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The School District of North Fond du Lac Board of Education Meeting and Workshop Background Information Packet Monday, February 25 th , 2019 Working Together for the Success of All.
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The School District of North Fond du Lac
Board of Education Meeting and Workshop
Background Information Packet
Monday, February 25th, 2019
Working Together for the Success of All.
Packet Contents
o Key Performance Indicator Construction Agenda
o Regular Meeting Agenda
o Past Meeting Minutes
o January 4th Special Meeting
o January 15th Facility Committee Meeting
o January 31st Regular Meeting (re-scheduled from January 28th)
Open Enrollment Capacity Worksheet
o Superintendent’s Report
o Treffert Way Charter School Reflection
o Financial Report
o 2019 – 2020 Calendars (Family and Staff)
o Building Goals’ Report – Up-Dates
o ELC/Pupil Services
o FLC
o BAMS
o HMHS
o Department of Teaching and Learning
The School District of North Fond du Lac
Notice of Special School Board Workshop At Horace Mann High School Library – 325 McKinley Street
Notice is hereby given that a special workshop for the Board of Education of the School District of
North Fond du Lac will take place on Monday, February 25th, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in the Library at
Horace Mann High School (325 McKinley Street). The workshop is a meeting of the Board of
Education in public for the purpose of conducting the School District’s business and is not to be
considered a public community meeting.
______________________________
Aaron Sadoff – Superintendent
AGENDA
A. Report on Public Notice
B. Work on Key Performance Indicators for the District – Ted Neitzke of CESA
6 will be the Facilitator
The School District of
North Fond du Lac
Motto “Working Together for
the
Success of All.”
Goals Promote a Happy Culture for
ALL
Maximize Student Learning in
Literacy for ALL
Provide High Quality
Instruction for ALL
Responsibility Prepare ALL students to be career,
college, and life ready.
School Board Pete Chisholm – President
Stephen Hock – Vice-President
Dr. Vickie Goldapske – Clerk
Paula Stettbacher – Treasurer
Shawn Pollack – Member
Superintendent Aaron Sadoff
Disability
Accommodations
Notice Upon request to the
superintendent, submitted
twenty-four hours in advance,
the District shall make
reasonable accommodation
including the provision of
informal material in an
alternative format for a
disabled person to be able to
attend this meeting.
The School District of North Fond du Lac
Notice of School Board Meeting – Held at HMHS Library
Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the Board of Education of the School
District of North Fond du Lac will take place on Monday, February 25th, 2019 at 7:00
p.m. in the Horace Mann High School Library (325 McKinley Street). The meeting is a
meeting of the Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the School
District’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.
______________________________
Aaron Sadoff – Superintendent
AGENDA A. Call to Order
B. Roll Call
C. Report on Public Notice
D. Pledge of Allegiance
E. Approval of Minutes
F. Treasurer's Report 1. Cash on Hand 2. Bills Payable
G. Clerk's Report
1. Correspondence
2. Donations
H. Student Council Report – Dominic Ackerman
I. Citizen Input
J. Superintendent's Report
1. Treffert Way Charter School Update – Working on Contract
2. Referendum – Building Update – ELC Plans – FLC Move – Safety Raptor
3. Personnel Update – Postings
4. Review of State Board of Education Convention
5. Review AASA Governing Board and Convention
6. School Start Time
7. Discuss Possible Cell Tower – Next Board Meeting Presentation
8. Future Board Agenda Items – Nurse/Policies/Retirement Party
9. Administrative Team Reports
10. Other Announcements
K. New Business
1. Discuss and Consider Contract for the 2019-2020 School Year for Rachel Polacek –
School Psychologist
2. Discuss and Consider Establishing an Activity Account for INCubatoredu Student
Awards
3. Discuss and Consider Changing March Board Meeting from Monday, March 18th,
2019 to Monday, April 1st, 2019
4. Discuss and Consider Adding 10 minutes to the HMHS-BAMS School Day Starting
Monday, March 4th, 2019
5. Discuss and Consider Resignation of Educators
L. Closed Session
1. On Going Review of Educators, Administrators and Superintendent (S.S. 19.85
(1)(c))*
M. Adjourn
The School District of
North Fond du Lac
Motto “Working Together for
the
Success of All.”
Goals Promote a Happy Culture for
ALL
Maximize Student Learning in
Literacy for ALL
Provide High Quality
Instruction for ALL
Responsibility Prepare ALL students to be career,
college, and life ready.
School Board Pete Chisholm – President
Stephen Hock – Vice-President
Dr. Vickie Goldapske – Clerk
Paula Stettbacher – Treasurer
Shawn Pollack – Member
Superintendent Aaron Sadoff Disability
Accommodations
Notice Upon request to the
superintendent, submitted
twenty-four hours in advance,
the District shall make
reasonable accommodation
including the provision of
informal material in an
alternative format for a
disabled person to be able to
attend this meeting.
*Exemption to go into Closed Session Explanation (c) Considering employment, promotion,
compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body
has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.
After Meeting – Board of
Education Tour of FLC – No
Official Board business will be
conducted on the tour.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NORTH FOND DU LAC
MINUTES – BOARD OF EDUCATION
January 4, 2019
A. The special meeting was called to order at 4:45 p.m. by President Pete Chisholm.
B. Roll Call
Board Present:
o Pete Chisholm, Vickie Goldapske, Steve Hock, Paula Stettbacher
Board Absent:
o Shawn Pollack
Administration Present:
o Aaron Sadoff
C. Report on Public Notice
Aaron Sadoff reported that Public Notices were mailed to the Fond du Lac Reporter, Radio
Station KFIZ 107.1 The Bull; WFDL Radio; and the Agenda was posted in the District Office,
US Bank, and the Municipal Building on Thursday, January 3, 2019.
D. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was said by all present.
E. New Business
Moved by Hock seconded by Chisholm, to approve Resignation of Elizabeth Legler,
School Psychologist, with regret. Motion carried 4/0
Moved by Goldapske seconded by Stettbacher, to approve Resignation of Kristen Eide,
Educator. Motion carried 4/0.
Moved by Stettbacher seconded by Hock, to approve Educator Contract for Tim
Williams – Educator Treffert Way Charter School for the remainder of the 2018-2019
School Year. Motion carried 4/0.
Moved by Hock seconded by Chisholm, to approve the Educator Contract for Kathryn
Larson – Educator ELC for the remainder of the 2018-2019 School Year. Motion carried
4/0.
Moved by Chisholm seconded by Stettbacher, to approve Kurt Wismer and Doug
Forsythe FBLA Advisors. Motion carried 4/0.
F. Adjourn
Moved by Goldapske seconded by Hock, to Adjourn at 5:20 p.m.
________________________________
Vickie Goldapske, School District Clerk
School District of North Fond du Lac
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NORTH FOND DU LAC
FACILITY COMMITTEE
January 15th, 2019
District Meeting Room
A. The special meeting was called to order at 7:15p.m.
B. Attendees
Steve Hock, Pete Chisholm, Paula Stettbacher, Kerri jo Patten, Dave Mand, Aaron Sadoff, and 18
guests and committee members
C. Agenda
Introductions
Update on Building Plans
o FLC
o HMHS
o BAMS
ELC Plan Sharing
o 4K/Daycare/Alternative Learning Charter School
o Process – Stages
Timelines – Moving In!!
Plan Community Communications and Grand Opening!!
Other – Plan Next Meeting
D. Meeting Adjourned at 7:45p.m.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NORTH FOND DU LAC
MINUTES – BOARD OF EDUCATION
January 31, 2019
District Meeting Room
A. The regular meeting was called to order at 6p.m. by President Pete Chisholm.
B. Roll Call
Board Present:
o Pete Chisholm, Vickie Goldapske, Stephen Hock, Paula Stettbacher, Shawn Pollack
Administration Present:
o Aaron Sadoff
Administration Absent:
o Adam Broten, Maria Putzer, Kerri jo Patten, Chris Shultz, Samantha Freimund, Mike
Gonzalez, Dave Mand
Guests Present: Coach Todd Stettbacher, Coach Royal Smit
C. Report on Public Notice
Aaron Sadoff reported that Public Notices were mailed to Fond du Lac Reporter, Radio Station
KFIZ, 107.1 The Bull; WFDL Radio; and the Agenda was posted in the District Office, US Bank
and the Municipal Building on Tuesday January 29, 2019.
D. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was said by all present.
E. Approval of Minutes
Minutes of the regular meeting of December 17, 2018 were approved as printed.
F. Treasurer’s Report
Moved by Hock seconded by Pollack, to approve List Bills for January 2019 in the amount of
$1,515,763.66. Motion carried 5/0.
G. Citizen’s Input
Public portion of the meeting was declared open at 6:12p.m by President Pete Chisholm.
Public portion of the meeting was declared closed at 6:13p.m by President Pete Chsiholm.
H. Superintendent’s Report
Referendum – Building Update
Treffert Way Charter School Update
Personnel Update
Review of State Board of Education Convention
Share Posting of Educational Options – Act 55
Page 2
January 31, 2019
Future Board Agenda Items – School Start Time
Administrative Team Reports
Other Announcements
I. New Business
Moved by Pollack seconded by Stettbacher, to approve Set Open Enrollment Pupil Limits
for 2019-2020. Motion carried 5/0.
Moved by Hock seconded by Chisholm, to approve Softball Trip to Indiana and
Kentucky this spring. Motion carried 4/0 w/ 1 abstain.
Moved by Chisholm seconded by Goldapske, to approve moving the May Board of
Education meeting to Monday, May 13th, 2019. Motion carried 5/0.
Moved by Goldapske seconded by Hock, to approve Establishing an Activity Account for
Archery. Motion carried 5/0.
Moved by Pollack seconded by Stettbacher, to approve Resignation of Educator Brianna
Theobald. Motion carried 5/0.
Moved by Chisholm seconded by Stettbacher, to approve Educator Contract for Alania
Thompson. Motion carried 5/0.
Moved by Stettbacher seconded by Pollack, to approve 2019-2020 School Calendar.
Motion carried 5/0.
J. Adjourn
Moved by Goldapske seconded by Pollack to Adjourn at 7:39p.m. Motion carried 5/0.
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Vickie Goldapske, School District Clerk
School District of North Fond du Lac
Students Enrollment 2018-2019 Recommended Projected 19-20 Grade Level Section Max Per Section January 2nd, 2019 Enrollment Caps 0% Growth 19-20 AVAIL SPED AvailableTreffert Way Charter School 0 40 Up to 40 **Open4K 5 20 92 100 6 ***Open5K 5 22 104 110 92 14 01st 5 25 97 110 104 4 02nd 5 25 87 110 97 9 03rd 4 25 101 100 87 9 04th 4 25 102 100 101 0 05th 4 25 109 100 102 0 06th 1 110 115 110 109 0 07th 1 110 111 110 115 0 08th 1 110 109 110 111 0 09th 1 115 117 115 109 4 010th 1 115 108 115 117 0 011th 1 115 112 115 108 5 012th 1 115 106 115 112 0 0
1470 1560 51
*Open Open Enrollment Spots 2019-2020
2019-2020 Projections and Board Established Limits
NOTES*Reserves 1/4 spots for new students that enter the District**Open for students that are not high need ‐medically or behaviorally ‐ based on IEP
Any student Newly Open Enrolled to the Treffert Way will not be able to transfer other District schoolsIf a newly Open Enrolled Student to the Treffert Way decides transfer out ‐ they must transfer to his or her home
District***Not transferable to 5K unless room is available in grade or Treffert Way****All District staff are allowed to enroll their students in the District if there is a program available to meet their needs
February 2019 Board Background Information/ 1
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NORTH FOND DU LAC
BOARD BACKGROUND
February 25th, 2019 – Board of Education Meeting
“Working Together for the Success of All”
J. Superintendent’s Report
1. Treffert Way Charter School Update – Working on Contract The Treffert Way Team will be at the meeting to update how enrollment, contract development
and staffing are going. I included the document from last year in February – a great reminder of
the potential of this great charter school!
2. Referendum – Building Update – ELC Plans – FLC Move – Safety Raptor The building is going fast and furious! During this time I will share the plans that we will look
to put out for bids on the ELC project, updates on FLC and Kerri jo will share the plan for
transition to FLC at the beginning of April. I will also show a video of the Raptor Visitor and
Background Check/Volunteer Background Check services that the District will be investing –
CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO.
