Annual MeetingBack to School NightSeptember 21, 2012

5:30 PM

Assessment Data

Stanford Ten AssessmentStanford 10 Total Reading

2010 (NCE) Total Reading

2011 (NCE)Total Reading

2012 (NCE)Change Index Total Math

2010 (NCE)Total Math 2011 (NCE)

Total Math 2012 (NCE)

Change Index

Grade 1 44.5 62.4 60.2 -2.2 48.3 66.7 62.6 -4.1

Grade 2 47.0 41.0 53.3 +12.3 52.6 47.2 60.1 +12.9

Assessment DataWhat does this mean?

READING PERCENTAGE MATHEMATICS PERCENTAGE

GRADE 2011 2012 DIFFERENCE

GRADE 2011 2012 DIFFERENCE

3 70.6 53.3 -17.3 3 82.4 74.2 -8.2

4 71.4 68.8 -2.6 4 67.9 93.8 +25.9

5 55.6 69.2 13.6 5 50.0 73.1 +23.1

6 74.2 52.8 -21.4 6 77.4 69.4 -8.0

7 62.5 75.0 12.5 7 58.3 58.1 -0.2

8 69.2 70.6 +1.4 8 50.0 66.7 +16.7

OVERALL PERFORMAN

CE

67.1 65.1 (Does not include the advance students)

- 2.0 OVERALL PERFORMAN

CE

65.9 71.7

(Does not include the advance students)

+5.8

ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE

94.2 95 .8 MIDDLE ATTENDANCE

93.8 94.3 -.5

PROGRAMS TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

READING MATH

Achievement First T.A. I (Teacher

Balanced Literacy Program Assisted Instruction)

Guided Reading Program Math Works

Plugged into Reading Scotts Foresman

100 Book Challenge Manipulatives

Horizon Study Island

Corrective Reading First in Math

Open Court Intervention

Language for Learners

Kurzweil

Plato

Fountas and Pinnell Intervention Program

SCHOOL PARTNERS

Santoni’s SunTrust Bank Clay Club Program for Middle

Grade Southeast Anchor Enoch Pratt

Library Eastern Avenue Creative Alliance (Arts

Partnership) Columbia Center for Theatrical

Arts Association Patterson Park Audubon Center Arts Everyday Program Bar Association of Baltimore City

(The Young Lawyers Division) Baltimore Rotary Club Diakon Kathryn’s Kloset

Experience Corps Foster Grandparents Program PALS (a Southeastern community

organization). Girl Scouts of America FRESH Program (Food Re-Education

for Elementary School Health) sponsored by Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Walter’s Art Museum BSO OrchKids Program Breath of God Lutheran Church; Southeast CDC Change Health Systems COPT (Corporate Office Properties

Trust)

Parent Input Form *Please fill out the parent input form and give it to any staff member

We need your input and support in updating our Home and School Compact

We need your input and support in

spending our Title I Parent Involvement

Money $3266.08

Budget 2012-2013

Title I Information and Requirements

WE ARE A SCHOOL-WIDE TITLE ONE SCHOOL What makes a Title I school?

The identification of a school for Title I status is based upon one thing and one thing only—the poverty level of the families and students who reside in the attendance area of the school. The designation as a Title I school has nothing to do with the academic level of the students in the school. It is strictly and solely based on the economics of the surrounding area.  

How are schools in Baltimore City selected to be Title I? The law requires each school system to use a standardized measure to determine the poverty level of each school’s attendance zone. One of those options is the free-lunch count. In City Schools, the percentage of free-lunch students determines whether or not a school is eligible to receive the added resources of Title I funding.

How does that happen? Each year there are two critical dates that determine the school’s poverty level. The first date is September 30th.  That is the date on which the school’s official enrollment is recorded. The second critical date is October 31st. That is the date on which the free-lunch eligibility of all students in the school is determined. Those two numbers, enrollment and free-lunch, are then used to calculate a ratio or percentage known as the school’s Poverty Index. The two dates of September 30th and October 31st are established by regulations. The dates cannot be changed and the same dates must be used for all of the schools in the school system.  

What determines the amount of Title I money each school receives? Once a district determines how much money is available for distribution to schools, the amount of money is divided by the

number of free-lunch students to calculate the per-pupil allocation. In 2008-2009, the per-pupil allocation base was $950 (later subsidized by a supplemental allocation). In 2009-2010, the per-pupil allocation will be $1,100. Let’s illustrate how this impacts a school by using the example above for the school with 300 free-lunch students. In School Year 2008-2009, that school would have received a Title I allocation of $285,000 (300 students X $950 = $285,000). If the school again has 300 free-lunch students for 2009-2010, the Title I allocation will be $330,000 (300 students X $1,100 = $330,000).

What happens next? Once a school is designated as a “Title I school”, a number of options and mandates come into play (most of these will be

covered in other sections). It is also important to remember that no money comes without strings attached and federal Title I money is no exception. Title I status places special responsibilities on schools.  There are many rules, requirements, and regulations that must be followed. Some of those include the hiring of highly-qualified teachers, meeting special conditions if student progress is not adequate, and offering special programs such as Supplemental Educational Services (SES) and the Parent Choice Transfer Option (PCTO) initiative.

Miscellaneous

We are a uniform school; in order for students to participate in activities and trips they must wear uniforms everyday.

Attendance is critical; the system and the state are cracking down minors who don’t come to school, who come to school late and who leave early

New Procedures: Breakfast is now being served in the classroom. Please don’t send students to school too early because there is no adult supervision. Send your child to school by 7:40 a.m.

New Procedures: If you must pick students up early, you must do it before 2 PM; you must have a written note, sign them out with a working phone number; you must be on the emergency contact list; only an approved adult can pick up students; no parent can call for students to walk home

No cell phones, digital cameras, IPODs, or any other electronic device is permitted in school. We are not responsible for these items. Families are able to buy locks for student lockers (please see the office)

BCPS continue to have a very detailed and no nonsense Code Of Conduct Handbook that outlines all discipline infractions.

Bullying is a real offense and parents MUST do something about it if their child is caught bullying another student. At school we have programs, discussions and counselors who try to discourage this type of behavior.

INTRODUCTIONSAdministrative Team

Nancy Fagan Russell Perkins Gloria Baylor-Cook

Christine Thomas Deborah Hill Donta Jones

Alison Moore

Prekindergarten

Stephanie Linka Floretta Richardson

 Kindergarten

Jamie Baer Erica Strautin

 Grade 1

Jessica Downes Breon Savage

Grade 2

Jessica Clark Catherine Means

 Grade 3

Lee Kelly

 Grade 4

Justin Hutchison Jane Hendrickson

 Grade 5

Molly Bolek

 Middle School

Lembric Walker

Ferdinand Camarote Robert Novak

 

   

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