The first semester of the 2011 – 2012 year was a great one for our school! As a result of the hard work and determination of both or faculty and our student body, our school garnered the following results:

End of Course Testing (Passing = Fair, Good, Excellent; Proficient = Good & Excellent)

          Algebra I – 60% Passing/39% Proficient

          Biology – 69% Passing/28% Proficient

          English II – 85% Passing/43% Proficient

          Geometry – 91% Passing/44% Proficient

These scores mark a significant improvement in our scores from the first semester of last year and 35% of our 2012 School Performance Score!  The rest of the SPS will be comprised of the Spring EOC results, 35%, and our Graduation Rate Index, 30%! 

Our goal is, of course, to do better this semester than we did last semester.  When we do, our resulting SPS will           “shock the world”!    

 Sedric Clark

2011 - 2012

School Hours

7:45am - 3:15pm

MHS Teacher of the Year

The Mansfield High School Teacher of the Year is Mr. Scott Ziegler, science teacher.  Mr. Ziegler has been teaching for nine years, all of which he has spent at Mansfield High School.  He teaches biology, environmental science, Physics of Technology, and Biomedical Innovations, one of the newest additions to the school curriculum.  Mr. Ziegler also helps coach the girls’ volleyball team with his father Mr. Sam Ziegler as his co-coach.

When asked why he became a teacher, Mr. Ziegler explained, “While working in Birmingham, Alabama, as an operations manager, I recognized and hired several young men in whom I saw greatness and wondered how they had slipped through the cracks and not gone further with their education.  I incorporated a management training program, giving them an opportunity to better themselves and, at the same time, move up through the company.  With training well underway, I watched, taught, and worked with them.  Several of them worked their way into sales positions or branch managers, and one replaced me when I moved into teaching.  Deep down inside, I always knew that I would eventually become a teacher.  I enjoyed teaching and developing training programs for employees and clients, and I did not want to see another promising child slip through the cracks.”

Because he first achieved a degree in another field, Mr. Ziegler took the alternative certification route to become a teacher.  He states, “I believe that alternatively certified teachers bring something different to the table for education.  We bring an insight to what it is like in the public sector.  We understand what it takes to work for someone and what it takes to be successful, and we can bring real world expectations in on every subject.”