Three high schools focus on communicating expectations to students.
From feng shui in the Harrison cafeteria, to a new dress code for the homecoming dance at North Farmington, school officials are looking at new strategies to improve behavior and reduce suspensions in Farmington Public Schools high schools. School board members heard a mid-year update Tuesday on Positive Behavior Internventions Support (PBIS), a program that teaches and reinforces behavior expectations and provides literacy intervention for students whose academic frustrations may lead them to act out. Each school creates its own matrix around a set of values, which are then communicated throughout the year. Principal Joe Greene said that North Farmington this year expanded on a simple mantra, "Work hard, and play nice." Three specific …
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Farmington Public Schools Lewis Schulman Administrative Center
32500 Shiawassee Rd, Farmington, MI
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Harrison High School
29995 W 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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North Farmington High School
32900 W 13 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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Farmington High School
32000 Shiawassee Rd, Farmington, MI
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The students are semi-finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
Eight students in Farmington and Farmington Hills high schools have been named semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Competition. They are: FARMINGTON HARRISON MERCY NORTH FARMINGTON Each year in September, about one-third of the 50,000 National Merit high scorers are notified that they have qualified as semifinalists. They are the highest scoring entrants in each state. In February, about 15,000 Finalists will be announced. To become a Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying test. The 2012 National Merit Scholarship winners will be …
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Farmington High School
32000 Shiawassee Rd, Farmington, MI
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Harrison High School
29995 W 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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Mercy High School
29300 W 11 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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North Farmington High School
32900 W 13 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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