For the fourth consecutive year, Johnstown High School has made Adequately Yearly Progress (A.Y.P.)! This is a tremendous accomplishment for the school, district, and Greater Johnstown Community. JHS is filled with wonderful students, teachers, and coaches who are dedicated to student success. In addition, JHS has been named one of America’s Best High Schools according to the U.S. News and World Report for the past 3 consecutive years. In order to reach these wonderful accomplishments, JHS instituted a plan to carefully evaluate all elements of instruction at the high school. The main focus of our analysis was and continues to be our curriculum, instructional methods, assessments, student course scheduling, tutoring, and student improvement monitoring. The effective and efficient use of formative assessments, quality questioning, researched based strategies, and data driven instruction are some of the key components of our efforts toward systematic change and ultimately academic improvement. It is with great pride that I can state that the last four years have resulted in the highest levels of student achievement ever at GJHS. Math and Reading scores have increased significantly. As a result, we have exceeded or met the state requirements of (A.Y.P.) the past four years.
For this accomplishment the student, teachers and parents have much to be proud of. Great teaching, teamwork, collaboration, student focus and commitment on academic improvement are some of the main reasons for our success. However, I cannot stress enough how important the role is that you the parents and guardians of our students play in helping our students achieve success. For your tremendous support I am eternally grateful. Please know that the GJHS staff is dedicated to knowing each child by name and developing their potential to the best of their ability.
I am proud to say that the administration and faculty place the best interests of our students and community first. Through our PSSA results, we have clearly demonstrated that we are continuing to take the necessary steps for continued academic improvement thus preparing our students for the next phase of their education and career goal attainment.
In closing, I thank you for your commitment to our school, staff, and students at the Greater Johnstown High School.
Sincerely,
Mr. Michael J. Vuckovich
Greater Johnstown High School Principal
