Spartan Excellence

  • "The Culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they're champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners." Bill Walsh

    Joining the Spartan Family
    • Joining our community.
    • Mission of Excellence - The quality of being outstanding.
    • Becoming a part of something bigger.
    • Pride & Spirit
    • Partnering with you to meet the educational needs of your students.
    • Transformation.
    Spartan Excellence
    • Highest graduation rate in the sate of Montana for general population (92%) as well as Native, SES disadvantaged, and special ed.
    • More college credit earned in high school than any school in MT.
    • Culture of attendance.
    Learning Excellence
    •  Rigorous Core--From Intervention to Advanced Placement & Dual Credit
    • World Language
    • Fine Arts: Visual, Music, Theater
    • Family & Consumer Science
    • Industrial Technology: Auto tech, Carpentry, Welding
    • Business Marketing & DECA
    • Media Arts
    • STEM--Engineering & Computer Science
    • Broadcasting & Spartan Live TV: MCAT partnership
    Personalized
    • Student learning for all.
    • Support for struggling learners.
    • Enrichment for advanced learners.
    • Relevance and rigor for all learners.
    • High expectations.
    • Meeting student needs.
    • Learner-centered focus.
    Dual Credit
    • 24 Dual Credit course opportunities
    • 21.5% of students at Sentinel are enrolled in a Dual Credit class
    • 2014-15 - The savings to parents of Sentinel Students taking Dual Credit classes was $217,567.00
    • This savings reflects the cost of $208/credit
    • Cost effective for any student wanting to attend a post-secondary institution after graduating from Sentinel
    • Significant research-based benefit for the learner in terms of college acceptance, success and completion
    Advanced Placement (AP)
    •  Advanced Placement: 14 classes 2015-16
    • 17 classes 2016-17
    • 33.6% Sentinel students enrolled in an Advanced Placement class
    • 24.5 in 1 AP class
    • 5.4 in 2 AP classes
    • 2% in 3 AP classes
    • 1.3% in 4 AP classes
    • .4% in 5 AP classes

    Teaching-Mentorship Excellence

    • Highly qualified, expert teaching faculty.
      • Over 20 UM Faculty Affiliates.
      • PLTW Master Teacher.
    • Dedicated, skilled support staff.
    • 50 MHSA extra-curricular staff positions.
    • 30 Sentinel staff-coaches
    • Strong culture of staff attendance and support at events.
    • DECA:
      • 128 students - Largest in Montana, third largest in four-state area.
      • Largest student group @ Sentinel.
      • "At Sentinel DECA is what we do."
      • Leadership, Service, Entrepreneurism.
    Activities Excellence
    • Total number of Spartan students in an activity - 730
      • Fall - 328
      • Winter - 221
      • Spring 181
    • Participation - Spartan Excellence!
    • Increased sense of belonging and servant leadership.
    • Less than 1/2 of one percent dropout rate for students in school activities.
    • Increased student achievement.
      • 83 of 115 Varsity Letter winners in Fall Sports Academic All-State
      • Requires a 3.5 or higher GPA.
      • 24 of the 83 Academic All-State winners had a perfect 4.0 GPA.
    Belonging & Diversity
    • Kindness & caring for ALL.
    • Belonging for ALL.
    • Servant leadership for ALL.
    • Personalized learning & programming for ALL.
    • A place for ALL: Visual art, music, drama, clubs, supportive groups.
    Technology & Innovation
    • Culture of Innovation.
    • Google School
    • EdTech.
    • STEM learning facilities
    • Infrastructure.
    • Supporting Innovators.
    Family Involvement
    • Booster Club: Seeking parent community leadership.
    • Social Media: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Blog
    • Activities
    • Communication
     Spartan Excellence
    WE ARE
    what we
    REPEATEDLY 
    ~do.~
    {EXCELLENCE,}
    then,
    is not an act, 
    -----but a-----
    HABIT.
    Aristotle