ASB New Facilities 2014

HIGH SCHOOL

Educational Developments

For the first time, IB students were given the option of meeting the Foreign Language A requirement through online language and literature coursework in the student’s mother tongue. We also created a new Economics course to help prepare students for the Selectivdad exams. IB teachers continued, for the second year, to offer afterschool office hours to support student needs. Furthermore, we brought in a new IB coordinator with 12 years experience and created a dedicated Extended Essay coordinator position. These improvements are key factors in the high level of success of our IB students this year.

Standards Based Grading

In our second year of a 3-year implementation plan, we made significant changes to our grading policies to support better feedback to students and more accurate reporting of achievement levels.

Counseling

We expanded our counseling staff to include a dedicated 6th through 10th grade counselor who was able to better service the needs of the younger High School students. This allowed our 11th-12th grade counselor to better focus on college and career counseling. We had more universities present to our students at ASB than ever before. We also began a Parent Career talk series for students to meet and discuss different career opportunities with experienced parents.

Improved Physical Spaces

The remodeling of the main building increased the number of high school classrooms and workspace. The High School students also took the lead in remodeling the Upper Terrace into a comfortable “chill-out” space. The expanded Art room also allowed our art students to spread out and be more creative.