F O R T C O L L I N S H I G H S C H O O L
POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Enrollment: 29,053 Racial Demographics: Caucasian: 73.79% African American: 1.16% Asian: 3.00% Hispanic/ Latino: 18.09% Native American: 0.52% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander: 0.14% Two or more: 3.41% Student Profile: Participating in Free/Reduced Lunch: 33.71% Special Education Programs: 7.81% Gifted and Talented Programs: 11.92% English Language Learner Programs: 7.84% Academics: Dropout Rate: 1.5% 2014 Graduation Rate: 84% Class of 2015 graduates earned more than $44 million in scholarships |
D E M O G R A P H I C S |
FORT COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL
Male: 972 (55%) Female: 755 (45%) Grade Level: 8th: 3 (.2%) 9th: 486 (29%) 10th: 395 (23.6%) 11th: 404 (24%) 12th: 384 (23%) Racial Demographics: Caucasian: 1,149 (69%) African American: 21 (1.3%) Asian: 58 (3.4%) American Indian: 15 (.9%) Hispanic/ Latino: 376 (22%) Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander: 3 (.2%) Two or more: 50 (1.9%) Advanced Placement (AP) Enrollment: Enrolled: 540 (33%) Female: 49% Male: 51% |
C U L T U R E & C O M M U N I T Y
Fort Collins High School has a large population of students, in which each student has performed highly, able to live up to the school mission statement “Where excellence is expected.” Although the demographics of the school will give us limited insight into how the school operates and appears, from personal experience, I have noticed that the school has a grand sense of community and mutual respect, both for each other and for their teachers. Meanwhile cliques and barriers within the student population exists, the students are accepting of each other and welcoming to anyone who enters the vicinity of the school. Academically speaking, FCHS provides a wide variety of classes, integral with students of every development stage/mentality. They consider themselves to have a diverse student population where their differences broaden their perspective and make them stronger as a community.
“Fort Collins High School’s mission is to provide an excellent education for all student in a nurturing, creative, challenging and disciplined environment so that all students have the knowledge, values and skills to be productive, responsible participants in our society and to successfully pursue careers when they graduate from Fort Collins High School.”
“Fort Collins High School’s mission is to provide an excellent education for all student in a nurturing, creative, challenging and disciplined environment so that all students have the knowledge, values and skills to be productive, responsible participants in our society and to successfully pursue careers when they graduate from Fort Collins High School.”
C L A S S R O O M E N V I R O N M E N T
PAINTING WITH ALLISON ALTER
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PHOTOGRAPHY WITH TARA LANTERMAN
Considering that I am in two art concentration classrooms, with two of the few art teachers at FCHS, that does not entail that all encompasses a “class” is related, similar or reflective of the other – actually, it is strikingly different and contrasting in every way. It is a great advantage to be able to observe, collaborate, and participate in two classrooms, from different perspectives, different classroom management approaches, and with entirely different subject content and overall class culture. The two classes that I am lucky to be involved in are Mrs. Alter’s painting class and Mrs. Lanterman’s beginning photography class, where both classes have a variety of students in different grade levels with developmental mindsets and abilities. In this experience, I have been critically participating and observing both classes focusing on three main perspectives that I am looking to for for my own future teaching: class culture, environment, and classroom management. These three important aspects of teaching are critically considered from positive and negative stances, essentially, what is working well and what is hindering the learning and the environment. In this experience, I will be able to introduce the unit of “landscape painting” with Mrs. Alter, and conduct the lesson of a “critique” in Mrs. Lanterman’s class.
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PHOTOGRAPHY WITH TARA LANTERMAN
Considering that I am in two art concentration classrooms, with two of the few art teachers at FCHS, that does not entail that all encompasses a “class” is related, similar or reflective of the other – actually, it is strikingly different and contrasting in every way. It is a great advantage to be able to observe, collaborate, and participate in two classrooms, from different perspectives, different classroom management approaches, and with entirely different subject content and overall class culture. The two classes that I am lucky to be involved in are Mrs. Alter’s painting class and Mrs. Lanterman’s beginning photography class, where both classes have a variety of students in different grade levels with developmental mindsets and abilities. In this experience, I have been critically participating and observing both classes focusing on three main perspectives that I am looking to for for my own future teaching: class culture, environment, and classroom management. These three important aspects of teaching are critically considered from positive and negative stances, essentially, what is working well and what is hindering the learning and the environment. In this experience, I will be able to introduce the unit of “landscape painting” with Mrs. Alter, and conduct the lesson of a “critique” in Mrs. Lanterman’s class.