School Profile

Razdolna School

Home of the Mustangs!

Vision

We will inspire and support all students to be lifelong learners with the courage and confidence to make positive contributions to the world.

Mission

The mission of Razdolna School is to build strong connections among community, families, staff, and students in a safe, healthy, nurturing environment that challenges each student.

Contact

907.235.6870

818 Smoky Bay Way #383
Homer, AK 99603

Demographics

  • Principal Tenure: Dr. Michael A. Sturm has been Principal for 3 years and a teacher at the school for 5
  • 6 Certified Staff with an average degree level of Masters Degree
  • 5 Classified Staff with an average degree level of associates degree
  • 18.5:1 P/T ratio
  • Staff average 7 years of service
  • 75 Enrollment
  • 84.25% Attendance Rate
  • Intervention Support
    We have a tiered intervention program utilizing research-based intervention practices to support students in reading, writing, mathematics, history and science

Academics Assessment

  • MAP – Math
    Our 10th grade Algebra and Geometry students are above the national average in math scores. Students are currently learning Personal Finance through Ramsey Personal Finance Curriculum.
  • MAP – ELA
    Our high school students are, on average, better readers than the national average.

K12 Elementary Specific

  • Our iReady scores have grown and improved for the last three years, rapidly closing the covid gap.
  • CKLA curriculum and a tiered intervention strategy has improved the reading ability of our students tremendously. 100% of our kindergarten students are at or above grade level. School wide we have 60% reading proficiency.

K12 Secondary Specific

  • 74% Graduation Rate
  • Dual Enrollment
    We have students on track to complete their Associates degree at the same time as achieving high school graduation through dual enrollment with UAA.

School Projects/Initiatives

  • 3 year graduation track, Block Scheduling for high school.
  • Project Based Learning, Bi-lingual instruction/ dual language instruction in English and Russian.
  • Emphasis on CTE training and work skills.

Course Offering Highlights

  • Ramsey Personal Finance
    Welding 1
  • Welding 2 certification/qualification course
  • Construction 1
  • Construction 2
  • Project based learning in each classroom.

School Culture Highlights

Razdolna is a fun and exciting place to learn and work. Our staff has a jovial and congenial attitude. Our students are hardworking and thriving.

Family and Community Engagements/Highlights

Razdolna has art shows, family nights, a harvest fair, school plays, and other parent engagement events regularly.

Goals for the year

  1. By utilizing title 1 funds to obtain additional tutoring and intervention curriculum for struggling readers, we will improve our state and district test scores to >60% proficiency by the end of State and District testing (quarter4).
  2. By utilizing title 1 funds to hire a half time teacher half time interventionist to conduct pull out interventions with our struggling readers, we will be able to see 5 points of individual growth for those students identified for the pull-out program by Spring as measured by data collected through progress monitoring. Additionally, this half time teacher will allow us to split the middle and high school students into two classes of reasonable size.
  3. By utilizing title 1 funds to promote project based learning and other hands-on learning avenues we will be able to see attendance rise from a baseline of 73% school wide to 90% school wide by the end of quarter 3.