School Improvement
Continuous school improvement is an embedded behavior rooted in the school's culture that constantly focuses on the conditions, processes, and practices that improve teaching and learning. Schools use student performance results and analyze data from various interwoven components to develop plans and implement improvement actions to drive education quality and improved student outcomes.
Antilles High School Academic Goals
- Increase student academic achievement in Literacy.
- Increase student academic achievement in Mathematics.
Math
Goal 1: The percentage of Antilles High School 10th and 11th graders who meet or exceed the Mathematics PSAT benchmark will increase by 3% percent yearly from School Year 2024-2025.
Goal 2: The percentage of 10th and 11th graders who are not yet approaching the Mathematics PSAT benchmark will decrease by 3 percent yearly from School Year 2024-2025.  
Improvement Strategy
- Building Thinking Classrooms: Collaborative problem-solving through randomized groupings. Use of vertical non-permanent surfaces to encourage active participation. Rich thinking tasks that promote mathematical reasoning and conceptual understanding.
- PSAT-Aligned Instructional Practices: Embed PSAT-style questions into daily instruction through entrance tasks, exit tickets, and station activities to build familiarity with test formats and problem styles. Integrate PSAT Practice Interventions during Seminar. Leverage strategic math interventions by providing small-group, skills-based support aligned to PSAT domains.
Literacy
Goal 1: The percentage of Antilles High School 10th and 11th graders who meet the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing PSAT benchmark will increase by 3 percent yearly from School Year 2024-2025.
Goal 2: The percentage of 10th and 11th graders who are not yet approaching the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing PSAT benchmark will decrease by 3% percent yearly from School Year 2024-2025.
Improvement Strategy
WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading) is our school's instructional approach for building college and career-ready literacy skills. Through a school-wide focus, teachers will deconstruct the CCRS Literacy Anchor Standards to create weekly lessons that embed high-impact strategies like DBQ’s, Socratic Seminars, and the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) framework, among other strategies.
Mission
Educate, Engage, and Empower each student to succeed in a dynamic world.
Vision
Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere.
Antilles High School Purpose Statement
Antilles High School is committed to enriching the lives of all students by facilitating the relevant, holistic and rigorous College and Career Readiness Curriculum that will prepare the students to succeed and to be self-sufficient in a dynamic world.
DoWEA Accreditation
Accreditation is the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards). Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external agency to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency.
Cognia is the accreditation agency for all DoWEA schools and the world's largest education community. As the global leader in advancing education excellence through accreditation and school improvement, Cognia brings together more than 100 years of experience and the expertise of three United States-based accreditation agencies - the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA/CASI), Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS/CASI). Accreditation is pivotal to leveraging education quality and continuous improvement.
Detailed accreditation information is provided on the DoWEA Accreditation page.
Comprehensive Assessment System
In conjunction with the implementation of the College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS), DoWEA is implementing the Comprehensive Assessment System (CAS) that includes all of the assessments that are administered system-wide within DoWEA. These include the PSAT, Advanced Placement, NAEP, and College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) assessments. All assessments included in the DoWEA Comprehensive Assessment System support student learning, provide information for decision makers concerning instructional programs and services, and inform parents. DoWEA is committed to student achievement and assessments that raise the bar for the students to ensure they are on the path to success.
