Academics

Phases

Achieve includes two phases and is based on a student’s progress throughout each phase.

Phase One

  1. Students who fall below a 1.67 at the end of a quarter will be assigned to an adult mentor and a counselor.  Students and their mentor or counselor will meet on a regular basis to discuss the student’s progress and provide ongoing support.
  2. Students will attend a supervised study hall three days a week during their lunch period.  The student will be allowed to bring his/her lunch to this study hall and will be supervised by an assigned teacher.  The teacher will offer academic assistance when possible. 
  3. At the end of the quarter during which the student is in Achieve, a student’s academic situation will be formally reviewed based on end-of-quarter GPA.  If the student is above a 1.67, he/she is no longer required to be in Achieve. If a student is below a 1.67, he /she will continue in the program, entering phase two.

Phase Two

This phase of Achieve is reserved for students who have not progressed above a 1.67 during phase one. The Administration reserves the right to put any student who has fallen below a 1.67 in Phase Two if it is deemed necessary to making significant academic progress.

  1. The student is required to attend an after-school Achieve study hall for one hour, Monday through Thursday.  A staff member will provide academic assistance and monitor progress and supervise the study hall. 
  2. At the end of the quarter, a student’s academic situation will be formally reviewed based on end-of quarter GPA. If the student is above a 1.67, he/she is no longer required to be in Phase 2. In order to gradually transition out of the program, he/she will  continue in Phase One for the following quarter.  If the student has not made progress above a 1.67, an Achieve Team meeting will occur.

The Achieve Team meeting is composed of the student, his/her parents, the student’s mentor and counselor and Mrs. Cheri Broadhead, Associate Principal and Achieve Program Director.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the student’s future at Totino-Grace and possible interventions.  Interventions may include, but are not limited to, additional methods of support, ineligibility for co-curriculuar activities, suspension or withdrawal from Totino-Grace.