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• Presented first Cape Cod Tech High School Report of the Diploma to an 82 year-old Marstons Mills l WWII Veteran at our June graduation ceremony Cape Cod Regional Technical y High School District • 29 District SKILLSUSA medals: 9 gold, 10 sil. ver, and 11 bronze; and 12 State SKIUSUSA 'J medals: 3 gold, 2 silver, and 7 bronze; and 3 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the state gold medal winners represented Cape 'i Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Cod Tech at the National SKILLSUSA com• petition in Kansas City with one student win. '? Cape Cod Tech, established in 1973 as a public ning the gold medal in Marine and one stu• vocational technical high school,served 724 students in dent winning a silver medal in Dental school year 07-08 from our sending district(Barnstable, Assisting- 1St and 2nd in the Nation. Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown,Truro,Wellfleet, and • Given the "Habitat Partner Award for 2008" Yarmouth) with 45 students of our enrollment coming by Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod. from the Town of Mashpee. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for our students to acquire high quality • Overall each year Cape Cod Tech saves our mem- technical, academic, and social skills which prepare ber towns and taxpayers over $800,000 in labor them for success in a global economy. and reduced materials cost for work projects to our towns by our technical shop programs. Major Accomplishments for the 07-08 School Year: Major projects or initiatives for 08-09 School Year: • Massachusetts Compass School for 07-08 due to MCAS performance in both English Language Continue to improve English skills so that all Arts and Math in 2006. students may be proficient in written and oral communication as well as reading literacy skills. • Graduation Rate Improvement due to Graduate to Success Program with a grant from the Youth Continue to improve performance in Council of the Workforce Investment Board— Mathematics and Science MCAS. drop-out rate for this year was 1.1% down from 7% in 2005. Continue to develop data and strategies relating to student attendance. • Improved student attendance rate to over 95% for the year. Continue the Graduate to Success program to increase graduation rate and decrease the • Supported Alternative Energy programs (Put dropout rate. on-line first pre-packaged tri-generation system in United States). Continue implementing technical education • Reduced our use of electricity by more than frameworks to improve student performance in 900,000 KWH compared to 2004 due to many the technical programs. new energy conservation initiatives and pro- Expand alternative energy and conservation ini- jects- a savings of more than $380,000 in 4 tiatives and partnerships through increases in years. technology and grant funding including opening • the first Cape Cod Renewable Energy Training Green Bean recycling program initiative recog- nized again by State Office of Environmental and Education Center on our campus in Spring Affairs '09 at no cost to our towns. • Implemented a Community Service Learning For more information, please refer to the Cape Cod Tech website: www.ca�etech.us. Program in 9th and 10th grade. I • "The Greatest Generation" celebration -dinner Respectfully submitted, for 125 World War Il veterans residing in the Robert Fleming twelve towns served by the school on May 29, Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District 2008. Many WWII Veterans attended from School Committee Representative Barnstable. for the Town of Mashpee 148