New year begins with new focus on individual students

Academic secretary Mrs. Julie Heafner tallies class counts from 2nd block classes the first day of school. Initial counts showed MHS to be the most populated high school in the district.

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August 26, 2009 • written by Andrea Barr

“This has been an absolutely great first day,” Principal Cynthia McCallum said, “The smoothest in 5 years.” 

McCallum said this year is going to be much more focused on the individual student, starting with the initiation of a Freshman Academy, which splits up all ninth graders into smaller, more personal groups of students and teachers. McCallum started this program in hopes that “freshmen don’t slip through the cracks.”

The reason for this and other small changes, such as smaller and more frequent teacher conferences, McCallum says, is  due to proof that more individualized attention contributes to higher test scores and overall success in high school students.

MHS enrollment- 2438 (largest population of the four MISD high schools) LHS- 2306

We have:

731 freshmen

631 sophomores

559 juniors

517 seniors

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