Attention Piper Parents and Patrons!
Beginning in August 2009, the District Newsletter
will be posted ONLINE ONLY, and will no longer be mailed out. In order to receive notices when the monthly newsletter has
been posted, we have created a listserv.
To sign up on our
listserv, please follow this link. The listserv will be used ONLY to send a notice when the latest District
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2008-09 School Calendar Revision
The regular 2008-09 school session will dismiss one day early! The last day for student is May 21, 2009.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!
Piper Will Offer a Fresh Look for 2009-10
We are looking forward to the 2009-10 school term with great excitement and anticipation. The new year will be introduced with two new and renovated facilities and a number of new educational programs to energize students.
The district will be reorganized into a Pre-K-4 Elementary school that will be housed in the new facility being built near the District Office. The Middle School is being expanded into s 5-8 program with 7-8 in the existing middle school facility and 5-6 will be in the former East Elementary facility. The high school will remain and 9-12 configuration that will be in a new and remodeled facility.
We are excited to introduce many new and innovative programs next year. Piper Elementary School will implement a new Pre-kindergarten program. The program will provide students will a head start to insure that students enter kindergarten ready to learn. Plans are also being made to introduce expanded English as a second language services at the elementary level.
Piper High School will implement two exciting technology programs. A Synergistic technology based program that immerges student in the content of Bio-technology, engineering, medical science, and intelligent systems will be offered beginning next year. Additional advanced level courses will be imported to Piper High School through the new two-way interactive learning studio. Instructors from Kansas City Community College will come on site to teach concurrent credit college classes next year to Piper students and other high school students in the two-way interactive learning studio.
The School Board has been very supportive of the district’s technology initiative. The Board has approved the installation of 94 interactive white boards for Pre-K-12 classrooms. These interactive boards bring learning to life as digital media is manipulated by the touch. Student will literally be able to reach into the technology to manipulate data in a multimedia format.
We are eager to showcase our schools to the public. Grand openings of the new facilities and back-to-school nights will be scheduled in August for our patrons and parents.
2008-09 District Goals
Student Achievement
Piper schools will demonstrate continuous improvement of each grade level cohort group and reduce the percentage of students in "academic warning" on the Kansas Assessments, for all returning students.
Piper schools will strive to achieve "Standard of Excellence" status in all assessed areas and levels.
Piper High School will increase the ACT 2009 composite score for seniors by 1. scale score above the state average.
Piper High School will graduate 100% of the students that enter as Freshmen.
Programs
Piper USD 203 will develop a Developmental Pre-School and Day Care Program.
Piper USD 203 will implement mandatory extended-day and extended year academic support programs for all students that achieve below academic standards.
Piper High School will implement career exploration and guidance services delivered via technology based programs, guidance and career clusters.
Piper schools will expand programs and courses to better serve the needs of our diverse student population.
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