Deer Park High School serves around 3,000 students in grades 10-12 from predominantly middle-class white and economically disadvantaged Hispanic families, with needs in math, science, and declining English scores. The school has introduced new strategies involving technology integration and hands-on labs to enhance learning, including ensuring teachers receive training to engage students through tools like document cameras, wikis, and data collection software.

1. Oscar Madrigal
Lauren Fowler-Carter
Alan Smith

3. Deer Park High School is one of 14 campuses in Deer Park ISD. The campus serves
predominantly white, middle-class families. They serve 3000 students in grades
10-12. They have a low socioeconomic status of 43% of the population. They also
service 24 ELL students, 49 Gifted and Talented students, 45 504-identified
students, and 80 students who are serviced through special education.

4. Deer Park High School according
to the data collected has various
instructional needs. Programs or
strategies are being developed
and introduced to the campus at
our particular school. The needs
are in the area of math and
science. Especially with our
economically disadvantaged and
Hispanic population in two
academic areas. They are
experiencing a downward trend
in their ELA scores.

5. So how do we diffuse innovation?
We have developed and introduced new
strategies involving technology and the
delivery of curriculum to students.
• Teachers will integrate technology into
their daily/weekly curriculum, which will
be monitored by IT specialists and
administration on campus.
• Social Studies department will cover
basic technology to integrate into their
daily lesson plans.
• Science laptops and Pasco will be
utilized throughout the year to enhance
learning, especially with economically
disadvantaged students.
• Students will be exposed to real world
practical application of technology
through full implementation of the
Synergistic labs.

6. • Teachers will provide one-on-one
training with our CTIS (campus
technology integration specialist)
to ensure they have the necessary
skills to properly engage our
students.
• Core teachers will meet weekly
with CTIS department to integrate
lesson plans that utilize equipment
that is being emphasized in our
district (document camera, Wiki
boards, clickers, Aware data
collection).

9. References
Deer Park Campus Improvement Plan (n.d). Retrieved from
http://www.dpisd.org/cms/lib4/TX01001079/Centricity/Domain/
1371/2011-2012_Campus_Improvement_Plan_as_of_082911.pdf
Microsoft Clip Art (2012). Images from Microsoft clip art.
Yahoo Images (2012) . Images from Yahoo images.