3. Personnel Update - Postings We are already looking at 2019 – 2020 Staffing – we already hired one educator for next year
and I have a school psychologist on the agenda for your approval today! With the retirements of
4 incredible educators we will be posting some jobs this week, along with a new 2nd Grade
educator position. I look forward to sharing more on our great staffing opportunities.
4. Review of State Board of Education Convention The Board will share information and experiences from the WASB State Convention.
5. Review AASA Governing Board and Convention I was fortunate to go to Los Angeles two weeks ago and participate in AASA National
Governing Board meetings (I am one of 5 Wisconsin representatives) and learning sessions at
National Education Convention. I was also honored with an award for being the Superintendent
of the Year in Wisconsin (one of 51 people recognized, all 50 states and Canada). I will share
insights of the state of education in on country and how Wisconsin is dealing with educational
issues and opportunities. One of the best sessions I attended was about before and after school
programs that could have a great positive impact on our schools – the company that provides the
programs is called Right at School – CLICK HERE for the website.
February 2019 Board Background Information/ 2
6. School Start Time After receiving input from staff, administration and reflecting on research and information, I
have a new path that I want to share with the Board about changing the school times at BAMS-
HMHS to 8am – 3:10pm and ELC-FLC to 8:45pm – 3:45pm. Although I believe that this
change will have a positive impact on achievement and growth (or at the minimum, not
negatively impact), I believe the main reasons we should consider changing times are:
Safety – specifically in the winter months for more sun light and more time for roads and
sidewalks to get plowed and “hopefully” warmer temperatures
School Attendance – specifically less 1st hour tardies and more alertness
Enhanced Opportunities for Staff Development and Student Opportunities – at all levels
staff will have more time to get meetings and learning accomplished before and possible
student course and training opportunities before school
I look to sharing ideas, looking for input and want guidance on how to proceed
7. Discuss Possible Cell Tower I met with the representative from US Cellular and worked out a contact that I believe, along
with the attorneys, would be amicable to both parties. The question is do we want to have that
built there? We would receive around $12,000 a year for a 20-year lease term. If we want to
continue and pursue this opportunity, a special meeting would need to be called specifically for
this decision. I look forward to the conversations.
8. Future Board Agenda Items – Nurse/Policies/Retirement Party
9. Administrative Team Reports
10. Other Announcements
February 2019 Board Background Information/ 3
K. New Business
1. Discuss and Consider Contract for the 2019-2020 School Year for Rachel
Polacek – School Psychologist I am very excited to recommend Rachel to be our next School Psychologist. Chris and her
team did a great job finding Rachel! I look forward to sharing more about Rachel.
I recommend the Board’s approval Rachel as a school psychologist in our District.
2. Discuss and Consider Establishing an Activity Account for INCubatoredu
Student Awards Establishing this account allows the students in INCubatoredu to access funds to develop
their Most Viable Product (MVP) and keep on their journey as an entrepreneur.
I recommend the Board’s approval of establishing this activity account.
3. Discuss and Consider Changing the March Board meeting from Monday,
March 18th, 2019 to April 1st, 2019 Thank you for considering this date change.
I recommend the Board’s approval of changing the March meeting to April 1st, 2019.
4. Discuss and Consider Adding 10 minutes to the HMHS-BAMS School
Daye Starting Monday, March 4th, 2019
By doing this, and having school on the previous two make up days and on Friday May 3rd,
we will be incompliance with the State Statutes for hours of instruction. At the 5K – 5th
grade level we are good and do not have to add time. We have communicated with Johnson
Bus and the change will not be an issue.
I recommend adding 10 minutes to each day starting March 4th at BAMS and HMHS.
5. Discuss and Consider Resignation of Educators This is a bittersweet recommendation to approve 4 educators to move on the next chapter in
their lives. I am proud and happy for each of them and also know they will be missed greatly
– Once an Oriole, Always an Oriole! Thank you Paul, Ginnie, Connie and Gerry!
I recommend the approval these 4 educators retirement requests.
August 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30
September 2 3 4 5 6 (4) 9 10 11 12 13 (9) 16 17 18 19 20 (14) 23 24 25 26 27 (18) 30 (19)
October 1 2 3 4 (23) 7 8 9 10 11 (28) 14 15 16 17 18 (33) 21 22 23 24 25 (37) 28 29 30 31 (41)
November
1 (42) 4 5 6 7 8 (5) 11 12 13 14 15 (10) 18 19 20 21 22 (15) 25 26 27 28 29 (17)
December
2 3 4 5 6 (22) 9 10 11 12 13 (27) 16 17 18 19 20 (32) 23 24 25 26 27 30 31
Important Dates August 20th – New Staff OF
August 22nd – New Staff Academy
August 26th – 30th – District In-Service
August 27th – Welcome Back Nights
September 2nd – Labor Day
September 3rd – 1st Day
September 27th – In-Service (#1)
October 21st – Conferences
6th – 12th 3pm -7pm
October 23rd – Conferences
6th -12th 3pm – 6:30pm
October 25th – In-Service (#2)
November 1st – End of 1st Quarter
November 5th – Conferences
K – 5th 4pm – 8pm
November 7th – Conferences
K – 5th 4pm – 7:30pm
November 27th – 29th
No School –Thanksgiving
December 23rd – January 3rd
No School – Winter Break
January
1 2 3 (32) 6 7 8 9 10 (37) 13 14 15 16 17 (42) 20 21 22 23 24 (46) 27 28 29 30 31 (5)
February 3 4 5 6 7 (10) 10 11 12 13 14 (15) 17 18 19 20 21 (19) 24 25 26 27 28 (23)
March 2 3 4 5 6 (28) 9 10 11 12 13 (33) 16 17 18 19 20 (38) 23 24 25 26 27 (42) 30 31 (2)
April 1 2 3 (5) 6 7 8 9 10 (5) 13 14 15 16 17 (10) 20 21 22 23 24 (15) 27 28 29 30 (19)
May
1 (20) 4 5 6 7 8 (25) 11 12 13 14 15 (30) 18 19 20 21 22 (35) 25 26 27 28 29 (39)
June 1 2 3 4 5 (43)
Important Dates January 23rd – End of 2nd Quarter
January 24th – In-Service (#3)
February 17th – No Students
Regional Prof Dev
February 24th – Conferences
6th – 12th 3pm – 7pm
February 25th – Conferences
K – 5th 4pm – 8pm
February 26th – Conferences
6th -12th 3pm – 6:30pm
February 27th – Conferences
K – 5th 4pm – 7:30pm
February 28th – In-Service (#4) MU #2
March 26th – End of 3rd Quarter
March 27th – In-Service (#5) MU #3
April 6th – April 10th – No School
May 25th – No School – Memorial Day
May 31st – Graduation
June 4th – Last Day – Early Release
June 5th – Make Up Day #4
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NORTH FOND DU LAC 2019 – 2020 STAFF CALENDAR – BOARD APPROVED – 1/31/2019
Educator Contract Days (191) Additional 5 minutes per day for HM and BA
174 Student Days
3 Holidays
o Labor Day/Thanksgiving/
Memorial Day
2 Conf. Off-set days (11-27 & 1-3)
12 In-Service Days
o 6 Before School Starts
o 5 During Year
o 1 Regional Professional Development
NOTES July 1st – 5th, 2019 the District will be closed (no athletics, training, in-service, etc.), July 4th is a vacation day – year round staff are encouraged to take vacation this week if possible.
Summer School will start, July 8th, 2019 – Strength & Conditioning training and Band will be allowed to begin right after the end of the 2018 – 2019 School year.
All Educators Required 1 Day Professional Development in the Summer 2019.
6th – 12th grades will add 5 minutes to the day – if the current schedule stays the same – that would be 7:30am – 2:40 pm.
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September 2nd – No School - Labor Day
September 3rd – 1st Day of School September 27th – No School – In Service
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1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31
October 21st – Conferences 6th – 12th 3pm – 7pm
October 23rd – Conferences 6th – 12th 3pm – 6:30pm
October 25th – No School – In Service
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November 1st – End 1st Quarter
November 5th – Conferences K – 5th 4pm – 8pm
November 7th – Conferences K – 5th 4pm – 7:30pm
November 27th – 29th – Thanksgiving Break
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2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 December 23rd – January 3rd – Winter Break
JJaannuuaarryy 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 31
January 23rd – End 2nd Quarter January 24th – No School – In Service
FFeebbrruuaarryy 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28
February 17th – No School – In Service February 24th – Conferences 6th – 12th 3pm – 7pm February 25th – Conferences K – 5th 4pm – 8pm February 26th – Conferences 6th –12th 3pm – 6:30pm February 27th – Conferences K – 5th 4pm – 7:30pm February 28th – No School – In Service
(Make Up Day #2)
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March 26th – End 3rd Quarter
March 27th – No School – In Service (Make Up Day #3)
AApprriill 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 April 6th - 10th – No School – Spring Break
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1 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29
May 25th – No School – Memorial Day May 31st – Graduation
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June 4th – Early Release June 5th – No School Make up Day #4
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Addresses for 2019-2020
Early Learning Center/4K
923 Minnesota Avenue
929-3762
Friendship Learning Center
1098 Prospect Avenue
929-3757
Bessie Allen Middle School
305 McKinley Street 929-3754
Horace Mann High School
3256 McKinley Street
929-3740
Alternative Learning Center
923 Minnesota Avenue
929-3762
Treffert Way Academy
923 Minnesota Avenue
929-3762
District Office
1115 Thurke Avenue
929-3750
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February 25th, 2019
Financial Reports
The School District of North Fond du Lac
Maria Putzer – Business Manager
Bonnie Detert – Payroll Specialist
Karen Hoff – Purchasing Agent and Support
BOARD MEETING REPORT
by Kerri jo Patten, K-5 Principal Early Learning Center and Friendship Learning Center September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 January 2019 February 2019
DISTRICT GOALS ELC and FLC BUILDING SLOs Professional Practice Cornerstones
Maximize Student Learning in Literacy for ALL Provide High Quality Instruction for ALL - Focus: Feedback to Students Promote a Happy Culture for ALL
80% or more of K-5 students will demonstrate a year (9 months) or more of growth in their F&P instructional reading level as measured by the Fountas and Pinnell (F&P) Benchmark Assessment System 2, 3rd Edition, with growth projected by this research-based chart from Fountas and Pinnell.
✓Meaningful Assessments
✓Growth Mindset
✓Targeted Professional Learning
✓Data Informed Decision-Making
✓Culture, Celebrations & Acknowledgements
Important Upcoming Dates: March 2 Family Engagement Night at the YMCA (Title I Literacy Share; Swim and Gym; Family Dinner) 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
March 12 2nd Grade Music Program 1:15 performances at HMHS PAC ; March 25-March 29 Spring Break - No School; April 1 Move-in starts for
classroom teachers relocating to the FLC addition and other sections of Vintage Friendship (limited moves of other school services will begin during
Spring Break)
February 2019
✓ Meaningful Assessments
○ All Grade 1-5 classroom teachers and reading intervention teachers participated in individual reflection conversations with STAR Champion Jenny Grafton, Literacy Coach Karlie Sawitski and Principal Kerri jo Patten to review student, class and grade level data from the Winter F&P and STAR benchmark assessments
○ Teachers are assessing for growth and proficiency
✓ Growth Mindset ○ Student report cards will indicate student growth and achievement for the entire school year
● Common grade level data should originate from priority standards and assessments that measure attainment ● Working on a guiding document for evaluating and refining our current common assessments
● What is the assessment? ● Who takes the assessment? ● Who administers the assessment? ● When do we administer the assessment? ● How do we use the data from the assessment? ● Who do I contact for support or if I have questions about the assessment or data?
○ Objective is mastery of priority standards by the end of the school year ● Developing a plan for those who don’t achieve mastery: summer remediation/extended school year; next year’s teacher continues
to instruct and assess; intensive intervention ● Developing a plan for those who attain mastery before end of year: enrichment
✓ Targeted Professional Learning ○ February embedded professional learning with Karlie Sawitski focused on the Fountas and Pinnell Continuum
✓ Data-Informed Decision Making ○ The majority of students are doing an excellent job demonstrating their belief in the Oriole Way. We had one new office referral for 1st
Grade students, six new office referrals for 3rd Grade students, three new office referrals for 4th Grade students, and three new office referrals for 5th Grade students. The total number of office referrals to date is 171, with 3% (18) of our 504 students in Grades 1-5 having three or more office referrals. We are exceeding expectations for great citizenship and we are very proud of our positive student culture!
