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volunteers, our students were able to learn outside the percent of the Class of 2005 went on to post-secondary classroom as they visited the State House and rode education garnering $103,150.00 in scholarship Swan Boats in the Boston Public Garden. Local field awards. Richard Mooney was class valedictorian and trips to the Thornton Burgess Society and to Cape Cod Molly Coon class salutatorian. Community College for theatrical performances broadened the background knowledge of our students. Students participated in a variety of co-curricular Fifth graders attended a clambake hosted by the activities. The Blue Falcon Theatre Company per- Wampanoag Tribal Council and visited the Pequot formed Up the Down Staircase in the fall and Bye.Bye Museum in Connecticut. A highlight of the year was Birdie in the spring. The Concert Choir won a gold the eighth grade trip to Washington,D.C. These excit- award at the New York City Heritage Festival. ing activities, which expand students' knowledge of the world, would not be possible without the support Respectfully submitted, and generosity of the Mashpee community. Ira Brown, Principal Report of the 2004-2005 MASHPEE HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS Mashpee High School HAROLD P. COLLINS MEMORIAL AWARD New academic programs were the focus of 2004- Jeremy Carter 2005 at Mashpee High School. The focus was in the areas of Technology and Engineering, Math, Science LEIGH-ANNE HORNE MEMORIAL AWARD and Reading. A course entitled Technology and Jennifer Tucker Engineering was created. Through the use of com- puter assisted instruction, students were challenged to JOSEPH E. MALONE MEMORIAL AWARD solve engineering problems. Seventh graders were introduced to a more rigorous pre-algebra program so Matt Riley that they would be able to enroll in Algebra I in grade eight. The science department developed a two year FREDERICK H. POCKNETT biology program. This course was designed to prepare SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD students for the MCAS Biology exam. An analysis of Jeremy Carter MCAS English Language Arts scores revealed that a small cohort of students entering grade nine required DAVID A. VALESIG improving their reading skills. Members of the SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD English faculty created the Critical Thinking and Literacy course for this group. Sally Santos During the past academic year, Mashpee High 1 r School continued to work on the accreditation process. Out of sixty three recommendations cited by the Visiting Committee from The New England Association of Schools and Colleges,twenty nine have " been completed, nineteen are in progress, no action has been taken on fourteen and one was rejected. The school has until October 1, 2008 to complete all out- standing recommendations. Mashpee High School students continued to make progress on the high stakes MCAS exams. More students than ever before scored proficient or higher. �_ For example, thirty-five percent of the tenth grade class attained an advanced rating in math. Ninety-four 146