{"id":11278,"date":"2012-06-15T14:03:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11278"},"modified":"2018-11-06T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T19:09:49","slug":"npt-reports-best-public-high-schools-include-some-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2012\/06\/15\/npt-reports-best-public-high-schools-include-some-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"NPT Reports: Best Public High Schools Include Some in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pOK2wDW20so?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What does it take for a school to be labeled one of the best in the country? The faculty and students at Merrol Hyde Magnet School think they know the answer. The Hendersonville, Tennessee, school was listed among the best public high schools in the country by U.S. News in its annual ranking of schools.<\/p>\n<p>Merrol Hyde is also ranked number three in Tennessee, joining Nashville\u2019s Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet and Martin Luther King, Jr., Magnet, along with Brentwood High School as the top 4 public schools in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first year Merrol Hyde has ranked that high, reaching the Gold Medal level, according to the principal, Brad Shreiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received silver distinction a couple of times and we were thrilled with that. But we\u2019re always trying to go from good to great and we looked at what do we need to do to get that gold,\u201d says Shreiner. \u201cIt was just a real morale booster!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. News report, Gold Medal schools are the top 500 in preparing students for college. (The overall rankings also considers student test scores and other factors.) Shreiner believes that criterion sets Merrol Hyde apart: it\u2019s a founding principle of the school, which serves students from kindergarten through 12th grade.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do here is we start talking about college in kindergarten. In the first week or two of school, the announcements are done by seniors. Seniors lead the pledge, they choose a song\u2014but they also mention where they\u2019re going to college and what they\u2019re going to major in,\u201d explains Shreiner. \u201cThe little ones hear that; kindergarten and first-grade students hear that. So they say to their first-grade teacher \u2018What\u2019s the difference in a college and a university? What\u2019s a major? What\u2019s a minor?\u2019 So we set the tone early on that when you leave here you go to college and we talk about college\u2026 We do have 100% college-bound students.<\/p>\n<p>Shreiner says it\u2019s not just the responsibility of the school counselor to discuss college options with students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we have a very small school \u2013 we have 60 graduates or fewer every year\u2014students talk to their history teachers about their best college fit for them, or their math teacher. So we\u2019re all kind of college counselors in the high school level. They\u2019ll talk to the librarian\u2014not just the guidance college,\u201d says Shreiner.<\/p>\n<p>But she also credits how students learn in the years leading up to high school. Merrol Hyde uses the Paideia style of teaching, so classrooms rarely have a conventional lecture-style appearance.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not uncommon to visit a classroom and find students huddled together while one of their classmates gives a lesson\u2014and the teacher looks on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you sit in a circle with your peers and you talk about the different way that something can be solved or you take an open-ended text and you have to pull it apart, I think that develops critical thinking,\u201d says Shreiner. \u201cStudents are thinking more critically because they\u2019ve been trained to do so since kindergarten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say one of the areas where they excel is in their communications skills. They know how to have a civil dialogue, and that prepares them for a job interview, for college, when they can communicate in a civil way with an adult. We\u2019ve given them a skill that a lot of students don\u2019t develop until they get to post-secondary education.\u201d<br \/>\nLesson learned, according to graduating senior Cam Burrus, who has attended Merrol Hyde since grade school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the seniors that have graduated from here before tell me that they\u2019re really prepared for college when they get here and it\u2019s just an easy transition,\u201d says Burrus.<br \/>\nAnother high school student, Henry Holmes, also feels better prepared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like our homework is more in-depth and [requires] more writing, really understanding the concept rather than just answering a few questions,\u201d says Holmes.<br \/>\nBesides college preparedness, the U.S. News editors also look at other factors, such as student performance on state proficiency test, stating that \u201c\u2026 a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college-bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Principal Shreiner admits Merrol Hyde serves a select group of students\u2014only those who meet specific academic standards are accepted. But she says the U.S. News ranking shows that even high-achieving students can continue to make gains. She also believes that some of the strategies used at her school can be just as effective elsewhere\u2014over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I think you have to set up the school as we were able to do, with the end in mind,\u201d says Shreiner. \u201cI don\u2019t think you can just decide one day as the principal of a high school that\u2019s got 15-hundred kids that \u2018Now, we\u2019re going to make everyone go to college.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t work that way. We were blessed to be able to start with that founding principle in place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it take for a school to be labeled one of the best in the country? 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