Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Location
Seacoast Collegiate High School
Third Floor Conference Room
Founded in 1996
Serving Students in Grades 5 - 12
We seek to sustain an educational community where an emphasis on academic excellence is complemented by our concern for each learner’s personal growth and intellectual, aesthetic, and psychological development. The curriculum is developmentally responsive – actively engaging students in learning skills in context; integrative – directing students to connect learning to daily lives; and exploratory – enabling students to discover their abilities, interests, learning styles, and ways that they can make contributions to society.
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Committee Members Present
C. Cerise, D. Hahn (remote), J. O’Donoghue, K. Sandoe, M. Harrison (remote)
Committee Members Absent
C. Fail
Guests Present
A. Jordan, D. Ward, K. Mixson, Liz Branch, T. Miller
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Administrative Update
B.
Core Governance
C.
Spanish Program Approval Request
D.
Digital Programs (CTE Programs SCHS Approval)
Noted that the approved CTE and Spanish materials will be needed in classes prior to the next Board meeting.
Dr. Miller noted no change to goal numbers from last year. PM1 data provided. Next data phase late December.
Kim noted learning gains are measured from PM3 the previous school year to PM3 for the current school year.
Dr. Miller stated the school ranked 83rd of all public schools in Florida.
Jenna requested an update on new MTSS staff. Kim noted weekly meetings and additional screeners to gather more data points, supports in place, and additional intervention plans are developing. Drew noted issues with getting data on homeschool students at the beginning of the year but interventions are now being put in place.