○ Growth projection charts for students in reading interventions are being discussed for measuring the efficacy of current practices in classroom and small group instruction
✓ Culture, Celebrations & Acknowledgements ○ 1st Grade performed “Happy, Healthy, Totally” for a nearly full house on February 5. Here’s a link for your viewing pleasure. Kudos to
Heather Fauska for her dedication to our students and the fine arts! ○ At last count, FLC students raised $3441.82 in the Pennies for Patients campaign, smashing the school-wide goal of $3000. Thank you to
all Student Council members, families who contributed, and to Jenni DalleNogare and Jenny Grafton for serving as our Student Council
Advisors. ○ Lilly Roberts placed 2nd and Ty VanderPas placed 3rd in the Bessie Allen School Spelling Bee last month, and Lilly went on to represent
North Fond du Lac in the Regional Spelling Bee organized by CESA 6. We are very proud of their efforts and achievement! ○ Ally Krebs played piano in the Fond du Lac Area Piano Teachers Association piano festival, earning a superior score, and was invited to play
in their Honors Recital. Bravo! ○ Violet Lange and Parker McCarthy were recognized by Mr. Marty, bus driver for route #120, who called to share his appreciation for their
care for other students and always being ready to help without being asked. Thanks for showing others the Oriole Way! ○ Links for our Monday Morning Meetings are posted under FLC Announcements
January 2019
✓ Meaningful Assessments
○ January assessments included STAR Early Literacy, Reading, Math; Words Their Way (Grades 2-5); Fountas and Pinnell (F&P); Sight Word Reading; and wrapping up any ACCESS testing as needed
○ Special Education Case Managers at FLC worked on scheduling and assessing students on their caseload for STAR and F&P in collaboration with classroom teachers
○ Classroom teachers are assessing their student independent, instructional and frustrational reading levels with the F&P Benchmark while students attend three days of Literacy Camp organized by Karlie Sawitski and Angie Long
✓ Growth Mindset ○ Student report cards will indicate student growth and achievement for the entire school year
● Common grade level data should originate from priority standards and assessments that measure attainment ● Working on a guiding document for evaluating and refining our current common assessments
● What is the assessment? ● Who takes the assessment? ● Who administers the assessment? ● When do we administer the assessment? ● How do we use the data from the assessment? ● Who do I contact for support or if I have questions about the assessment or data?
○ Objective is mastery of priority standards by the end of the school year ● Developing a plan for those who don’t achieve mastery: summer remediation/extended school year; next year’s teacher continues
to instruct and assess; intensive intervention ● Developing a plan for those who attain mastery before end of year: enrichment
○ Site Assessment Coordinators - Expanding and Enhancing by naming site-based individuals to be lead teachers/point of contact for scheduling, problem-solving and supporting specific assessments
✓ Targeted Professional Learning
○ January inservice agenda and participant feedback . Site-based collaboration and learning works very well for K-5 system since we do not have significant blocks of common time throughout the day, and we have teachers and staff working E3 before and after school.
○ January embedded professional learning with Karlie Sawitski focused on refresher sessions for administering F&P and goal-setting ○ January workday presentations included "Stress and Work Balance" by Dr. J from Dynamic Chiropractic and Wellness Center; “Treffert
Way” by Beth Dardis, Karen Bartelt and Tiffany Dolan; and “Language Differences” by Morgan Pelot
✓ Data-Informed Decision Making ○ Teachers are gathering data about student reading behaviors through the F&P assessment and will be writing new instructional and
individual student growth goals for the remainder of the school year. I will confer with all classroom teachers to review progress to date and projections for May, and this will be reflected in Frontline/My Learning Plan (the tool used to document professional growth)
○ Students are doing an excellent job demonstrating their belief in the Oriole Way. We had two grades that had no office referrals in the month of January - way to go 1st and 2nd Grade Friends! We had three new office referrals for 3rd Grade students, three new office
referrals for 4th Grade students, and six new office referrals for 5th Grade students. The total number of office referrals to date is 148, with 3% (17) of our 504 students in Grades 1-5 having three or more office referrals. We are exceeding expectations for great citizenship and we are very proud of our positive student culture!
✓ Culture, Celebrations & Acknowledgements ○ With regret, we are saying farewell to Liz Legler (K-5 School Psychologist), who is relocating to DeForest and will be greatly missed! In
addition to serving students and staff in problem solving, testing, evaluations and consults, Liz has been an integral member of our Allies in Mental Health (AMHE) K-5 Team, our Oriole Way (PBIS) Tier 1 team, and our Equitable Multi-Level Systems of Support (RtI) process work.
○ It was a privilege to be part of the celebration honoring Aaron Sadoff as WI Superintendent of the Year! Photo link :) ○ Links for our Monday Morning Meetings are posted under FLC Announcements
December 2018
✓ Meaningful Assessments
○ As we prepare for the January assessment window for STAR and F&P, we reflected upon the +/Δ (Plus/Delta, or Keep Doing/Change) from previous assessment plans. Jenny Grafton is developing the STAR schedule for classroom teachers and Lindsey Pietrowski is developing the list and groupings for individual students who will be taking the STAR assessment 1:1 or in a small group in a separate setting to ensure the best outcome for measuring student growth. Angie Long and Karlie Sawitski are developing a Reading Camp that will provide engaging and educational activities for three days per grade level to allow for classroom teachers to test students 1:1 without interruption, free from lesson planning. Here is a link to more information .
✓ Growth Mindset ○ Student Growth Conference Forms (in English and Spanish) were shared with families during face-to-face conferences in November 2018
and parents had the opportunity to weigh in on home/school communication during our November Family Engagement Night. We heard that the amount of information on the conference form, coupled with the face-to-face conversation, was preferable to a cumbersome report card. Parents shared that they appreciated the acknowledgement of their child’s strengths as well as what their goals were. One opportunity we can grow is communicating ways that families can support the growth goal at home as well.
○ Given the feedback, work is now underway on the elementary report card. Pam Ciha is championing this change as our teacher facilitator, doing an outstanding job of seeking input from the entire faculty on when to meet, using our change management and Improvement tools effectively, and capturing and communicating the thinking to everyone in a very timely fashion. Here is a link to our current progress . One consideration that was raised was whether or not a mid-year report card was appropriate in January, as the Winter benchmark assessments are underway and new information would be forthcoming just a few weeks later. Families who provided input indicated that they would be satisfied with the two conference updates and one comprehensive summative report at the end of the year. Thoughts?
○ Special Education needs of our students determine how we support individuals, classrooms and staff. With leadership from Chris Schultz, Judy McKeough, Liz Legler, Kristen Eide, and Lauren Biolo, we have captured our Continuum of Specialized Student Services at FLC . We have also updated our Primary Response Team protocol to further clarify expectations to ensure students and staff remain safe.
✓ Targeted Professional Learning
○ Classroom teachers engage in up to three days of professional learning each week, embedded in the school day.
○ Teachers of Grades 1-5 will engage in two F&P Assessment refresher learning sessions prior to administering the Winter benchmark. Kindergarten and any other teachers not involved in administering the Fall F&P assessment will engage in four or five learning sessions before school prior to administering the Winter benchmark. Karlie Sawitski will lead these sessions to support common assessment practices, projections and goal writing.
○ As part of the mid-year review of annual goals, all classroom teachers in Grades 1-5 will meet with me, Karlie Sawitski and Jenny Grafton to analyze classroom-level Winter F&P and STAR benchmark data, focusing our conversation on student progress, planning for new instructional and student growth goals for the next trimester, and reflecting upon their own professional growth before updating their SLO and PPG as part of the annual review cycle.
✓ Data-Informed Decision Making ○ Students in Grades 1 and 4 are following Oriole Way and have the fewest number of office/major referrals thus far (17), followed by our
5th Grade (23), 3rd Grade (35) and 2nd Grade (44). The total number of major referrals to date is 136, with 16 of our students having three or more referrals.
✓ Culture, Celebrations & Acknowledgements ○ Welcome back Amanda Weed, Tiffany Dolan and Colleen Anhalt, all returning from maternity leave and ready to start the new year! ○ Teri Grabbe and Erica Harbath are once again leading Adopt-A-Family, and have close to 100 students already identified as needing a
merrier holiday through the generosity of community and private sponsors. Donations can be forwarded to FLC (payable to School District of NFDL ℅ Adopt-a-Family)
○ Linda Schultz, Penny Serwe and Kelly Schaefer ran another successful Scholastic Book Fair, with Scholastic Dollar profits coming in at $3076.04
○ Student Council members, under guidance of Jenny Grafton and Jenni DalleNogare ran an extremely successful candy cane sale, with proceeds of $787.25 benefiting Adopt-A-Family. Way to go Student Council and FLC Families!
○ Jane Mongin created our FLC video honoring Aaron Sadoff as WI Superintendent of the Year during a recent school-wide Monday Morning Meeting. Links for the video and our previous MMM are posted under FLC Announcements
November 2018 ✓ Meaningful Assessments
○ Proficient readers and writers display recognizable behaviors at every phase of literacy learning. When teachers notice, teach, and support these behaviors, they link assessment to responsive teaching. Classroom teachers in K-5 are working on identifying the reading behaviors for the F&P levels typically represented within their grade, creating a checklist that can be used to measure incremental growth between benchmark assessments. Teachers will be able to use these checklists for those students who are significantly above or below grade level as well, due to vertical alignment of this assessment.
✓ Growth Mindset ○ Student Growth Conference Forms (in English and Spanish) were shared with families during face-to-face conferences in November 2018 ○ Special Education needs of our students determine how we support individuals, classrooms and staff. We are working to develop a
structured learning program called the NEST, which will focus on nurturing social-emotional thinking for students who are experiencing barriers to accessing their education due to trauma or mild mental health challenges that can still be serviced within the school setting. Kristen Eide will be the lead teacher, and we anticipate there will be two students participating in this learning environment in December
(the vision is to maintain a ratio of no more than 4 students to 1 teacher and an aide due to the level of student need).
✓ Targeted Professional Learning
○ The Trauma-Sensitive Schools (TSS) team (Terri Jagodzinski, Amy Walters, Ashley Kreiter, Judy McKeough, Lauren Biolo, Liz Legler, Erica Harbath, Amy Martin and Erin Luther) developed and delivered professional learning for ELC and FLC teachers and staff on October 26. Teachers learned about the implementation of safe spaces, the effects of trauma on how students access their education, as well as how parents and other adults could and should respond to build resilience in affected children.
○ Classroom teachers engage in personalized Literacy coaching conversations every other week, and have Karlie Sawitski (K-5 Literacy Coach) work with them on individualized conferring goals within their classroom weekly. Teachers are using their work from the F&P benchmark analysis and continuum to plan and guide their instruction and coaching sessions.
✓ Data-Informed Decision Making ○ Students in Grade 1 are following Oriole Way and have the fewest number of office/major referrals thus far (13), followed by our 4th
Grade (16), 5th Grade (18), 3rd Grade (28) and 2nd Grade (34). The total number of major referrals to date is 109, with 14 of our students having three or more referrals.
✓ Culture, Celebrations & Acknowledgements ○ Teri Grabbe and Erica Harbath are once again leading Adopt-A-Family, and have close to 100 students already identified as needing a merrier holiday
through the generosity of community and private sponsors. Donations can be forwarded to FLC (payable to School District of NFDL ℅ Adopt-a-Family)
○ Linda Schultz, Penny Serwe and Kelly Schaefer ran another successful Scholastic Book Fair, ringing up more than $5000 in sales during conferences ○ Lauren Biolo, Dean of Students, serves our students and staff with a smile and has been a great addition to our leadership team ○ Judy McKeough has stepped in to support Kindergarten students receiving special education support until Trisha Krueger is able to assume this role full
time in December (Trisha is currently covering Amanda Weed’s maternity leave at FLC)
○ Jenny Grafton and Jenni DalleNogare have our student leaders engaged through a candy cane sale, with proceeds benefiting Adopt-A-Family ○ Jane Mongin creates the best slides and videos for our weekly Oriole Way Monday Morning Meetings - links are posted under FLC Announcements ○ Morgan Pelot has been very flexible, filling in for classroom teachers when we have had teacher shortages due to last-minute illnesses or cancellations
October 2018
✓ Meaningful Assessments
○ STAR Reading and Math results will be shared with parents in January and May in order to show student progress over time ○ STAR Reading and Math data has been reviewed during 1:1 conferring sessions between the classroom teacher and Jenny Grafton ○ Fountas and Pinnell (F&P) benchmarks were administered 1:1 between the classroom teacher and student, and analyzed with support
from K-5 Literacy Coach, Karlie Sawitski. While analyzing individual student F&P results, teachers considered strategic reading behaviors each child needs to learn as well as areas that they are consistent in. Teachers used the Continuum to write specific goals for each student using the following guiding questions from Karlie: What strategic actions do I know this child needs more instruction in? How do I know that? What behaviors did I observe? What do the numbers mean? What patterns do I notice in their data?
