Mt. Tabor High SchoolMt. Tabor High School

Academically, Artistically, Athletically Awesome!Academically, Artistically, Athletically Awesome!

Demographic Breakdown:

Hispanic, 6.66%

American Indian, 0.18% Asian/Pacific

Islander, 2.92% Multi-Racial, 4.50%

White, 48.80%

Black, 36.94%

A Community Changing the World:

Speas Elementary Book DriveAfghanistan Aid ProjectWinter Coat Donation ProjectDarfur Fast FundraiserProm Dress Donation ProjectHabitat for Humanity ChallengeInvisible Children Donation ProjectForeign Language Shoebox ProjectGoodwill Donation ChallengeDance for Darfur to Dig WellsSouth African Adopt a Family Project

A Superior Staff:

PTSA Structure:

Spartan Legacy Goal for 2009-2010

Mt. Tabor offers over 30 Advanced Placement Courses, some of which are

taught at the Career Center.

In 2008-2009, Mt. Tabor was a School of Progress, with 75.5% proficiency, compared to 70.4 % in 2007-2008.

Mt. Tabor students took 1,108 AP Exams in 2009, with 74% scoring a 3 or

higher.

In 2009, 14 of the 33 WS/FCS Governor’s School students were Mt.

Tabor students.

Of the Class of 2009, 94% of students chose to attend a 2 or 4 year college.Mt. Tabor’s average SAT scores are

1068.Mt. Tabor’s 2009 graduation rate was 85.9 %, taken from students who began 9th grade and

finished through 12th grade.

2008-2009 State Testing and EVAAS data:

Subject MTHS % Proficient

District % Proficient

MTHS ABC

Growth

District ABC

Growth

English I 80 % 70.9 % .201 .096

English II 86.7 % 77.7% .120 .021

U.S. History 84.9 % 69.7 % .305 .059

Civics and Econ. 75.9 % 66. % -.010 .014

Biology 74 % 64.6% -.020 -.062

Physical Science 44.6 % 47.88 % -.4 -.5

Physics 88.9 % 75.4 % -.4 1.4

Algebra II 70 % 65.5 % -.3 -.3

Algebra I 51.3 % 60.1% -.138 -.015

Geometry 69 % 65.1 % -.8 0

Chemistry 78.3 % 71.7 % -1.5 -0.6

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

Reading

All 72.1 75.9 77.1 81.8African American 43.4 51.6 57.0 65.1White 87.9 89.1 92.6 94.9Economically Disadvantaged 35.8 44.7 47.2 54.3E.C. 35.7 insuf. data 46.8 insuf. data

Math

All 87.7 85.9 73.2 79.2African American 61.3 66.1 48.3 56.3White 94.7 >95.0 90.4 94.1Economically Disadvantaged 53.8 65.9 44.4 51.1E.C. 54.8 insuf. data 50.0 insuf. data

AYP Data

(Target = 35.4%)

(Target = 70.8%)

Percent Proficient

(Target = 38.5%)

(Target = 68.4%)

Instructional Strategies used to improve student learning:

Subgroup 2007 2008 2009African-American 60.2 68.3 77.6White 93.1 93.2 94.1Economically Disadvantaged 60.9 60.6 70.8EC 39.1 39.1 insuf dataAll Students 80.4 83.0 85.9

Percentage of students graduating in their four year cohort:

To further improve graduation rates, a student mentoring program is being instituted to pair staff mentors with at-risk

students.

Theatre Arts: NCTC Awards in Acting, Directing, and Tech

2005-2009, Superior Rating in 2007-2009; State Competition in

2009.

Visual Arts: Art displayed around campus, at Thruway

Shopping center, and in community events.

Chorus: Superior ratings at State Festival 2004-2009, participation in All-State and Honors, and Mars

Hill Honors chorus, and Governor’s School.

Band: Superior ratings at District Band Festival 2001-2009, Regional

Marching Band Contests, and students placed in All-County, All-District, & All-

State Honor Bands, as well as Governor’s School.

Orchestra: Superior Ratings at State Festival 2004-2007;

Western Region, All-State, and Governor’s School Participants.

Dance: An emerging program, encompassing both Art and Physical Education elements in the classroom;

students participate in All-County Dance clinics annually

Mt. Tabor has won 19 of the last 20 Conference

Wachovia Cups.

2008-2009 Volleyball State Player of the Year:

Andrea Beck

2008-2009 Men’s Basketball State Player of the Year:

C.J. Harris

2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Men’s State Basketball Coach

of the Year: Andy Muse

Girls’ Volleyball StateRunner Up in 2008 and 4th in

2009.

Boys’ Cross Country Regional Champions 2009

and 4th in State Meet.

Girls’ Cross Country Regional Champions in

2009 and 10th in State Meet.

Football: Conference Champions in 1998-2008 & State Playoff Participant for

last 15 years.

Men’s Basketball Conference, Regional, and

2008-2009 State 4A Champions.

2008-2009 State Indoor Women’s Track

Champions

In 2008-2009, Mt. Tabor was ranked 242 of top 1500 schools by Newsweek.

Over $12.9 million in scholarships were awarded to the class of 2009

Mt. Tabor is

currently 7th in

the state

standings for

the Wachovia

Cup.