I Pledge to Graduate Week!

I Pledge to Graduate Week

Wednesday (March 20)- wear Lewis & Clark colors.

Thursday (March 21)- wear the colors of the high school you will be going to.

Friday (March 22)- wear the colors of the college you want to go to.

Monday (March 25)- wear what you would to your future career.
Mrs Montana speakers to the student body!

Tuesday (March 26)- wear your best dress clothes.

On Monday and Tuesday at lunch there will be a photo booth. Get your picture taken with your friends and a wristband after you sign the I Pledge to Graduate card. 

Announcements for the I Pledge to Graduate Week

Announce on Wednesday
This week is I Pledge to Graduate! Did you know?

 High school drop outs are four times as likely to be unemployed as those who spend two or more years in higher education. Each year's class of dropouts will cost the country more than $200 billion during their lifetimes in lost earnings and unrealized tax revenue. High school graduates, on the average, earn $9,245 more per year than high school dropouts. High school drop outs are not eligible for 90 percent of U.S. jobs.

 Graduation Matters Billings

 Announce on Thursday

This week is I Pledge to Graduate!
Did you know? 

By 9th grade, missing 20 percent of school can be a better predictor of drop-out than 8th grade test scores. 

75 percent of crimes in the United States are committed by a high school dropouts. 

A 1 percent increase in high school graduation would save roughly $1.4 billion in incarceration costs, or about $2,100 per each male high school graduate.

 Just 15 percent of students who repeat their freshman year go on to graduate high school. 

Graduation Matters Billings

 Announce on Friday

This week is I Pledge to Graduate!

Did you Know? 

36 percent of dropouts quit during their freshman year. 

The United States lost $944 billion in tax revenue because of lower incomes of high school drop outs. The cost increase to public welfare is $24 billion. 

A woman with a high school diploma earns a salary just above the poverty line for a family of three. 

High school dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be arrested in their lifetime. 

Graduation Matters Billings 

Announce on Monday 

This week is I Pledge to Graduate!

Did you know? 

High school graduates are seven times more likely to own their home.  

Current economic projections show that 62 percent of all jobs in Montana will require some postsecondary training beyond high school in 2018 

More than 2,000 Montana students drop out of high school every year, limiting their employment options and causing them to earn $143 per week less on average than those who finish school.

219 students dropped out of Billings High Schools in 2011-2012 which makes Billings High Schools dropout rate 4.8%

Graduation Matters Billings… soo Lets all Pledge to Graduate at lunch today!!!

Announce on Tuesday

This week is I Pledge to Graduate!

Did you know?

In the 9th grade, the male dropout rate is 2.7 percent and 2.1 percent for females. In 12th grade, the male dropout rate is 6.7 percent and the female dropout rate is 4.1 percent.

The dropout rate for American Indian students in grades 7-12 increased from 6.9 percent to 7.1 percent for the 2011-12 year. American Indian students show the highest dropout rates in the 11th grade.

In Montana 82% of students who start their freshman year actually graduate

Graduation Matters Billings … soo Lets all Pledge to Graduate at lunch today!!!