Educators pleased with Freshman Academy's progress

CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo From left to right math teacher Lori Gammill, English teacher Kym Cordova, physical education teacher Amy Wyatt, business teacher Christal Reid, biology teacher Corinthia Hall and history teacher Brian Pickard look over feedback Wednesday from a national conference where they presented information about the Freshman Academy.

The Clovis High School Freshman Academy, entering its fourth year, has increased the number of proficient students and decreased disciplinary issues, including truancy.

A group of six teachers from the Freshman Academy traveled to the Southern Region Education Board’s annual national conference held in Louisville, Ky. July 14-17 and showed the group of more than 5,000 teachers from 43 states what their students felt like the first year and how the students, teachers and parents have come together to make the school a success.