Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Serenity High School

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Established
  
1999

Grades
  
9-12

Information
  
469-742-7830

Founded
  
1999

Principal
  
Juli Ferraro

Student to teacher ratio
  
10 to 1

Phone
  
+1 469-742-7830

School type
  
State school

Address
  
2100 W White Ave, McKinney, TX 75069, USA

District
  
McKinney Independent School District

Serenity High School is the oldest substance-abuse recovery public high school in Texas. It was founded in 1999 as a partnership between the McKinney Independent School District and the Avenues Counseling Center in McKinney, Texas, and serves several school districts in and around Collin County, Texas. As of November 2008, it has served over 150 graduates from over 25 high schools.

Contents

The school was rated Academically Acceptable in the 2009 TEA accountability rating.

Mission and academics

Mission
"Serenity High transforms lives one day at a time."

Serenity High offers traditional instruction, self-paced studies, online instruction, and dual-credit instruction in conjunction with Collin College. It has a student-teacher ratio of 10 to 1.

Funding

Serenity High School is funded through the McKinney ISD, state funding, and private fundraising. Out-of-district students pay tuition or have their local school districts pay tuition on their behalf.

In 2002 and 2003, the school district considered closing the school due to costs. Private funds kept it open.

In the fall of 2003, the school received a $160,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency.

As of November 2008, private fundraising efforts included an annual golf tournament.

Affiliations and accreditations

The school is in the McKinney Independent School District and is affiliated with the Association of Recovery Schools. In addition, students from the Anna ISD, Celina ISD, Community ISD, Farmersville ISD, Frisco ISD, Garland ISD, Gunter ISD, Melissa ISD, Pilot Point ISD, Plano ISD, Princeton ISD, Richardson ISD, Rockwall ISD, and Wylie ISD may attend without paying out-of-district tuition. The school is accredited by the State of Texas but did not receive a rating for the 2007-2008 school year

National attention

In 2002, federal officials considering creating similar schools in the United States said the school could serve as a national model.

References

Serenity High School Wikipedia