{"id":9,"date":"2011-12-12T20:07:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T20:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/himount\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:24:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi-Mount Community School focuses on high-quality instruction for all K4-8th grade students in a nurturing and caring environment.\u00a0As a Personalized Learning Project Site, our educators focus on tailoring lessons to meet the needs of individual students.\u00a0Teachers incorporate the latest computer training tools in their instruction so students can stay current with the rest of the world.\u00a0The Library Media Center is automated and state-of-the-art.\u00a0SMART Boards are used to create an interactive system of learning and keep students engaged and excited about learning while they develop an appreciation for technology.\u00a0Assistive technology is available for students with special needs to enhance their learning.<\/p>\n<h2>Hi-Mount Vision<\/h2>\n<p>All Hi-Mount students meet or exceed the Common Core State Standards to positively impact their lives and their community.<\/p>\n<h2>Uniform Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Hi-Mount Community School has a uniform policy.\u00a0 Students may wear a royal blue or gray polo shirt and dark blue or black bottoms.<\/p>\n<h2>School Improvement Plan<\/h2>\n<p>Data from the 2017-18 Spring STAR Assessment shows that 75% of our students average 5% Percentile Rank growth in Math.\u00a0 The achievement gap is growing in grades 3,5,7, and 8.\u00a0 Students in grades 5-8 have the largest number of students who are significantly below.<\/p>\n<h2>Theory of Action<\/h2>\n<p>If we continue to place a greater emphasis on Tier 1 instruction, using Personalized Learning strategies, the school-wide Math Walkthrough Tool as a daily instructional and planning guide, and provide professional development on vocabulary strategies across all content areas, then the Percentile Rank growth of all students will increase by 7-10%.<\/p>\n<h2>Academics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Early Childhood (AGR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Innovation<\/h2>\n<p>Personalized Learning, Hands-on technology skills in the Science Lab and Library Media Center<\/p>\n<h2>Athletics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Basketball (B\/G)<\/li>\n<li>Cheerleading<\/li>\n<li>Flag Football<\/li>\n<li>Track<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extracurricular Activities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Boy Scouts<\/li>\n<li>Girl Scouts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Arts<\/h2>\n<p>Wisconsin Conservatory of Music<\/p>\n<h2>After School Program<\/h2>\n<p>2:25 &#8211; 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Partners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Junior Achievement<\/li>\n<li>Spirit of Peace Lutheran Church<\/li>\n<li>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<\/li>\n<li>United Healthcare<\/li>\n<li>Community Baptist Church<\/li>\n<li>Brewers Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Love Kindness Initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi-Mount Community School focuses on high-quality instruction for all K4-8th grade students in a nurturing and caring environment.\u00a0As a Personalized Learning Project Site, our educators focus on tailoring lessons to meet the needs of individual students.\u00a0Teachers incorporate the latest computer training tools in their instruction so students can stay current with the rest of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-9","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/himount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}