Gulf Shores High School Principal Ernie Rosado gave reports to both the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach councils on the opening of school this week.

“It’s been a great day at Gulf Shores High School,” Rosado said.

Implementing the new Student Information program has caused some glitches, but Rosado said Monday those are being working on.

“I know all of you have been reading the new software program, the Student Information Program that’s been going on,” Rosado said. “Like I’ve told every individual, every teacher, every parent, be patient, we will work the issues and we will take care of it.

“Tuesday posed some new problems for the system, Rosado told the Orange Beach Council.

“We had some major issues with the INOW which is the student information software,” he said. “It’s very frustrating because we had to shut it down this afternoon again. There’s some more problems.”

Rosado was excited about the prospects for the new year and reported at all schools on the island made Adequate Yearly Progress.

“One of the major news items for our school and the island schools is that we made AYP or Adequate Yearly Progress that we are measured against a standard in the state of Alabama and the federal government,” he said. “There’s a lot of good news in the works for the four island schools, but I can’t mention anything right now. Once it happens, it’s going to take us to the next step. And that’s what we want for our students. We can’t just be standard. We’ve got to be more than that. We want to go to the next step.”

Rosado said there are 824 students on the records right now, but only 773 showed up for the first couple of days. That compares to 734 when school ended in May.

This year, Rosado says, look for more student involvement in projects outside of the school.

“One of our objectives this year is to get out in the community more and not just academics and athletics but all the clubs to get out and give back to the community,” he said.” You’ll be seeing a lot of students around town.”

Rosado said six new teachers are on board for 2011-12. He ended both council visits with a hearty “Go Dolphins!”