What is inconsistent about their data? What goal should we work on first? How would I prioritize the goals?
✓ Growth Mindset ○ Student Growth Conference Form (in English and Spanish) will be shared with families during face-to-face conferences in November 2018
and February 2019. Families who are unable to attend conferences will be invited to meet with the classroom teacher on an alternate day ○ Grade Level Teams meet weekly to plan instruction and review student work
■ 1st Grade Team meets from 1:30-2:00 on Thursdays ■ 2nd Grade Team meets from 12:20-12:50 on Fridays ■ 3rd Grade Team meets from 10:10-10:40 on Thursdays ■ 4th Grade Team meets from 12:20-12:50 on Wednesdays ■ 5th Grade Team meets from 10:50-11:15 on Thursdays
✓ Targeted Professional Learning
○ K-5 Teachers, Literacy Interventionists (Margaret Logemann, Rachel Martinez, Lindsey Pietrowski), Literacy Instructional Aide (Angie Long) and Literacy Coach (Karlie Sawitski) engaged in Lucy Calkins Reader’s Workshop professional learning with Christy from Teacher’s College, focusing on grade-level specific strategies for anticipating student reading behavior challenges and how to instruct so students overcome the challenges and move levels; reviewing the key components and structure of a successful workshop; improving stamina; helping students create their individual reading identities; and exploring teacher options for small group instruction and read aloud. Aaron Sadoff participated in the 5th Grade session, learning alongside the team.
○ Teachers in Grades 1 and 2 participated in a webinar to learn more about implementing Keyboarding Without Tears, and began instructing with Chromebooks (students spend approximately 50 minutes per week learning this online tool which teaches through game-based tools for finger dexterity, finger-key association, and typing letters and words). Teachers in Grades 3-5 received professional learning for Keyboarding Without Tears in August.
○ Teachers in Grades 2-5 participated in Words Their Way professional learning with Sam from Pearson, and are using the data from the Fall assessment to place students in the proper spelling stage for formal word study
○ Karlie Sawitski planned and executed this Professional Learning Plan to prepare classroom teachers for administration of F&P Benchmark
✓ Data-Informed Decision Making ○ We believe in assessing, not guessing. ○ Liz Legler (K-5 School Psychologist) is monitoring K-5 student assessment data in eduClimber to ensure data integrity and quality measures
are in place prior to, during, and following educator data entry and analysis ○ Students in Grades 1-5 who screen in the 0-9th percentile rank in STAR Reading or STAR Math are flagged for further data analysis which
may lead to an intervention in literacy (Margaret Logemann, Rachel Martinez, Lindsey Pietrowski) or math support (Teri Grabbe) ○ Students in Kindergarten completed the PALS assessment and Liz Legler will work with Margaret Logemann and the Kindergarten teachers
to determine groups for Title I intervention in literacy ○ All classroom teachers' individual Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) should be written as "80% or more of my students will demonstrate a
year (9 months) or more of growth in their F&P instructional reading level." The evidence for the baseline data is each student’s current instructional level from Fall 2018, and then teachers use the projections (5 jumps for mid-year/January and 9 jumps for end-of-year/May) to set the growth target for each student, recording it on the projection/goal sheet . Teachers scan and upload the student projection/goal sheets when submitting their SLO, and once per month, teachers will review their student literacy data (conferring notes, reading records, running records) with the Literacy Coach and/or Principal. Classroom teacher Professional Practice Goals (PPGs) need to be related to conferring, set in partnership with Karlie since we are all aligning our professional learning to the district literacy goal. Teachers who wish
to choose another topic for their professional growth may do so, but would be working on that as an additional PPG. ○ Students in Grade 1 are following Oriole Way and have the fewest number of office/major referrals thus far (4), followed by our 4th Grade
(9), then 5th Grade (13), and finally 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade (14 each). The total number of major referrals to date is 54, with seven of our students having three or more referrals.
✓ Culture, Celebrations & Acknowledgements ○ The Allies in Mental Health Education (AMHE) team (Julie Shafer, LPN; Katie Baumgartner; Deanna Lemke; Kim Jodarski; Erica Harbath; Liz
Legler; Kristen Eide) is developing an action plan to better serve K-5 students who may be experiencing difficulties with mental health. ■ The team AMHE mission: Creating and providing a systematic way for identifying and matching students and staff with the mental
health supports they need to feel connected and safe at Friendship Learning Center. ■ The team AMHE vision: Collective happiness and connectedness brings academic and emotional gains for all. ■ The AMHE team has selected a social emotional learning screener to pilot with 2nd grade students. The screener is administered
by the teacher to all students whole group, and is intended to be used with a curriculum that, at the elementary level, is delivered universally 30 minutes, three times per week for ten weeks. Then, for students who screen for an intervention, there is additional instruction. We can accommodate the universal and Tier 2 through our school guidance program.
○ The Trauma-Sensitive Schools (TSS) team (Terri Jagodzinski, Amy Walters, Ashley Kreiter, Judy McKeough, Lauren Biolo, Liz Legler, Erica Harbath, Amy Martin and Erin Luther) is developing upcoming professional learning for all ELC and FLC teachers and staff on October 26
○ Students in Jamie Johnson’s class invited teachers and staff to attend their Author Celebration on October 5 (see pictures at the end of this report) ○ Teri Grabbe, Lindsey Pietrowski, and Rachel Martinez worked to create a Master Services schedule for all students in Grades 1-5 who receive at least
one support outside of the classroom (speech, social skills, literacy, math, self-regulation, OT/PT, etc.). Currently, students are receiving a total of 309 specialty services in addition to universal instruction from their classroom teacher
○ Our behavior support team (Deanna Miller, Renee Schnell, Natalie Rosas, Amy Martin, Nate TeStroede, Trish Krueger, Kristen Eide) are working hard to help all students be successful in school; for those students who need additional support outside of FLC, Amy and Trish are meeting their needs as well
○ Students in Jackie Krupp, Rashelle McCallum, Amber Coats, Katie Baumgartner, Julie Kremer and Kim Jodarski’s classes participated in the Pillowcase Project on October 19, presented by Nick Cluppert and Jesse Coates. The project is a free one-hour preparedness program sponsored by the Red Cross, which informs students about fire safety and another disaster topic (flooding, tornado or winter storm). The students learned how to be better prepared for a disaster and received an activity book to work on with their family. They also got a pillowcase to design with fabric markers and take home to start building their own disaster preparedness kit with their family.
○ The NFDL Firefighter and Rescue Team visited FLC students on October 15 to share a presentation about fire safety and to check out the vehicles ○ Jamie Johnson’s brother-in-law, Alex Crockford, grows pumpkins for her family’s Grampa’s Farm fall festival. The family donated a small pumpkin to
each student at FLC, which Jamie delivered in two farm truckloads to ensure that each student received one. Thank you Jamie and family!
○ Alex Schumacher, better known as Big Al on 107.1 The Bull, visited FLC classrooms to record our students saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Recordings will air at or close to 9am, with FLC students leading the pledge on air each weekday from November 7 - December 6. Here is the specific schedule.
○ Erin Luther continues to coordinate some delicious and creative potlucks for staff bonding each month. We have excellent cooks and shoppers at FLC! ○ Kelly Schaefer, Penny Serwe, Ali Sharpf and Linda Schultz are keeping our students safe with close supervision and gentle reminders on the playground! ○ Lauren Biolo (Dean of Students) and Judy McKeough (Program Support) are doing an outstanding job in their new roles and Co-Coordinators of E3. ○ Jenny Grafton and Jenni DalleNogare have our student leaders engaged through Student Council, Heavenly Hats, and as morning greeters ○ Jane Mongin creates the best slides and videos for our weekly Oriole Way Monday Morning Meetings - her work may win a PBIS video award this year! ○ Morgan Pelot has been very flexible, filling in for classroom teachers when we have had teacher shortages due to last-minute illnesses or cancellations
Some of Mrs. Johnson’s Authors!
September 2018
ELC/FLC SLO/Action Plan 2018-2019 Building SLO: 80% or more of K-5 students will demonstrate a year (9 months) or more of growth in their F&P instructional reading level as measured by the Fountas and Pinnell (F&P) Benchmark Assessment System 2, 3rd Edition, with growth projected by this research-based chart from Fountas and Pinnell.
Action Steps Responsible Timeframe Resources Potential Barriers Result
If we do these steps, we will meet our goal.
Who will do it?
By when?
What do you need to complete this step?
What could get in the way of task completion? How will you overcome them?
What is the outcome of the task?
We will administer Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (Grades K-5).
Teachers
3 times a year
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment 3rd Edition
Assessment data is only as good as the information gathered, since this is 1:1. Teachers need to be able to devote their full attention to the student they are assessing, and this is difficult when the teacher is also expected to manage and provide meaningful instruction to the remaining students. To overcome this barrier, a schedule has been created to provide three days of instruction by a guest teacher so the classroom teacher can focus on the assessment. The guest teachers are FLC teachers, so there is no additional cost to the district.
Fountas and Pinnell Reading Benchmark Assessment will be administered to determine student reading baseline for Independent, Instructional and Frustration Levels. Students will make 1 or more year’s growth from the start of the year to the end of the year.
We will use baseline data to make projections of where students should be in Winter and Spring, and set goals that will move students along the reading continuum.
Teachers Reading Specialists
3 times a year
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment 3rd Edition Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum (resource book) Heinemann/F&P Progress Monitoring Chart Student Projection and Goal Sheet
Teachers will not have an adequate amount of time to analyze the student data. Teachers will not have a deep enough understanding of the assessment and/or how to analyze the results. Schedule time for Individual teachers/ teams to analyze their student projection/goal sheets. To overcome these barriers, we have developed a professional learning calendar that involves all classroom teachers three days per week during the school day. Professional learning is developed and provided by our Literacy Coach. Each teacher also gets an uninterrupted hour of 1:1 support from the Literacy Coach to gain deeper understanding of the Fall F&P benchmark assessment results, including the review of projections; write individual student goals; learn more about analysis, including MSV; or plan next steps for instruction based on this evidence.
We will grow teacher capacity, which will result in increased student achievement!
We will focus Instructional decisions based on student data.
Teachers Reading Specialists Instructional Assistants
Ongoing Time to analyze student data. Time to plan instruction to meet all student learning needs. Time to reflect on instruction that was delivered and formative assessment (conferring) to inform our next steps in instruction.
To overcome potential time barriers, we have developed a schedule for biweekly 1:1 coaching conversations with the Literacy Coach and weekly 1:1 conversations with the Principal. We have embedded focused professional learning time and team time within the school day as well.
Instruction will respond to all student learning needs OUR ULTIMATE GOAL - differentiation!
BOARD MEETING: MONTHLY REPORTS by Principal Gonzalez
August September October November December January February March April May
DISTRICT GOALS BAMS BUILDING SLO Guiding Practices
Maximize Student Learning in Literacy for ALL Provide High Quality Instruction for ALL - Focus: Feedback to Students Promote a Happy Culture for ALL District Instructional Focus Areas:
● Not what we are teaching, but what students are learning.
● Differentiation = Responding to Student Needs.
● Data = Any Information About a Student.
LITERACY: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. MATH: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. SCHOOL CULTURE: Create a Culture that Promotes Social and Emotional Well Being LIFE, COLLEGE, and CAREER READINESS: All students at BAMS will participate in activities that will improve their life, college, and career readiness.
● Our conversations and actions will center on maximizing learning for all students.
● Through the use of
research-based professional educational practices and collaboration, we will make decisions that ensure all students will learn to be effective and independent problem solvers, critical thinkers, lifelong learners and positive community members.
