School Profile

Hope School

Home of the Huskies!

Vision

Every child is welcome at Hope School for the opportunity to learn, to engage, and to grow.

Mission

Supporting students in life success.

Contact

907.782.3202

PO Box 47
Hope, AK 99605

Demographics

  • Principal Tenure: 15 years, 3 at this school
  • 2 Certified staff (1 Bachelors, 1 Masters)
  • 3 Classified staff
  • 10:1 P/T ratio
  • 13 average Staff years of service
  • 20 Enrollment
  • 91% Attendance Rate
  • Teacher/student ratio is small enough that teachers provide intervention support as needed.

Academic Assessments

  • NWEA MAP Growth (grades 3-10) Math – median score was 68th %ile
    Reading – median score was 69th %ile
    Language Usage – median score was 73rd %ile
  • iReady K-5
    60% of students met their annual typical growth
  • mCLASS (DIBELS) K-5
    100% of students ended the year at or above benchmark

Secondary Specific Info

  • 100% Graduation Rate
  • 2 Dual Enrollment

School Projects/Initiatives

  • Monthly Hope Husky character recognition award

Honors, Awards and Recognitions

  • Graduating students routinely receive scholarships

Course Offering Highlights

  • Previous electives include Fiber arts, ceramics

School Climate and Mindset Key Data

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School Culture Highlights

We are one big family that encourages individuality and works together to create a fun place for all of us to learn.

Family and Community Engagements/Highlights

Supportive and active PTO

Yearly Pie Auction

Monthly movie night

Spirit days

Goals for the year

  1. By May 17, 2024, the K-5 teacher will attend all CKLA training as offered by KPBSD and design an instructional approach that attends to the needs of his students and complies with the implementation requirements
  2. By May 17, 2024, Hope School will have the woodshop operational and develop courses to offer the middle/high school students in 2024/2025