PHS does its evaluation on school improvement plan quarterly to see the progress of the school in general and the students in particular.
“We also need to see the students’ report cards to determine how much they improved academically compared to last year,” Tomoichi said in an interview.
This will be the first school improvement evaluation of the school for this year.
As far as the physical being of the school and students are concerned, Tomoichi said they’ve seen some progress. Among which is the students’ adherence to wear their proper school uniform.
“A few years ago, the students wore different-color inside shirts. That was one of the most problematic areas,” Tomoichi explained. “Now they mostly wear their inside white shirts.”
Tomoichis said, for 742 students, it is hard to monitor everyone. So it’s a big improvement for them.
The problem on student truancy is still being taken care of by the school, Tomoichi said, as well as the problem with on-campus drinking.
“It’s not happening often, drinking on campus only happens during school occasion and events when we cannot search their bags thoroughly,” Tomoichi said.
PHS still continues to work with parents to lessen student truancy cases.
“It’s still ongoing, that’s one of the teachers’ most important tasks,” Tomoichi added. “When students skip classes, it’s our job to inform the parents.”
As to whether or not cases of student truancy have improved this year, Tomoichi said they still need to evaluate the students’ report cards. “I’m hopeful that there’s a lot of improvement in that area,” she said.
The problem with PHS, Tomoichi said, is that unlike elementary school students whose parents live within the vicinity of the school, PHS serves all 16 states. And sometimes some parents can’t come to school when there are problems with their children because they live very far.
