High School at EVA
Letter from the Principal
Welcome to the 2022-2023 School Year!
I am excited and honored to be starting this year as the new principal for the high school. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to lead our committed staff and exceptional students.
I have been in education for over 20 years as a science teacher, mentor, and administrator. I have worked and lived in both urban and rural areas in Oregon, and I love it all! I have a passion for working in a virtual environment and the opportunity to work with students and communities across the State. I appreciate that students bring their unique experiences and differences and create a greater diversity of ideas and conversations in the classroom. This makes our shared community larger and brings us closer together.
I became an educator because I wanted to make connections with students to help guide them into developing their love of learning. I believe in giving students opportunities best suited for their educational needs and providing experiences in which they can take ownership of their future path.
I am looking forward to serving you this year and being a part of the EVA family.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Chitkowski, High School Principal
Preparing students for success
High School Students at EVA learn to construct effective arguments, ask complex questions, and develop innovative ideas. We take these years to provide leadership and character-building opportunities to prepare our students for their next steps after high school.
While desiring to offer flexibility in our High School, we must also have accountability in order to make sure our students are prepared to graduate. We also believe our High School model better prepares our students for life after school. With this in mind, students need to recognize the importance of classroom pacing and published due dates and will need to complete their work based on those dates.
High School is a semester-based approach where students are required to earn a passing grade of 60 percent or above on their assignments and online lessons. During the High School years, our students are expected to follow their class schedule pacing, which is designed to help them succeed.
In general, our High School students are expected to spend approximately 4–7 hours on schoolwork per school day with increasing independence.
During the High School years, a learning coach can expect to progress monitor their mostly independent student. Although the level of involvement really depends on your individual child, a learning coach for a high school student at EVA is working alongside them to hold them accountable and stick to the progress outlines in their courses.
We like to prepare our learning coaches by being transparent that the initial 4–8 weeks can be intensive, as families settle into a routine. In high school students begin to have increased independence, but parent/Learning Coach involvement is essential for about 20–30 percent of school time. Approximately 70–80 percent of this time is online.
As a public school or students are expected to participate in annual state testing beginning in 3rd grade.
In addition, EVA administers in-house NWEA testing online multiple times throughout the year to all of our students. These results help to ensure instruction is aligned to student academic needs.
