Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Location
Seacoast Collegiate High School
Founded in 1996
Serving Students in Grades 5 - 12
As an arm of the Board, 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.
The Academic Excellence Committee's role is strategic oversight of academic outcomes — student proficiency, intervention effectiveness, and goal achievement. We do not exercise operational authority over curriculum, instructional materials, or day-to-day educational decisions. Those responsibilities rest with the Executive Director and the administration, within the framework of state, county, and board-approved guidelines.
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Committee Members Present
C. Cerise, D. Hahn (remote), J. O’Donoghue (remote), K. Sandoe, M. Harrison
Committee Members Absent
C. Fail
Guests Present
D. Ward, K. Mixson, Liz Branch, T. Miller, Trey Abshear
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Administrative Update
B.
PM1 to PM2 Growth Indicators
Mr. Ward elaborated on the subject-level PM2 data with growth from PM1. All areas showed growth from 13% to 39%. Not all Geometry tests have been completed so data is not complete.
99% pass rate in Delight for Design certification.
Kevin requested feedback on specific interventions. Mr. Ward noted that Lexia has had a big impact along with staff interventionalists in math and reading.
Certification data will be available in March.
Mrs. Mixson noted that some seventh and eight grade students are accelerated and reported under a grade level higher. All grades show positive growth from PM1 to PM2.
Kevin requested feedback on specific interventions. Mrs. Mixson noted that Lexia has had a big impact for ELA and small group after school tutoring has been most impactful for math. Also noted was a possibility of a fifth grade boot camp in the summer to help with proficiency.
Mrs. Harrison asked if we used the same math program, Reflex, as the school district and if we have looked into adding it. Mrs. Mixson noted that she had not.
Kevin asked about a similar boot camp opportunity for the high school. Dr. Miller stated that they are looking at options but cannot make it required.
A consulting team will be coming in in February to evaluate.
C.
Committee Resource and/or Operational Needs
D.
Support Summary
Dr. Miller stated that we will work to continue closing the gaps and making sure students at all levels get attention. Challenges are time and opportunity.
Dr. Miller noted that we need to review and update the spreadsheet of book titles in the classroom libraries.
Mrs. Hahn commented that the elementary schools are using math app for fluency and asked Mrs. Mixson if SNS is using them. Mrs. Mixson requested that the names of apps be sent to her so she can investigate.
Dr. Miller stated that we are halfway into the school year and the data is where students should be at the end of the year. Algebra 1 data is not included in SNS scores. Progress is minor in some areas and significant in others.
Long term goal to create class for foundational math to teach skills that were not mastered in middle school.
Data from last year is similar.