August 2018 ● BAMS School Goals for 2018-19:
● SLO Plan for 2018-19 ■ LITERACY: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as
chosen and assessed by classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ MATH: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen
and assessed by classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ SCHOOL CULTURE: Create and Maintain a Happy (Positive Emotional) Environment! ■ LIFE, COLLEGE, and CAREER READINESS: All students at BAMS will participate in activities that will improve their life, college,
and career readiness. ■ ORIOLE WAY: Based on SAS data, the following goals have been created for 2018-19:
● Data Entry and Analysis Plan Established: ○ Additional data is collected besides referrals (attendance, grades, faculty attendance, surveys) ("A Part of BAMS"
continue for 2018-19) ○ Data is analyzed by the team at least monthly (add to Oriole Way meeting agendas)
● Expectations and Rules Developed: ○ Rules developed and posted for specific settings (what does the data tells us in terms of the rules that are needed?)
● Reward Recognition Program Established: ○ A system of rewards has elements that are implemented consistently across campus (for faculty and students) ○ Students are involved in identifying/developing incentives (students on Oriole Way? surveys?) ○ Plans for orienting incoming staff and students are developed and implemented.
● Classroom Systems: ○ Teachers use immediate and specific praise. ○ Acknowledgement of students demonstrating adherence to expectations more than acknowledgement of inappropriate
behaviors (special assemblies; rewards for no referrals) ○ Procedures exist for tracking classroom behavior procedures (do we have these? If so, we need to communicate with
staff) ● Data from 2017-18:
● DISCIPLINE: ■ 726 total referrals for 2017-18. ■ 63% of students at BAMS did not earn any discipline referrals for 2017-18. ■ 76% of students at BAMS earned 0-1 discipline referrals for 2017-18. ■ Referrals went up by 34% from 2016-17 to 2017-18. ■ Top-5 Categories: Defiance: 28%; Disruption: 21%; Language: 15%; Technology Violation: 7%; Physical Contact/Fight: 6% ■ There were 38 students with 5 or more referrals. This is 12% of total student population = 80% of total BAMS incidents.
● ATTENDANCE: 93.8% Rate for 2017-18 ● END-OF-YEAR GRADES: FAILURES
■ 45 students failed 95 courses for 2017-18. ■ 35 students failed 72 courses for 2016-17. ■ 38 students failed 87 courses for 2015-16. ■ 35 students failed 82 courses for 2014-15.
● Note: BAMS enrollment has increased by over 70 students (25%) during this timeframe. ● FWD EXAM: EMBARGOED
■ Math: 2% increase in Advanced and Proficient ■ ELA: 2.5% increase in Advanced and Proficient ■ Science: increase of 7.3% in Advanced and Proficient ■ Social Studies: increase of 14.2% in Advanced and Proficient
● ELL WIDA ACCESS: 23 out of 39 students made raw gains on the assessment. ● READING PLUS: 140 point gain on Reading Plus. 60% of our students exhibited more than one grade level worth of gains.
● Developing Interventions: We are working on developing school-wide and district-wide interventions.
● EXTENSION OF TIER 1: ■ Independent Work Station/Resource Room (IWS/RR) ■ IXL Reading (6th Grade) (Adam Broten will communicate shortly)
● SST Team: Kim, Mike, School Psychologist ■ SST works with grade-level teams to develop Tier 2 Interventions in following areas:
● Academics (not work completion) ● Behavior ● Social/Emotional
■ TIER 2 INTERVENTIONS AT BAMS: ● Reading Plus ● STAR Renaissance: Accelerated Math - Study Halls (we will meet to discuss students with Adam Broten) ● Check-In and Check-Out: CICO ● Small Groups with Student Services (K. Broten)
● Orange Frog and Celebrations
● Our P.E. classes are using the Village Pool for the first week! Thanks for the cooperation and planning from all parties involved. ● Congressional Medal of Honor: Character Development Program will present PD at BAMS on May 3rd. We are using free materials
from this organization to create SSW/SSR Activities for 2018-19. ● Theresa Galligan took a course on immigration from the Freedoms Foundation. She spent a week in Valley Forge, PA, listened to
various renowned speakers, met various colleagues, and visited NYC monuments. This is a valuable program for our staff to consider attending and it is virtually FREE. Here are their Professional Development Programs.
● Camp Onaway hosted 15 BAMS Students in the Leadership Camps this Summer. Thank you Kurt Wismer for arranging this for kids. ● Care-A-Van Summer School Program had 14 students who served at Fond du Lac Food Pantry, Free Spirit Riders, Woodlands Senior
Park, Broken Bread, Fond du Lac Humane Society, and St. Francis Home.
● Oriole Way: We have been officially recognized by the Wisconsin RtI Center at the Recognized Bronze School Level for 2017-18. This is our third year in a row that we have earned this recognition. See the complete list of 2017-18 Recognized Schools here.
● Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
● Life, Career, College, Readiness ■ BAMS School Counseling Website
● Parent Communication:
● IMPORTANT LINKS SENT TO PARENTS (7/9/18): ○ Principal Welcome Back to School Letter ○ BAMS Student Handbook for 2018-19 ○ BAMS Fees and Prices for 2018-19 ○ School Supply List for 2018-19 ○ The School District of North Fond du Lac Family School Calendar
● IMPORTANT LINKS SENT TO FAMILIES (7/20/18): ○ Online Registration (English): https://goo.gl/mdxLfx (Spanish): https://goo.gl/LJXNvr ○ Spanish 8 Letter: https://goo.gl/tw69yX
● IMPORTANT LINKS SENT TO FAMILIES (7/28/18): ○ Reading Intervention Class Letters (English): https://goo.gl/XVXDuy (Spanish): https://goo.gl/FZHt7v
● IMPORTANT MESSAGES SENT TO FAMILIES (8/7/18): ○ Spanish 1 - 8th Grade: Full Registration (Skyward, FB, and Twitter) ○ Online Registration Reminder: Closes on August 10th (Blackboard, Skyward, Social) ○ Welcome Back Night and Locker Dates (Blackboard, FB, Twitter, Skyward)
● IMPORTANT MESSAGES SENT TO FAMILIES (8/10/18): ○ Back to School Night Orientation Meeting Presentation: https://goo.gl/25X1Lx
● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments here. 131,600 views since inception. Important Dates:
8/27-31/18: STAR Reading Assessment Window 8/30/18: Football at Horicon (4pm) 8/31/18: XC Invitational - Freedom (12pm) 9/3/18: Labor Day: NO SCHOOL 9/4-7/18: STAR Math Assessment Window 9/6/18: Girls BBALL @ Oakfield (4:15pm)
9/6/18: Football vs. Oakfield at Oriole Athletic Complex (5:00pm) 9/7/18: XC Meet (4pm) 9/11/18: Girls BBALL at Rosendale (4:15pm) 9/13/18: Girls BBALL at SMSA (4:15pm)
9/13/18: BAMS Football at Oriole Athletic Complex (5:00pm) 9/18/18: BAMS Girls Basketball at HMHS (4:15pm) 9/24/18: Parent Teacher Conferences (3pm-7pm)
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads.
September 2018 ● BAMS School Goals for 2018-19:
● LITERACY: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year.
■ Literature in Action: Reading Plus used as Tier 1 Instructional Tool for all 6th graders throughout the year. Nine-week course. ■ Literacy Intervention: 18-week course for identified Tier 2 students in reading. Uses Reading Plus. ■ IXL: Tier 1 Reading Instructional Tool for 6th graders, given during Communication Skills classes. ■ Book Fair: September 24 and September 26 from 3pm-7pm
● MATH: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by
classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ STAR Renaissance Accelerated Math Intervention as Tier 1 tool for all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Given during Math classes. ■ Mrs. Gross 8th Hour Math Intervention Class for 30 students identified as Tier 2.
● SCHOOL CULTURE: Create a Culture that Promotes Social and Emotional Well Being
■ Middle School Kindness Challenge - starts November 1st ■ School Beautification Committee ■ A Part of BAMS 2018 - Survey to be given this week. ■ Good Standing Policy ■ Positive Oriole Referrals ■ Cell Phone Policy
● LIFE, COLLEGE, and CAREER READINESS: All students at BAMS will participate in activities that will improve their life, college, and career
readiness. ■ BAMS School Counseling Website ■ Girls on the Run ■ Dream It, Be It Conference: FdL Soroptimists ■ Career Connections Academy at MPTC via ENVISION FdL ■ Lemonade Day - 6th Grade via ENVISION FdL
● Parent Communication:
● September 2018 Parent Newsletter ● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments here. 133,000 + views since inception.
● Orange Frog and Celebrations
○ BAMS BAND at FISERV FORUM: After an audition, the BAMS Band has been selected to perform the National Anthem at the Bucks-Pistons NBA game on December 5, 2018! Details on how to attend this game will be sent shortly.
○ 72 Positive Office Referrals given to BAMS Students so far in 2018-19. Focus on Good Things, not just negatives. ○ BAMS SPIRIT DAYS - FRIDAYS: Every Friday, students/staff will wear school colors to boost school spirit. The student with the craziest outfit (within
dress code parameters) in each nest will be entered into a drawing to win a prize. ○ ORIOLE OUTFITTERS RUMMAGE SALE: Will take place at BAMS this year to coordinate with Friday Spirit Days. ○ STUDENT EXPERIENCES CLUB (SEC): New Club at BAMS. They have formed to help with Oriole Nation concessions, Oriole Way Activity feedback,
welcoming students back to school, setting up for Book Fair, and Friday Spirit Days. Members: Isabelle Chamberlin; Sarai Godinez; Ayden Fowler; Jozzlin Biddle; Anna Bledsoe; and Abby Cowling.
○ SCHOLASTIC BUCKS DRAWING: Congratulations to Theresa Galligan, who was selected from 127,000 teachers to receive $500 in cash and 500 Scholastic Points from the James Patterson and Scholastic Book Clubs Giveaway!
○ NURTURING NEST: We will have a space at BAMS that will serve as a free shopping area for students and families to meet their immediate needs such as used shoes, clothing, jackets and personal hygiene products. Currently and always accepting donations. Thanks to Mr. McDowell and his students for refurbishing the former Athletic Director’s Office at BAMS.
○ NEW HMHS/BAMS PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, and BASKETBALL COURTS: Open to students; not yet to public. Grand Opening was last week! ○ 97% of our students have not earned a disciplinary referral as of 9/21/18. ○ Students have earned a total of 83 referrals so far in 2018-19. In 2017-18, there were 198 referrals the first two months of the school year. This
year, it is only 56 with 5 days left in month. ○ GYM: Look forward to the opening of the new BAMS Gym on October 1st!!!! ○ Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
Important Dates:
9/23/18: Progress Report Grades Due 9/24/18: Parent Teacher Conferences (3pm-7pm) 9/24/18: Board of Education Meeting 9/25/18: District Cabinet Meeting (9am-12pm) 9/25/18: BAMS Girls Basketball at HMHS (4:15pm-5:15pm) 9/26/18: Parent Teacher Conferences (3pm-6:30pm) 9/27/18: BAMS Football at Oriole Athletic Complex (5:00pm- 6:30pm)
9/28/18: INSERVICE DAY - NO SCHOOL 10/2/18: Girls BBALL at Mayville (4pm) 10/4/18: XC at Campbellsport (4pm); Girls BB at Campbellsport (4pm); Football at WLA (5pm) 10/6/18: XC Meet at TBD - Saturday 10/9/18: Girls BBall vs. Oakfield (4pm) 10/10/18: XC at Oakfield (4pm) 10/11/18: Girls BBall vs. Brandon (4pm); Football vs. Princeton (5pm)
10/12/18: Mosquito Hill Field Trip (ALL DAY - 7th Grade); Movie Night (7pm) 10/13/18: Movie Night (2pm and 7pm) 10/14/18: Movie Night (2pm) 10/16/18: Girls BBall vs. Springs (4pm) 10/17/18: Food and Snack Convention (9:30am) 10/18/18: Girls Bball at Waupun (4pm) 10/19/18: END OF TERM 1
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads.
October 2018
● BAMS School Goals for 2018-19: ● LITERACY: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by
classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ Literature in Action: Reading Plus used as Tier 1 Instructional Tool for all 6th graders throughout the year. Nine-week course. ■ Literacy Intervention: 18-week course for identified Tier 2 students in reading. Uses Reading Plus. ■ IXL: Tier 1 Reading Instructional Tool for 6th graders, given during Communication Skills classes. ■ Book Fair: raised over 700 of Scholastic Bucks, which will translate to at least 500 books for ■ SSW/SSR/NESTING survey distributed to staff
● MATH: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by
classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ STAR Renaissance Accelerated Math Intervention as Tier 1 tool for all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Given during Math classes. ■ Mrs. Gross 8th Hour Math Intervention Class for 30 students identified as Tier 2. ■ NEW: Mr. Smit 8th Hour Math Study Hall (non-intervention students)
● SCHOOL CULTURE: Create a Culture that Promotes Social and Emotional Well Being
■ Discipline Outlook: ● 82% of students at BAMS have not earned any discipline referrals for 2018-19. ● 92% of students at BAMS have earned 0-1 discipline referrals for 2018-19.
