The mission of Cadillac High School is to provide a comprehensive public education that challenges individuals to reach their full potential. With students at the focus of all that we do, we are committed to establishing and achieving high expectations with measurable goals that promote excellence. Students, school, parents and community share the responsibility to provide an environment that will enable students to develop essential skills necessary to be functioning members of society.

Accreditation Status

The North Central Association accredits Cadillac High School. In keeping with the Cadillac Area Public School district’s commitment to the NCA School Improvement process. Cadillac High School is also accredited through the State of Michigan by earning a grade of "C" as determined by the 2004 Education YES report card. This grade was also a "C" on the 2003 Education YES report.

All students will demonstrate across the curriculum an improved ability to write a clear, well-organized, meaningful, publishable writing according to a uniform format and process. All students will demonstrate, across the curriculum, an improved ability to read for meaningful information, enabling students to use higher level thinking skill to learn and retain more by making connections across all the content areas. Students will make a connection between what they are learning and what career pathway they have chosen in order to make informed choices about their future.

Cadillac High Schools offers:

• Courses in fourteen states and nationally aligned curricular areas, including Advanced Placement classes.
• Opportunities to attend the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center.
• Competitive Forensics, Debate, Odyssey of the Mind, and National Math Competitions, Science Olympiad Competitions.
• Extracurricular and co-curricular activities including Rotary Interact, Science Club, Book Club, Environmental Response Team, Service Learning, Choir, Band, Color Guard, Drama Club, Youth in Government, Student Council, National Honor Society, Yearbook, Graphic Arts, Poetry Club, and more.
• Learning opportunities for all students at all levels.

Each curriculum area in the senior high school, the school district’s study committees, the district’s instructional coordinator, and finally, the Cadillac Board of Education has reviewed the core curriculum from the state of Michigan. These groups have determined that the curriculum at Cadillac High School not only meets, but also in most cases exceeds, the core curriculum objectives.

* Tenth Grade Orientation: The orientation took place on Thursday, August 21, 2003.
* Premier Agenda Planners: Every student received a planner.
* CHS Writing, and Science Fair: The fair included the work of over 625 students.
* CHS Awards Night: The Awards Night took place on Thursday, May 27, 2004.
* College Night was held on Wednesday, October 15, 2004.
* CHS hosted Musical and Drama Plays along with Choir and Band Concerts.

The following is information regarding the Cadillac High School graduating class of 2003:

The ACT is a national college admissions test given primarily to juniors. The scores, given by years, represent a group composite score as compared to all students across the state and take the same test.

The class of 2004 took the MEAP test in the spring of 2003 to earn endorsements in mathematics, science, social studies, and communication arts (reading and writing). As seniors they had the opportunity to retest twice in any or all areas of the MEAP. Scores for the class of 2004 were as follows:

The Advanced Placement Program is a national program that awards college credit to seniors who pass a standard exam each May. Approximately nine percent (9%) of each class of seniors takes Advanced Placement exams.

 Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences

The purpose of the Career Technical Center is to provide select students with an education, in addition to their regular high school basic courses, that will give the students skills and confidence to enter a specialized labor field. To qualify for entry into the Career Tech Center the student must (1) be at least 15 ½ year of age, (2) complete an application, (3) have visited the Career Tech Center and have knowledge of the desired program.

Students spend two hour and twenty minutes of their day at the Career Tech Center and three hours at the high school. Each program at the Tech Center is a yearlong program, and three credits are given for successful completion. Students may elect a second or third year of their desired program at the center. Student enrollment at the Career Tech Center over the past six years:

Alternative Education Program

The purpose of the Alternative Education Program is to provide select students with an opportunity to meet Board of Education requirements for graduation. Students in this program will be in small classes and will receive individual attention and counseling in addition to the basic course requirements.

Placement into the alternative program is reserved for students who are "at risk" or who have had difficulty in managing their educational program in a regular school setting. Students are selected by the high school administrative and counseling staffs in conjunction with the staff and selection board of the alternative program.

Students in this program attend Cooley School six hours a day, five days a week. The number of students selected from Cadillac High School varies from year to year depending upon need and availability in the alternative program. The approximate number of students from Cadillac High School attending Cooley in the past six years is as follows:

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