307 Salem Street
Rockton, Illinois 61072
phone: 815-624-2070
fax: 815-624-6775
Contact
Information
307 Salem Street
Rockton, Illinois 61072
phone: 815-624-2070
fax: 815-624-6775
Contact
Information
Principal:
Richard Beck 
IAES
Coordinator: Charles Hollerith 
Microsoft
Contact: Bruce Carlson 
Technology
Coordinator: Bruce Carlson
School
Improvement: John Carleton
Community Description
Hononegah High School is proud to serve the city of Rockton which is a fast-growing community, and so is the high school.
Demographics of the School
Hononegah High School has a total population of 1, 531students. Of that enrollment, 97.0% are White, 0.8% are Black, 0.8% are Hispanic, 1.0% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.3% are Native American.
Newsworthy Highlights
The faculty at Hononegah is currently implementing a model of Shared Decision Making, which will be presented at the Spring Conference (May 7-8, 1997) of the Illinois Alliance of Essential Schools (IAES). The Leadership Team involving department heads, students and members of the community work on a variety of areas including technology, allocation of money, school policies, curriculum, and introduction of new courses. The principal is working towards involving the school board in these decision-making processes.
Team-teaching and interdisciplinary teaching are encouraged at Hononegah. The teachers are also encouraged to practice Outcome-Based-Learning strategies. The school is in the process of planning senior exhibitions that will eventually be followed by exhibitions at other grade levels.
Hononegah has recently applied to the Annenberg Foundation for
participation in the Critical Friends Group. The assistant
administrator, Julie Morris will be the coach for the group. The
school will know in April if it has been accepted in the program. The
IAES office will support the development and progress of the Critical
Friends Group at Hononegah.
Check out
these Travelogues of a visits to Hononegah March
8, 1996 and March
11, 1997.
Visit
Hononegah's
home page!
Check out
the Microsoft Professional
Development Program: Illinois.
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IAES home page.
Created 3/18/97 jak
Updated 4/4/97 jak