■ Middle School Kindness Challenge: Starts November 1st. All 17 Nest Teachers have signed up. ■ School Beautification Committee
● Meeting on October 26th to discuss new projects ■ A Part of BAMS 2018: Fall 2018 Student Engagement Survey
● 93% look forward to coming to BAMS ● 88% feel accepted by other students ● 86% feel understood by people at BAMS ● 81% feel respected by students at BAMS ● 85% feel connected to adults at BAMS ● 84% feel that teachers are really interested in their answer when asked how they are doing. ● 69% feel that teachers are interested in what they do outside of class. ● 77% feel that teachers would show concern if they walked into school upset. ● 82% of students attend any after-school events at BAMS.
■ Good Standing Policy: Students with Loss of Good Standing: 15 for behaviors/33 for grades. ■ Positive Oriole Referrals: TOTAL - 246 for 158 students. 48% of our students have had a POR so far. ■ Cell Phone Policy: Only two violations this year. ■ Attendance:
● 146 students with perfect attendance - 44% of student body
● 232 students with no tardies - 70% of student body
● LIFE, COLLEGE, and CAREER READINESS: All students at BAMS will participate in activities that will improve their life, college, and career readiness.
■ BAMS School Counseling Website ■ Girls on the Run ■ Dream It, Be It Conference: FdL Soroptimists ■ Career Connections Academy at MPTC via ENVISION FdL ■ Lemonade Day - 6th Grade via ENVISION FdL ■ Food and Snack Convention - 8th Grade (Term 1):
● Best Product - Joshua Guzman-Gutierrez (Joshua's Mexican Tacos) ● Best Marketing Materials - Taylor Lotz (Taylz Traditional Desserts) ● Best Table & Display - Taylor Lotz (Taylz Traditional Desserts) ● Best Sales Pitch - Brooklyn Haendel (Brooklyn's Bakery) ● Best Overall - Taylor Lotz (Taylz Traditional Desserts)
● Parent Communication:
● Skyward Emails: ● BAMS Family Newsletter - October ● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments here. 136,000 + views since inception. ● BAMS Live Student Announcement Slides
● Professional Development:
○ October 26th - Inservice Agenda
● Orange Frog and Celebrations ○ BAMS BAND at FISERV FORUM: Bessie Allen Band Students to Perform at December 5 Milwaukee Bucks Game! Wednesday, December 5 at the
new Fiserv Forum! Tickets are $23/per. Possible Gold Star Coach Bus. Contact Information: Mike Fedyszyn - Phone: (920) 929-3754 ext. 4107 or E-Mail: [email protected]
○ GIRLS BB: With a record of 11-1, our 7th grade Girls Basketball Team won the MS Flyway Conference Championship! ○ BAMS FB: With a record of 8-0, our 7th/8th grade Football Team finished with an unblemished record for the 2018 season! ○ XC: The Boys Team won the Flyway Conference Championship Meet! The Girls Team placed 3rd! ○ STUDENT EXPERIENCES CLUB (SEC): Will help form 6 new clubs at BAMS. Have organized at least 7 concessions stands at District athletic events
so far this year. They also have worked on: Oriole Way Activity feedback, welcoming students back to school, setting up for Book Fair, and Friday Spirit Days. Members: Isabelle Chamberlin; Sarai Godinez; Ayden Fowler; Jozzlin Biddle; Anna Bledsoe; and Abby Cowling. We added several sixth graders as well. These students are: Alexander Barrera, Brisa Hernandez, Jeb McDowell, Jameson Toman, Kelsey Forsythe, and Kenadie Balthazor
○ NURTURING NEST: Shelves, paint, and flooring are done. Still accepting donations prior to Grand Opening. ○ Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
Important Dates:
10/23/18: Dream It, Be It Conference 10/24/18: 7th Grade Field Trip (Mosquito Hill) 10/25/18: END OF TERM CELEBRATION (1:30p) 10/26/18: Inservice Day - NO SCHOOL 10/30/18: Boys BBALL at Oakfield (4:15pm) 10/31/18: Halloween Dance (3pm-5pm)
11/9/18: Veterans Day Program at HMHS PAC (9:30am) 11/9/18: District EL Family Night at HMHS Commons (4:30pm) 11/21-23/18: THANKSGIVING BREAK 11/26/18: Board of Education Meeting (7pm)
11/28/18: End of Mid-Quarter 2 11/29/18: NFdL Fire Department - Fire Prevention Presentation in Gym (10am) Demonstration at 11:00 am - 11:38 am. 11/30/18: Mid-Quarter 2 Grades Due
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads.
November 2018
● BAMS School Goals for 2018-19: ● LITERACY: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by
classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ STAR One-Year Growth: 2017-18: Reading: 127 students, or 47% of students tested, made one year's growth. ■ STAR Reading: Fall 2018
● 315 students took the assessment. ● Average Raw Score: 704 Average Grade Level: 6.1 ● Average Percentile Rank: 34th ● Instructional Reading Level (IRL): 5.4 ● Average Lexile: 895 ● 39% of students are below 25th percentile ● 27% of students are 25th-49th percentile ● 22.5% of students are 50th-74th percentile ● 11.4% of students are above 75th percentile
● MATH: Eighty percent (80%) of students in grades 6-8 will attain proficiency in a predetermined priority standard as chosen and assessed by
classroom teachers at least three times throughout the course of the school year. ■ STAR One Year Growth - Math: 169 students, or 65% of students tested, made one year's growth. ■ STAR Math: Fall 2018
● 305 students have taken the assessment so far. ● Average Raw Score: 731 Average Grade Level: 6.2 ● Average Percentile Rank: 42nd ● 30% of students are below 25th percentile ● 28% of students are 25th-49th percentile ● 24% of students are 50th-74th percentile ● 18% of students are above 75th percentile
● GRADES: End of Term 1
■ 6th Grade: 8 Fs from 5 students. ■ 7th Grade: 16 Fs from 11 students. ■ 8th Grade: 26 Fs from 12 students. ■ 301 students (91%) did not fail any classes for Term 1.
● HONOR ROLL: Term 1
■ 8th Grade: 66 Students ■ 7th Grade: 68 Students ■ 6th Grade: 70 Students
● SCHOOL CULTURE: Create a Culture that Promotes Social and Emotional Well Being
■ Discipline Outlook: ● 73% of students at BAMS have not earned any discipline referrals for 2018-19. ● 86% of students at BAMS have earned 0-1 discipline referrals for 2018-19.
■ Middle School Kindness Challenge: All 17 Nest Teachers have signed up. Working on these activities during Nesting. ■ School Beautification Committee: Will start projects over Thanksgiving Break. ■ Good Standing Policy: Students with Loss of Good Standing: 107 total for either grades, attendance, or behaviors. ■ Positive Oriole Referrals: TOTAL - 322 for 206 students. 63% of our students have had at least one so far this year. ■ Cell Phone Policy: Only two violations this year. ■ Attendance:
● 104 students with perfect attendance: 32% of student body ● 184 students with no tardies: 56% of student body
● LIFE, COLLEGE, and CAREER READINESS: All students at BAMS will participate in activities that will improve their life, college, and career
readiness. ■ BAMS School Counseling Website ■ Girls on the Run ■ Dream It, Be It Conference: FdL Soroptimists ■ Career Connections Academy at MPTC via ENVISION FdL ■ Lemonade Day - 6th Grade via ENVISION FdL ■ Food and Snack Convention - 8th Grade
● Safety:
● BAMS EMERGENCY TEXT GROUP - REMIND APP: For your laptop or desktop, click on the link below. You will add a little information, and it will include you in Brandon Switz's "Class" BAMS Emergency Group. On your phone and laptop, search for the "Remind:School" app, add it onto your phone, and login. It is recommended having it on all of your electronic devices. To sign up for BAMS Emergency Group notifications, please visit: https://www.remind.com/join/bamsem
● Parent Communication:
● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments here. 137,000 + views since inception. ● BAMS Live Student Announcement Slides
● Orange Frog and Celebrations
○ BAMS BAND at FISERV FORUM: Bessie Allen Band Students to Perform at Wednesday, December 5 Milwaukee Bucks Game! ○ NURTURING NEST: Shelves, paint, and flooring are done. Grand Opening after Thanksgiving Break! Always accepting donations. ○ STUDENT EXPERIENCES CLUB (SEC): Here is the student roster so far: Isabelle Chamberlin; Sarai Godinez; Ayden Fowler; Jozzlin Biddle; Anna
Bledsoe; and Abby Cowling. We added several sixth graders as well. These students are: Alexander Barrera, Brisa Hernandez, Jeb McDowell, Jameson Toman, Kelsey Forsythe, and Kenadie Balthazor
○ NEW CLUBS AT BAMS: SEC will also initiate the formation of these new clubs at BAMS: Dance Club; Art club; Talk about life club; Fortnite Club; Debate club; Soccer club; Chess club; Lacrosse club; Cooking club, and Fishing club.
○ ORIOLE WAY READING AND WRITING: BAMS will be highlighted for a future school success story from the WI RtI Center's social media and/or newsletters regarding our Oriole Way Reading and Writing Frameworks.
○ VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY: Thank you to Mr. Mark Kramer and Mr. John Kleinmaus for being our guests at our annual assembly earlier this month. We donated some goods for soldiers stationed overseas, wrote them some letters, and listened to a emotionally stirring speech regarding the importance of respecting the American flag.
○ BACKPACK BUDDIES: BAMS students donated 12 baskets of Oatmeal, mac-and-cheese, and juice boxes to ELC’s program. ○ SERVICE LEAGUE GRANT: We were awarded $1500 by the Service League of FdL. $750 will go to the Nurturing Nest and $750 will be earmarked
to the BAMS Activities Fund. ○ NEW HIRE: Donna Perry will be the new aide in the ID Room (#104). She starts this week. ○ KOHL's FELLOWSHIP READER: Mike Fedyszyn has been selected to be a reader for these awards. ○ ELL FAMILY NIGHT: Two Fridays ago, the ELL department held their first district wide ELL Thanksgiving, inviting families to bring a favorite dish
from their culture. We had a variety of cultures represented. Approximately 130 people came out to celebrate the holiday with us and share some delicious dishes. We had authentic beverages, snacks, and entrees! They didn't stay on the tables very long at all! Moraine Park representatives also made an appearance to share services they offer for Spanish speaking families.
○ CONGRATULATIONS TO KAYLA SCHMITTING (nee: Detert): She got married this weekend! ○ Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
Important Dates:
11/27/18: Boys Basketball vs. Mayville (4pm) 11/28/18: End of Mid-Quarter 2 11/29/18: NFdL Fire Department - Fire Prevention Presentation in Gym (10am) and Demonstration at 11:00 am - 11:38 am. 11/29/18: Boys Basketball @ Campbellsport (4pm) 11/30/18: Mid-Quarter 2 Grades Due 12/4/18: Boys Basketball vs. Oakfield (4pm)
12/5/18: BAMS Band at FiServ Forum (7pm) 12/6/18: Geo Bee at DMR (1:15pm) 12/6/18: Boys Basketball @ Brandon (4pm) 12/7-9/18: Movie Nights (7-9:30pm; 2-4:30pm) 12/11/18: Boys Basketball vs. Springs (4pm) 12/13/18: Boys Basketball @ Waupun (4pm) 12/17/18: BOE Meeting in DMR (7pm) 12/24/18 to 1/1/19: WINTER BREAK
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads. December 2018
● Orange Frog and Celebrations ○ TARGET GRANT: Adam Micke has been selected as a tentative recipient of a 2019 Target Field Trip Grant in the amount of $700! ○ YMCA GIVING TREE: This year the YMCA will be selling candy canes for $1 that members and staff can purchase , then hang on their Giving Tree
to support the wild fire assistance needed in California! Thank you to Theresa Galligan, her husband Keith Amundson, and Greg Giles for making this possible! We raised over $200 for this cause at BAMS alone.
