Academics Spotlight

Posted by Farrington Administration Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:18 PM

Mrs. Cindy Werkmeister
School Strategic Plan Coordinator

Every year the state requires all public schools to give the Hawaii State Assessment in Reading, Math and Science. Over 600 sophomores are scheduled to take the test. If your child is a sophomore, make sure s/he gets to bed early to be rested for testing, eats a healthy breakfast and comes to school on time. Our cafeteria is open for breakfast daily from 7:25 am and the cost is only 95 cents. In order to comply with testing times, there will be no recess on certain testing days. Testing begins on March 29th and ends on April 22nd. A calendar of the testing times and dates will be posted on our school website – FarringtonHighSchool.org – prior to testing.

Your child's scores will be sent to you in an individual report some time next school year. We will get our school results in July. These results will determine the school's restructuring status. Our faculty and students have been working hard to prepare for these tests. Over the years we have shown improvement in both areas. Last year we exceeded the state benchmark of 58% in reading, but fell short of the state benchmark of 44% set for math. We are hopeful that this class will continue to progress and show others that Farrington students can achieve at high levels. If you have any questions regarding this assessment, please contact our testing coordinator, Bruce Hirotsu at bruce_hirotsu [AT] notes.k12.hi.us.