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Hello my name is Kevin Morris and i am the principal at Mt. Olive Innovation and Techology High School. Students are different and high schools are different. However, all students should strive to meet the same learning expectations and all school communities should be accountable for helping students meet those expectations. However, not all high schools consist of traditional student learners! Nevertheless, that is where Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High School (MIT) fills in the gaps. MIT is an alternative high school offering creative and innovative educational options to meet the needs of today's academically diverse student population. We serve students working below grade-level, at-risk of dropping out, needing smaller classroom, teen parents, gifted and talented, those employed, and those who just did not find success in the comprehensive school setting.
At MIT, we have implemented a program called PBIS which stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support. PBIS is an evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting students' behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health. Wit PBIS we reward students for positive behavior, while also providing support to the students who show signs of struggling to succeed. With PBIS we occassionally hold raffles in which students receive PBIS tickets for their positive behavior in which they then have the choice to participate in the weekly, monthly, or yearly raffle where they have the chance to win prices ranging from t-shirts, water bottles, gift cards to prizes such as t.v's, speakers, console controllers. Since implementing this program to our school, positive behavior has increased, and negative behavior has decreased. Students are also feeling the sense of recognition of their positive actions. In addition, students have been more active and involved in school.
To continue our work with students who do not fit into the comprehensice school setting, we are asking for help. We are asking businesses and companies to partner with us by donating in any way possible. All donations will go towards students and rewarding their accomplishments and their positive actions.
All of us here at MIT thank you in advance!