16-582: AWM may refer to: Academies of West Memphis , a public high school in West Memphis, Arkansas Appliance Wiring Material , covered by UL standard 758 Apostolic Women's Ministries , an organization that serves the women of the Apostolic Church of Pentecost Arctic Warfare Magnum or Accuracy International AWM , a British-made sniper rifle Ardent Window Manager , an early window manager for
32-650: A state-record 60 consecutive wins. Arkansas Department of Education The Arkansas Department of Education ( ADE ) is a cabinet-level agency of the Arkansas state government overseeing public education for K-12, higher education institutions, and career and technical education. The ADE also contains the Arkansas State Library , the Arkansas School for the Deaf , Arkansas School for
48-688: Is a test required by the Arkansas Department of Education in support of NCLB . Starting with the 2007–08 school year, a criterion-referenced test mandated by the state was merged with the Stanford Achievement Test , Series 10 to form the Augmented Benchmark Examinations. It is administered in grades 3–8 in ELA and mathematics, additionally, grades 5 and 7 are tested in science. In support of
64-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Academies of West Memphis Academies of West Memphis ( AWM ), formerly West Memphis High School , is an accredited comprehensive public high school for students in grades ten through twelve in West Memphis, Arkansas , United States . The school is administered by the West Memphis School District . As
80-539: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Students complete regular courses and exams and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that may lead to college credit. West Memphis High School is accredited by AdvancED since 1927. The school's state accreditation with ADE is listed as 'Accredited-Cited' based on its performance since 2008–09 which has led the school to be categorized as a 'State-Directed' school for its Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for
96-704: The No Child Left Behind Act . The West Memphis High School mascot and athletic emblem is the blue devil with red and blue as its school colors. The West Memphis Blue Devils compete in the 7A/6A East Conference for the following activities: football, volleyball, competitive cheer, golf (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), baseball, fastpitch softball, and track and field (boys/girls). The boys basketball team has won six state (classification) championships between 1980 and 2005, including three state (overall) championships between 1980, 1981 and 1991. The 1980 and 1981 teams combined for
112-510: The textbooks used in state public schools, licensing teachers , and providing continuing education programs. The ADE consists of five divisions: Division of Academic Accountability, Division of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Division of Human Resources, Division of Learning Services, and Division of Research and Technology. The department maintains the Arkansas Public School Computer Network for
128-617: The ADE website, the federal government approved the state's differentiated accountability model, which is named Smart Accountability, in January 2009. The model divides schools into the following categories: The 2010 adequate yearly progress calculations show that: The Smart Core curriculum is the assumed course of study for all students. Beginning in the 2010–2011 school year, twenty-two units are required for graduation. Of these 22 units, sixteen will be specified units. Of these twenty-two units
144-633: The Blind and Visually Impaired , and the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission . The Division of Elementary & Secondary Education (often abbreviated DESE ), headquartered in Little Rock , is the state education agency of Arkansas for public schools . Founded in 1931, its responsibilities include accrediting schools , assisting Arkansas schools and their school districts in developing their curricula , approving
160-777: The X Window System Ashwell & Morden railway station , United Kingdom National Rail code AWM Association for Women in Mathematics , a professional society to support women in mathematics Atlantis World Media, parent company of the Atlantis Cable News (ACN) fictional news channel on the American TV series The Newsroom Australian War Memorial , a memorial to Australian soldiers in Canberra West Memphis Municipal Airport (IATA code AWM) Topics referred to by
176-542: The district's only high school, it serves sections of Crittenden and St. Francis counties, including most of West Memphis, the municipalities of Anthonyville , Edmondson , Horseshoe Lake , and Hughes , and portions of Jennette and Marion . The communities of Hughes and Horseshoe Lake, and the St. Francis County section of Jennette, all previously a part of the Hughes School District , were added to
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#1732771916906192-468: The following are required: Smart Core: Sixteen units Career Focus: Six (6) units Total: 22 units Beginning in 2013–2014, all students in grades nine through twelve will follow these graduation requirements. Twenty-two units will be required for graduation. Of these twenty-two units, sixteen will be specified units. Of these units, the following are required: Smart Core: Sixteen units Total: 22 units The Arkansas Division of Higher Education ( ADHE )
208-558: The purpose of providing internet access in public schools. ADE also runs a distance learning program through its Distance Learning Center and partners with the Arkansas Educational Television Network on the Arkansas IDEAS portal , which offers professional development courses to improve academic and teaching knowledge and skills of its personnel. The Augmented Benchmark Examinations
224-480: The requirements for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and its requirement for schools to produce Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), the ADE developed Augmented Benchmark Examinations and its associated Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program (ACTAAP), which has criterion-referenced test (CRT) and norm-referenced test (NRT) components including the Augmented Benchmark Examinations at grades 3 - 8 and The Iowa Tests at grades 1 - 2 and 9. Per
240-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AWM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AWM&oldid=1197477193 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-649: The school's service area when the Hughes district consolidated into the WMSD in 2015. High school-aged Hughes district residents were formerly served by Hughes High School , and after the Hughes closure those students were transferred to AWM. The assumed course of study for West Memphis students is the Smart Core curriculum , which is the Arkansas' college and career-ready curriculum for high school students developed by
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