○ BAMS IN ACTION: This is a picture slideshow to be displayed on the flat screen TV located in the main BAMS hallway. ○ WISCONSIN HERD: This organization (Bucks affiliate in Gatorade League) invited us to perform the National Anthem in a game. Talks pending. ○ BUILDERS CLUB: We are working with FdL Kiwanis to establish a Builders Club at BAMS. ○ WINTER CHORAL AND BAND CONCERTS: Congratulations to Mr. Fedyszyn, Mr. Rasmussen, and BAMS music students for the wonderful
performances on display this past Wednesday night. ○ RTI NEWSLETTER: The WI RtI Center will be using Bessie Allen as a School Success Story that will be on their new website starting in January and
also on a newsletter that is sent out to districts. Thank you to all staff for your continued work in the area of literacy development for our students.
○ HMHS ELL FAMILY NIGHT: Took place on December 14th in the BAMS Cafeteria. There were over 20 families that planned this event with Mr. Chavez. Turnout was amazing!
○ DAY OF SERVICE will take place on 12/21/18 (Friday). ○ DAZE BASKETBALL returns to BAMS for the 3rd straight year on May 2nd, 2019! ○ BAMS is part of the Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors Program, which will have weekly communications about timely climate-related themes. ○ Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
● Life, College, and Career Readiness: ○ Discipline Outlook: 70% of students with 0 referrals; 84% with 0-1 discipline referrals for 2018-19. ○ Positive Oriole Referrals: 65 % of our students have had at least one so far this year. ○ Cell Phone Policy: Only four violations this year. ○ Attendance: 32% of student body with perfect attendance; 56% with no tardies. ○ Upcoming Field Trips: Career Connections Academy (CCA) for 7th and 8th Grades on January 8th and 9th. ○ ACP Lesson Plans: will be delivered on January and February.
● Parent Communication ○ Oriole Way Family Newsletter for December has over 232 views. ○ BAMS Homework Page has over 140,000 views as of this date. This is a new, updated webpage.
Important Dates:
12/24/18 - 1/1/19: WINTER BREAK - NO SCHOOL 1/8/19: . 8th Grade Food and Snack Convention 1/8/19: 7th Grade at Career Connections Academy (CCA) 1/9/19: 8th Grade at CCA 1/10/19: Pep Assembly - End of Term 2 Celebration 1/11/19: NO SCHOOL - Inservice
1/11-13/19: Oriole Theatre Weekend 1/16/19: 8th Grade Orientation at HMHS (6pm) 1/22/19: Spelling Bee at PAC(12pm) 1/24/19: A. Sadoff Superintendent of the Year Luncheon 1/27/19: Board of Education Meeting (7pm) 1/29/18: Milwaukee Symphonic Field Trip for Band/Choir Students
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads.
January 2019
Orange Frog and Celebrations ● 6th GRADE BAND: The 6th Grade Band has been invited by the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association to perform as part of
its Capitol Concerts series! After an application process completed earlier in the year, we have been invited to perform on Wednesday, March 13 at 12:00pm inside the rotunda at the State Capitol Building in Madison. This performance is in conjunction with National Music in our Schools Month; only 10 school music ensembles from across the state (including our 6th Grade Band) have been chosen to perform on various days throughout the month of March in Madison.
● BAMS IN ACTION PICTURES: Just an update that our BAMS in Action photo slideshow is up & running on the hallway monitor! ● DODGEBALL FOR HEART: Here is more information on the BAMS fundraiser - https://goo.gl/Xe4oUa ● Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter.
SLO Updates:
Literacy (based on STAR Scores): ● 6th Grade: 47% at Grade Level or Above (up +12%) ● FWD: 28% At or Above Benchmarks (+8% from Fall) ● 7th Grade: 40% at Grade Level or Above (up by +10%) ● FWD: 36% At or Above Benchmarks (+7% from Fall) ● 8th Grade: 40% at Grade Level or Above (up by +6%) ● FWD: 38% At or Above Benchmarks (+5% from Fall)
Math (based on STAR Scores): ● 6th Grade: 65% at Grade Level or Above (up by +18%) ● FWD: 23% At or Above Benchmarks (+12% from Fall) ● 7th Grade: 42% at Grade Level or Above (up by +3%) ● FWD: 15% At or Above Benchmarks (up by +2%) ● 8th Grade: 44% at Grade Level or Above (up by +3%) ● FWD: 9% At or Above Benchmarks (+1% from Fall)
● Individual Teacher SLO Progress:
Lee Skaar - 6th Grade: Reading Informational Texts and Inferencing Growth Data:
● 78% have shown increase in STAR and Classroom Assessment (missed by one student) and 80%+ have shown increase in STAR and Classroom Assessment
● Strategies; Highlighting text; identify main idea; high fives.
Adam Micke and Todd Whittaker: Writing-based goal focusing on organization, grammar, and context clues. There was a 72% improvement on their second assessment which included terms like: claim, introduction, body, conclusion, supporting facts, examples and details, audience, purpose (which all were tied especially to the 7th Grade Power Standards). Strategies:
Julie Skaer and Theresa Galligan - 8th Grade: Writing-based goal focusing on elaboration, citing text evidence, and using complete, varied sentence structure among shared students. Growth Data:
● 46% in Elaboration and 77% in Sentences
● Strategies: Practice, practice, practice. Using questions to guide students to write better, complete sentences. Analyzing pictures, cartoons to gather evidence. Discussion-based thinking and collaboration to build upon others’ viewpoints. No Red Ink (tool) used to have students practice and master skills at own pace.
Mikki Detert: Mid-year results of STAR Math scores showed that only 2 students did not improve. Strategies: Moving forward - encouraging students to expand content knowledge and move through more complex information. Notebooks - step by step instructions provided already. Talking through problem steps with teacher. Accelerated Math - daily practice for 10-15 minutes. LIT IN ACTION: 77% of 2nd Term Students in this 6th Grade class met gains during the past nine weeks. 13% increase in students making Proficiency Level (16%); 20% increase in students making Comprehension Level (23%); 16% increase at making Vocabulary Level (71%); and 6% increase in making Reading Rate (16%).
BellRinger, Foldables, Give Me 5’s, “Cloud Trees”
Other Data:
● Discipline: ● 429 total referrals for 2018-19. ● 68% of students at BAMS have not earned any discipline referrals for 2018-19. ● 81% of students at BAMS have earned 0-1 discipline referrals for 2018-19. ● Top-5 Categories: 1. Disruption 2. Defiance. 3. Language; 4. Technology Violation; 5. Physical Contact/Aggression/Fighting ● 75% in classroom; 14% in Hallways; 4% in Cafeteria. ● Tuesdays (29%) and Mondays (21%) are days with most referrals written. ● 6th Grade: 51%; 7th Grade: 21%; 8th Grade: 28% ● There are 40 students with 3 or more referrals. This is 12% of total student population and accounted for 80% of total BAMS incidents.
● Positive Office Referrals: 456 for 225 students. 67% of our students have had a POR so far. ● Enrollment: 335 Total - up by 20% in the last 2.5 years.
■ 6th Grade: 115. 7th Grade: 111. 8th Grade: 109 ● Attendance:
● 82 students with 5 or more excused: 24% of student body ● 26 students with 10 or more excused: 8% of student body ● 43 students with 1 or more unexcused: 13% of students ● 7 students with 5 or more unexcused: 2% of students ● 36 students w/3+ tardies - last two weeks: 11% of students ● 64 students with perfect attendance (no tardies; no absences): 19% of student body ● 82 students with no tardies: 24% of student body
Life, Career, and College Readiness
○ ACP Lesson Plans: will be delivered on January and February.
Parent Communication ○ BAMS Homework Page has over 140,000 views as of this date. This is a new, updated webpage.
Important Dates:
1/29/19: Milwaukee Symphonic Field Trip for Band/Choir Students 2/1/19: Dodgeball AHA Event (Special Assembly Schedule) 2/8/19: 8th Grade Ski Trip (ALL DAY) 2/8-10/19: Oriole Movie Nights 2/11/19: Parent-Teacher Conference (3pm-7pm) and Book Fair 2/12/19: End of Mid-Term 3
2/13/19: Parent-Teacher Conferences (3pm-6:30pm) and Book Fair 2/14/19: School Dance (Details TBD) 2/18/19: No School - Presidents Day Inservice Day at Neenah 2/22/19: 7th Grade Ski Trip (ALL DAY) 2/22-24/19: Oriole Movie Night 2/25/19: Board Meeting (7pm)
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated.
Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads. February 2019
Orange Frog and Celebrations
● AHA DODGEBALL FUNDRAISER: Thanks to Oriole Leaders and their work, we raised over $500 for the American Heart Association: ● BAMS ROBOTICS: All three teams made it to the State Championship on March 2nd in MKE. ● BAMS DANCE: We had another successful dance this past Friday. With hundreds of students in attendance and an electronic check-in ticket purchasing
system, there were several positives to celebrate. Thanks to Theresa Galligan, Royal Smit (and wife Michelle); Beth Stroede, Jane Lueck (parent), and Jamie Williams (parent) for supervision and set up assistance. Over $300 raised for
● BAMS BOOK FAIR: Despite many obstacles, we sold over $450 in books and other materials to earn approximately 150 Scholastic Bucks that will go towards the purchase of new books for our classroom libraries. We have about 900 Scholastic Bucks to spend in total.
● BAND PERFORMANCE - TOUCHSTONE: 8 Band students performed at Touchstone as part of the Christmas Idol contest sponsored by Sunny 97.7. More details forthcoming in an email.
● ONAWAY SCHOLARSHIPS: Congratulations to 6th Graders Anthony Nguyen & Elizabeth Schneider. They have won a FREE week at Camp Onaway this summer!
● 6th GRADE BAND: The 6th Grade Band has been invited by the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association to perform as part of its Capitol Concerts series! After an application process completed earlier in the year, we have been invited to perform on Wednesday, March 13 at 12:00pm inside the rotunda at the State Capitol Building in Madison. This performance is in conjunction with National Music in our Schools Month; only 10 school music ensembles from across the state (including our 6th Grade Band) have been chosen to perform on various days throughout the month of March in Madison.
● BAMS IN ACTION PICTURES: Just an update that our BAMS in Action photo slideshow is up & running on the hallway monitor! ● YMCA FREE 3-MONTH PASS DRAWINGS: We will be holding a drawing soon for one lucky student at each grade for the chance to win a 3-month FREE
YMCA Family Pass. This opportunity was afforded to us by Greg Giles, director of FdL YMCA, after a successful fundraising partnership to benefit the firefighters and schools of Paradise, CA.
● SKI TRIPS: 7th and 8th Grade Students had wonderful times at their respective ski trips this past month. ● BAND: 100 Band Students had a great experience at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra this week. ● Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
Attendance
● 52 students with perfect attendance (no tardies; no absences): 16% of student body ● 73 students with no tardies: 22% of student body.
Oriole Way ● 67% of students (224) at BAMS have not earned any discipline referrals for 2018-19. ● 80% of students at BAMS have earned 0-1 discipline referrals for 2018-19. ● There are 41 students with 3 or more referrals. This is 12% of total student population and accounted for 80% of total BAMS incidents. ● Positive Office Referrals: 516 for 241 students. 72% of our students have had a POR so far.
Forward Exam - Testing Schedule - 2019
Parent Communication ● BAMS Homework Page - Parents can access assignments due dates here.
● 8th Grade ATODA Survey Letters sent last week for surveys being completed on 2/26/19.
Educator Effectiveness
● 47% of all elements are done for BAMS with 19% in progress. ● Mr. Gonzalez has conducted all but 5 classroom visits (2 teachers).
Career, College, and Life Readiness:
● ACP Lesson Plans almost completed in SSW/SSR. Important Dates:
2/26/19: Girls VB (4:15pm at HMHS Gym) 3/4/19: 2:45 pm End Time BEGINS 3/4/19: Girls VB (4:15pm at HMHS Gym) 3/7/19: Girls VB (4:15pm at HMHS Gym) 3/8-10/19: Oriole Movie Night 3/12-13/19: Possible Bridging Brighter Smiles Visits 3/12/19: Girls VB (4:15pm at HMHS Gym)
3/13/19: 6th Grade Band at Madison Capitol 3/15/19: End of Term 3 and WI Herd Teacher Appreciation Night (7pm) 3/18/19: Forward Exam Window OPENS 3/19/19: Girls VB (4:15pm at HMHS Gym) 3/20/19: Term 3 Grades DUE 3/25-29/19: SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!! 4/1/19: Board Meeting in DMR at 7pm (rescheduled from March)
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads. March 2019
Orange Frog and Celebrations ● Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
Oriole Way Parent Communication
● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments due dates here. It has been accessed over 126,000 times Educator Effectiveness Forward Exam Career, College, and Life Readiness: Important Dates:
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads. April 2019
Orange Frog and Celebrations ● Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter
Oriole Way
Educator Effectiveness
Forward Exam/DLM Parent Communication
● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments due dates here. Career, College, and Life Readiness: Literacy Important Dates:
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads.
