COORDINATOR OF CURRICULUM & PROFESSIONAL LEARNING/ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - LETTER TO COMMUNITY

  • Cornwell

    Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year at Barker Central. I hope everyone had a fun, safe summer and enjoyed doing whatever makes you happy.

    Over the past few years, as schools have continued to recover from the pandemic, our students at Barker have thrived in their academic achievements. Proficiency rates on Regents exams at the secondary level hover around the 90-95% range with mastery rates (earning a score of 85 or higher on the exam) in the 40-50% range. It is numbers like these that have helped Barker rank high in comparison to other schools in Niagara and Orleans counties. Our graduation rate has also remained consistently strong and student attendance levels are closer to where they were prior to the pandemic.

    Our faculty and staff have also continued to shine! During the past 18 months, nearly all of our faculty have created a rigorous, standards-based curriculum that will help our students continue to achieve at a higher level. Faculty have also embraced a new initiative that focuses on analyzing data in a clear, consistent manner to guide their instruction and keep student learning at the forefront of all that we do.

    Barker is also pleased to announce that starting in the 2024-2025 school year, graduating seniors can earn an additional credential on their diploma by earning a Seal of Civic Readiness. To earn this credential, students must demonstrate academic excellence by earning high marks on the commencement level history exams and developing and presenting a project on an issue that impacts the local community.

    As we finalize our preparations for the upcoming school year, Barker is focused on the following goals:

    1. Increase Student Engagement in the Learning Process
    2. To improve Literacy for all Learners to be prepared for the 21st century
    3. Improve Instructional Outcomes for all students.

    Thank you for your continued support of Barker Central School ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ. Our students, faculty, and staff can’t thank you enough!!

    If you have any questions regarding your child’s educational program, or the instructional program of our school, don’t hesitate to reach out to me. You can email me at ccornwell@barkercsd.net, or reach me by phone at 716-795-3388.

    Yours in education,

    Christian Cornwell
    Coordinator of Curriculum & Professional Learning/AP
    ccornwell@barkercsd.net
    716-795-3388