Watertown High School and Watertown School District 14-4School Choice
The Watertown High School is in School Improvement under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. As a Title I school, we must offer public school choice after being identified as needs improvement. Our district is required to offer you transfer options, if at all possible, for the 2009-10 school year. There are no other high schools in our district that we can present to you as transfer options. However, the district reminds parents that South Dakota has an open enrollment policy in which parents can choose to send their student(s) to a school in another district. If you choose to exercise this option, the district is not required to pay for the transportation.
Free Tutoring
If you are interested in having your high school child receive extra help in reading and math from a professional tutoring service, we are happy to inform you that your child may be eligible to receive free tutoring services before school, after school or on weekends from a State approved provider. This is referred to as Supplemental Educational Services. As a result of the federal law called No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Watertown High School qualifies for offering FREE Tutoring services to eligible students for the 2009-10 school year. To be eligible for this service, your child must qualify to participate in the free and reduced meal program in the Watertown School District and be registered at Watertown High School.
Below is a list of approved providers in our area. These providers have agreed to provide services that are consistent with the instructional program of the district/state. They have also agreed to provide you and your student’s teacher(s) information on the progress of your student. During the 2008-09 school year, 243 students at the high school were eligible for free tutoring and eight students participated in the program. Interested parents or students may contact Troy Terronez at 882-6316 or Sandie Jungers at 882-6399 for more information.
Service providers for free tutoring for the 2009-10 school year for Watertown High School: Acadamia.net, Inc., Achieve HighPoints, Babbage Net School SES Program, Brilliance Academy, Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services, Educate Online, Failure Free Reading, Student Nest, Sylvan Learning Center, and Tutorial Services.