May 2019 Orange Frog and Celebrations
● Many celebrations and updates not included here are on District's Facebook and Twitter Oriole Way
Educator Effectiveness Parent Communication
● Homework Page - Parents can access assignments due dates here. Career, College, and Life Readiness: Literacy Important Dates:
BAMS Events Calendar has latest updates on all events associated with our school. It is constantly being updated. Daily Announcements are now live/online at our District Webpage. We posted this update on FB and Twitter as well. Students can view on TVs at BAMS or iPads.
DISTRICT GOALS Horace Mann BUILDING SLO Professional Practice Cornerstones
District Goals ● Maximize Student Learning in Literacy
for ALL ● Provide High Quality Instruction for
ALL - Focus: Feedback ● Promote a Happy Culture for ALL
It is not enough for students to have resilience and perseverance - we need to add meaning and help create happy (positively engaged) humans - being Happy is a life advantage!
GOAL:
HMHS SLO Building SLO: By the end of the 2017-18 school
year, 100% of the class of 2018 will be Career
Ready, and the percentage of students who meet
College Readiness requirements will increase
from 42% to 52%.
By the end of the 18-19 school year, 100% of the
class of 2019 will be Career Ready, and the
percentage of students who meet College
Readiness requirements will increase from 52%
to 60%.
● Improving Literacy (Reading/Writing)
● Learning Targets ● Level of Questioning ● PLCs and SSTs
● Classroom Management
○ Co-Teaching ○ Oriole Way
● Orange Frog (Positive
Emotional State)
January Board meeting September-December Board Notes Wednesday, February 20th all of our juniors took the ACT. We have done what we
could to prepare them including providing breakfast for all, a snack during testing,
small testing rooms, the ACT prep course, taking a practice ACT and of course what
happens daily in classrooms.
We sent out a parentlink reminder of our day and even with the weather this am were
grateful all but 3 students are here.
On Thursday our students will take the Work Keys assessment and others came in to
school at 11:35.
A huge thank you to our proctors, counselors Jenny and Jill for boxing everything up
and to Linda for helping us organize everything-truly a team effort. Thank you to
Aramark for feeding our kids breakfast and snacks both days.
We will share results with the Board when we receive them.
Schedule
Bessie Allen Middle School is looking at making changes to the daily schedule.
HMHS reps will meet with BA staff Thursday after school. We have a new schedule
to add the 10 minutes for the rest of the school year. We have added minutes to each
class to end at 2:45 starting March 4th.
Course Description Booklet Course Description Book 19-20
A great group of 10 young men represented Oriole Nation in amazing fashion this weekend taking 2nd place out of 100 teams at the 2019
WIFA State Championship held on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, WI! There were over 900 high school anglers competing in this
event!!
Our guys worked together to near perfection, catching a total of 38 out of 40 possible fish over 5 different fish required fish species. Our
team totaled 392" of fish caught today!!
If you see or know these gentlemen please congratulate them on a great tournament: Wyatt Ziemer, Coltin Lamb, Dakota Krupp, Conor
Noble, Sam Strobel, Zack Wendt, Chayse Wegner, Conner Mendleskey, Nolan Stark and Brady Now!
Fishing Team taking 2nd place at the WIFA State Championship in La Crosse!
Pulaski was first with 402" of fish and we were second with 392". Our team executed the game plan perfectly and scored 38 out of a possible
40 fish on our scorecard (most of any team in the tournament). We had a Northern Pike bite off one of our lines with 20 minutes to go that
would have won us the tournament!
A special highlight was sophomore Zack Wendt catching a 20.25" Largemouth Bass, which was the biggest Bass caught in the tournament.
Keep in mind there was over 850 students participating in the State Championship!
Team members (no Seniors!! so we have a great team that will be back next year too!!) : Captains Coltin Lamb, Wyatt Ziemer and Dakota
Krupp.....also Conor Noble, Sam Strobel, Zack Wendt, Chayse Wegner, Conner Mendleskey, Nolan Stark and Brady Now.
Overall this was our team's FOURTH TOP THREE finish in a tournament event this year, which includes two 2nd place finishes, a 3rd
place and a 1st place win at Pewaukee Lake on February 9th!!
Our Fishing Team features outstanding kids that do a tremendous job of representing our team, school and community! I truly believe we
are seen and considered by many others to be one of the top teams in the State!
We still have a few events yet this year, but this weekend tops what has already been an incredible season that has seen us compete in five
different tournaments and we have finished in the top 3 in FOUR of these events!
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone in our district that supports our NF Fishing Club! We truly appreciate it!
Congratulations to our 4 wrestlers advancing to STATE!
Andrew Forsythe Dalton Fritch Lane Fritch Marcus Orlandoni
Robotics!
Although our High School teams didn't compete this weekend, team 1032A HM Technical Knockout, with Austin Hamer, Matt Miller, Dawson Miller, Kaden Vosekuil and also 1032Z HM HM WININ8NEZ with Malachi Benzel, Bryce Barber, and Tayler Schumacher received an invite to the High School State competition on March 1st and 2nd. Good luck to our Robotics teams!!!
Our grand total to five Lady Orioles going to the State Competition on March 2nd held
in Appleton at the new Convention Center.
Madelyn Leavitt
Roshani Patel
Ana McCourt
Arizona Scharpf
Olivia Freiberg
Please congratulate these ladies as they work to prepare for the state meet! (Ana
McCourt not pictured)
Congratulations to our Girls Basketball team on their win over Ripon Tuesday night.
Girls will play Laconia at Laconia on Friday night at 7pm 2-22-2019.
PLC teams continue working together on curriculum, supporting students and
individual needs and reviewing needs of their department. Staff members will share a
report at the end of the year of their PLC(department) meeting notes and goals.
Summer school-at this point we will offer Odysseyware as a credit recovery for our
students this summer. Ryan Lyle will monitor/work with students to complete their
credits.
Congratulations to Tom and Cindy Mauthe on the birth of their child, Miss Mabel Jean Mauthe! Born Monday February 11th, 8.7 lbs, 21 inches, and a whole head of hair!
Here is our updated Homeroom guide. Homeroom 2018-19
Upcoming Dates: February 23rd Vocal Solo Ensemnble February 26th 10-11 ATOD survey; CAPP field trip to UW-Oshkosh February 27th AMHE training day March 2nd Instrumental Solo Ensemble March 1-3rd Mash-come and see our play with some great students. 7pm nightly and 2pm on Sunday. March 6th Broadway Trip Band/Choir all day March 12th ACT make up date-4 students need to make this up April 3rd ASVAB testing April 6th PROM at Whispering Springs April 12-13th Choral Cabaret May 17th last day seniors May 19th Graduation 1pm seniors class of 2019
“Working Together for the Success of All”
BOARD MEETING REPORT by Chris Schultz, Director of Student Services
DISTRICT GOALS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE CORNERSTONES
Maximize Student Learning in Literacy for ALL Provide High Quality Instruction for ALL Focus: Feedback to Students Promote a Happy Culture for ALL District Instructional Focus Areas: Not what we are teaching, but what students are learning. Differentiation = Responding to Student Needs. Data = Any Information About a Student
Our conversations and actions will center on maximizing learning for all students. Through the use of research-based professional educational practices and collaboration, we will make decisions that ensure all students will learn to be effective and independent problem solvers, critical thinkers, lifelong learners and positive community members.
February 2019
Early Learning Center
The 4K programs (Treffert, Arts for Kids and Advocap) will be hosting Registration for 4K on March 14 from 6:00 - 7:00 at the Early
Learning Center. Parents are invited to attend and complete paperwork, tour the facility, and ask questions. In order to register a child, two
pieces of information must be provided: the child’s birth/baptismal certificate and proof of residency. Refreshments and child care will be
provided. Questions can be directed to Kim Sales, special education secretary and ELC receptionist, at 920-929-3762.
Bessie Allen Middle School and Horace Mann High School
The Horace Mann special education staff gathered as a team following ACT testing on Wednesday, February 20 in the library. The group
enjoyed lunch together and participated in a team building activity, Totem, focused on discovering personal strengths through the eyes of
others. Following the activity, the group toured the Friendship Learning Center special education program offerings. The purpose of the tour
was to grow understanding and gain perspective of the district continuum of services beginning at the elementary level. When we look at
the big picture, it reinforces the philosophy that “we are better together.”
The administrative team, specialists, teachers and paraprofessionals are engaging in conversations regarding our NFDL Continuum of
Services. As we grow as a district, this continuum will fluctuate with varying needs of the students we serve. The purpose of this living
document is to serve as a starting point with the understanding that it is tool to capture and assess current and potential needs.
CCOT is hosting a Q&A session for parents of children with disabilities nearing the transition from high school to adulthood from 9:00 -
10:30AM on March 30 at the Department of Community Programs located at 459 East First Street, Fond du Lac. A continental breakfast will
be provided. There are many changes and resources available that many parents may not know about. The goal is to help families navigate
confidently through the transition process. Any questions can be directed to Angie Liner, ADRC, at 920-929-3460 or Mrs. Weigandt, Horace
Mann special education teacher, at 920-929-3740.
Special thanks to Jana Weigandt for creating and sharing the February Special Education Newsletter with Horace Mann students and
families!
Learning for Independence 18-21 Program at MPTC
LFI Tours will be offered on Tuesday, April 2 at 1:00PM and Thursday, April 4 at 10:30AM at MPTC. Special education teachers, students
and families are invited to attend and will have an opportunity to learn about the LFI program, ask questions, sit in on a class and take a tour
of the campus. The LFI application for 2019-2020 was shared with Fond du Lac area special education directors who will pass this along
to secondary special education teachers. The application is completed with the student, special education teacher and parent/guardian.
Applications will be considered in the order they are received on a first come basis. The deadline for applying is June 1.
Department of Teaching And Learning
School District of North Fond du Lac
February 2019
February At-A-Glance ● 6-12 Curriculum and Instruction Work
○ Continued work with deconstructing priority standards and creation of proficiency scales for ELA and Math
○ Working with 6-12 administration to determine next content areas to continue curriculum work with - music, PE, and school counseling have been recommended
● Conducted classroom visits across the district for various content areas ● Sharing appreciation and reflective feedback with teaching staff across the district ● Completed ACCESS testing and finalized DPI compliance for this state
assessment ● Continued setup for K-12 state alternate assessment (Dynamic Learning Maps) ● Attended Gifted and Talented Network meeting ● Provided staff training for Wisconsin Forward Exam ● Provided staff training with eduCLIMBER ● Collaborated with Treffert Way curriculum team ● Participated on District Technology Committee meeting ● Participated on District Compensation Committee meeting ● Participated on CESA 6 Curriculum/Instruction Advisory Team ● Analyzed area district’s compensation model and provided feedback to district
level team ● Working with National PBIS organization (APBS) & the Northwest PBIS Network
on academics under the PBIS framework ● Collaboration with area GT coordinators ● Analyzed federal accountability reports for the district and each building ● Delivered educator licensing updates and support ● Maintained and updated district academic data and district historical academic
data
Teaching and Learning School District of North Fond du Lac Adam Broten, Director
● Met the curricular, instructional, and assessment needs of the district through various tasks, collaboration opportunities, and work throughout the month
Upcoming Work
● Prepare for current and upcoming state assessments ● Administer CogAT testing for grades 3-12 ● Continue curricular work with district ELA, math, science, and social studies teams ● Deliver ongoing professional development of eduCLIMBER for grades 6-12 ● Deliver learning/understanding of grading for learning for grades 6-12 to district
committee ● Collaborate with various 6-12 content area teams to further continue promoting
clarity of what we expect students to learn and how we know they are learning ● Support 6-12 professional development plan for the 2019-20 school year ● Analyze district benchmark data for winter
Teaching and Learning School District of North Fond du Lac Adam Broten, Director
