Kempner High School News

Course changes and dropping course deadlines is provided below.
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TAKS Retests will be administered on October 19 (ELA), 20 (Math), 21 (Science) and 22 (Social Studies) for Seniors and out-of-school students who have not passed one or more parts of the test for graduation. Out-of-school students must call 281-634-2306 to register. Study aides may be found at http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/tx/family?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=par_home_page

Newsweek magazine releases its yearly rankings of the top 6 percent of all high schools in the United States. This list includes all public schools as well as charter and selective entry magnet public schools. Kempner High School moved up from #1593 in 2009 to #1093 in 2010.
 
This puts us in the top 4 percent (96th percentile) of high schools in the USA, including many of which have selective enrollment
 
Take a moment and let that thought settle in, great job KHS!
 
http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/profile.html?key=zH-TZxAZd0aT6UqOlhhvJn-FyaQ&state=TX&year=2010&id=2404

See attached document for a comparison of the 2010 Preliminary KHS TAKS vs the State of Texas results. These scores are prior to Texas Projection Measure (TPM) adjustments. Document also includes the final reportable TAKS results which include TPM. KHS set new records in all TAKS areas this year with and without the TPM adjustment.
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