Cranberry Area School District

This Program of Studies outlines the academic and co-curricular offerings for Cranberry Area Junior-Senior High School's Junior High. It details diverse course options across Reading, English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, and electives, structured with varied academic levels and progressions to engage, educate, and inspire students to pursue their greatest potential. Key policies on course selection, schedule changes, academic promotion, summer school, and honor recognition are also included to support student success and development.

This document outlines the Cranberry Area School District's special education plan, detailing areas of improvement and planning across various indicators such as graduation, education environments, and assessment. Key focus areas include identification methods for students with specific learning disabilities, oversight for non-resident and incarcerated students, and ensuring education in the least restrictive environment. The plan also emphasizes comprehensive positive behavior support, intensive interagency collaboration, and robust special education support services and personnel development, with ongoing training initiatives in autism, transition, and literacy. The overarching goal is to provide a full range of services and programs to ensure appropriate educational placements and meaningful participation for all students with disabilities.

The Cranberry Area School District's comprehensive plan (2022-2025) focuses on engaging, educating, and inspiring students to reach their full potential. Key areas of focus include improving math proficiency, addressing learning loss from the pandemic, enhancing social-emotional learning, and implementing the Character Strong curriculum. The plan aims to achieve measurable goals such as increasing the percentage of proficient and advanced students in math by 15%, reducing student discipline referrals by 10%, and reducing student assistance program referrals by 10%. The plan emphasizes differentiated instruction, small group learning, and the use of data to inform instruction and support student needs. It also highlights the importance of collaboration among students, staff, parents, and the community to create a supportive and effective learning environment.

The Cranberry Area School District's mission statement envisions engaging learners through safe and responsible use of resources and facilities, delivering best educational practices via a relevant curriculum that fosters lifelong learning. The district aims to cultivate creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration. Measurable goals include improving number sense and fact fluency in primary students (15-point growth on spring 2024 assessment), improving problem-solving skills in 3rd-6th graders (18+ raw score points or 20% growth), and achieving benchmark expectations for 60% of K-2 and 3rd-6th grade Title I students in spring 2024.