality now.

Other Successful Highlights:

Raised $1,900.00    dollars towards graduation ceremony
5 Students receiving Ombudsman Awards
   2-Outstanding Academic Excellent Awards
   2-Citizenship Awards
   2-Outstanding Academic Achievement 
GM Fotography Company put together a variety of photo options for students
   for a price of $20.00 each option. Company will be at graduation to take a 4x6    picture of each student receiving diploma-FOR FREE
2005-2006 Transportation plan has been developed for students in all school    districts in the North Country for only $74,000.00
5 Successful graduation planning meeting have taken place with excellent attendance from parents/students

PERFORMANCE DATA FOR TIME PERIOD: January 14, 2005-May 9, 2005:

Lancaster: 30 students enrolled during that time period:

90% Attendance Rate & 93% Retention Rate

Littleton: 32 students enrolled during that time period:

87% Attendance Rate & 94% Retention Rate

Littleton’s current enrollment is 22 with 91% of the students on track to meet goals for 2nd semester and earn full credit. This number is expected to increase based on the 2 students performance over the next month.

Lancaster’s current enrollment is 24 with 88% of the students on track to meet goals for 2nd semester and earn full credit. This number is expected to increase based on the 3 students performance over the next month.

1st FIRST SEMESTER PERFORMANCE RESULTS:
(September 7, 2004 to January 14, 2005)

Total Enrollment: 46 Students

Attendance Rate: 89% Littleton Site 90% Lancaster Site

Retention Rate: 84%

Average Improvement per student at mid-year:

Math: 2.2 grade levels

Vocabulary: 1.02 grade levels

Writing: 1.4 grades levels

2004-2005 Graduates: 21 Students

(9 were high school dropouts going back to 2001)

Littleton Site Graduates: 12

Lancaster Site Graduates: 9

Number of Graduates Per North country School Administrative Unit:

Total Referrals for 2005-2006 as of 12/31/04:

Over 150 with 65 actual interviews

Information Provided by: Lisa LaVoie, Coordinator of North Country Charter School