Transcript State of the School

Welcome to Back to School Night
State of the School
Schedule for this evening
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7:00-7:30
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1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
5th Period
6th Period
7th Period
0 Period (Early Bird)
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General Meeting
State of the School Address
7:35-7:41
7:46-7:52
7:57-8:03
8:08-8:14
8:19-8:25
8:30-8:36
8:41-8:47
8:52-8:58
Purpose & Overview
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Present school information.
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Update our community on our progress.
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Introduce teachers, staff, and administrators.
Albemarle County Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan 2005 -2009
Vision:
All learners believe in their power to
embrace learning, to excel, and to
own their future.
Mission:
The Albemarle County Schools’
core purpose is to establish a
community of learners and learning,
through rigor, relevance, and relationships,
one student at a time.
Strategic Plan Goals
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Prepare all students to succeed as members of a global
community and in a global economy.
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Eliminate the Achievement Gap.
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Recruit, retain and develop a diverse cadre of the highest
quality teaching personnel, staff, and administrators.
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Achieve recognition as a world class educational system.
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Establish efficient systems for development, allocation
and alignment of resources to support the Division’s
vision, mission, and goals.
WAHS School Improvement Plan
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Create collaborative teams committed to
continuous improvement as our
fundamental school improvement
structure.
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Eliminate the achievement gap and
increase student access to and
participation in more rigorous curriculum.
(School Improvement Goal)
Western Albemarle HS Actions
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Focus on processes that improve the
school’s climate and community.
(School Improvement Goal)
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Strengthen our communications with
students, parents, staff, and larger
community to include feeder pattern
schools and higher education.
(School Improvement Goal)
Our School opened in 1977 with
1150 students.
Today 1053
Our School
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Located on 75 acres of land
Renovations in 1996-97, 2004 & 2007
6 Learning Cottages
Very well-maintained by our custodial
staff and ACPS Building Services
Leadership students, work-study
students, and community members
regularly improve our landscape
Our Staff
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97 Instructional Staff
(Teachers & Assistants)
6 Administrative Staff
(Principals + Guidance Director + Athletic
Director)
8 Classified staff members.
9 Food Service staff members.
11 Custodians, both day and evening.
Our School Budget 2008 - 09
Total School Budget - $ 455,519
Major Budget Areas:
$228,366 - Classroom/Instruction
– $ 96,346 - Instructional Support
– $130,807 - Athletic Budget
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Student Characteristics 2008-09
1% 3%
3%
1%
1%
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Native American
White
Other
91%
Student Characteristics continued
MALE
Male/Female by Grade 2008-09
FEMALE
180
160
140
140
135
120
139
130
134
116
100
129
110
80
60
40
20
0
9
10
11
12
MALE
163
116
139
110
FEMALE
135
130
134
129
Grade
Class of 2008: Diploma Types
Diplomas
6.3%
31.0%
62.7%
Advanced Studies
Standard
Special
2008 Top College Choices
applied accepted attended
1. University of Virginia
62
24
21
2. Virginia Tech
56
23
11
3. James Madison University 54
28
15
4. VCU
38
30
11
5. William and Mary
30
12
3
6. Old Dominion
28
20
7
7. George Mason University
26
20
7
College Planning Night: October 23, at 7 PM at WAHS
National Merit Scholarship Program
04-05 05-06
06-07 07-08 08-09
Finalists
7
1
3
2
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SemiFinalists
7
1
3
4
7
14
5
18
15
21
Commended
2005-2009 Advanced Placement (AP), Honors
(non-duplicating) and PVCC enrollment
500
400
300
AP
Honors
PVCC
200
100
0
2005-06
2006 -07
2007-08
2008-09
Outside of the Classroom
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WAHS Athletic Accomplishments
2007 - 2008
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Thirteen District Champions: Golf, Volleyball, Boys’ & Girls’
Cross Country, Boys’ Swimming, Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis,
Girls and Boys’ Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Boys’ & Girls’
Indoor Track, and Girls’ Basketball
Five Regional Champions: Field Hockey, Boys’ Tennis,
Boys’ Indoor Track, and Boys’ and Girls’ Lacrosse.
Four State Champions: Boys’ Tennis, Field Hockey, Boys’
Indoor Track, Boys’ Outdoor Track.
One National Championship : Boys’ Indoor Track Medley
Relay Team (New York City, March, 2008)
Athletic Accomplishments
2007 – 2008
AA WACHOVIA CUP CHAMPIONS
The Last Decade
3 Wachovia Cups (in the last 5 yrs)
103 Jefferson District Championships
32 Regional Championships
19 AA State Championships
WAHS Band /Chorus Accomplishments
2007 - 2008
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Excellent Rating: District Band Festival
Superior Rating: District Jazz Band Festival
Symphonic band Performed at 2008 Disney Honors
Program
Jazz Band performed for the 2007 PVCC Jazz Festival
and 2007 Piedmont Council of the Arts Gala
Excellent rating District Choral Festival
WAHS
Drama Accomplishments 2007 - 2008
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Performed the original play Mountain Home written
by Susan Hull on Nov. 2 & 3 in the WAHS Auditorium
and again for The Festival of the book during First
Night Virginia.
Musical: The Fantasticks
2008 – 2009 Season
January 23 & 24 Theater Company performance of
“The Katrina Project” (tentative)
Spring Musical To Be Announced
WAHS DECA Accomplishments 2008
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District: Three Marketing Education students won
top honors at the district level (regional) leadership
conference – earning a trip to State Competition.
State: Western had two students score in the top
20% each earning a Certificate of Merit.
CAD classes received National Certification
WAHS Academic Competition
Accomplishments 2007 - 08
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ACE TEAM: Jefferson District Regular Season
Champions, Region II Champions, and 6th place in
the State Tournament.
Destination Imagination: 2 DI Teams.
– One of the teams placed 1st in their challenge at
the regional level. The remaining team placed
2nd in their challenge at the regional level.
– The regional winner placed 1st at the State and
moved to Globals; placed 28th in Global
Competition.
Inside of the Classroom
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Teaching & Learning: Class Size
Class Sizes for 2008 – 09
Sections/Avg Pupils per Class
English
Math
Science
Social
Studies
Foreign
Language
20 or Less
17/17
19/18
13/16
15/17
19/16
5/18
21-26
24/23
27/24
32/24
19/23
15/24
19/24
27 - 29
6/27
2/27
3/28
11/27
2/28
1/27
0
0
0
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30 or More
Health/
PE
Teaching & Learning: Programs
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Framework for Quality Learning
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Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction
Teacher Performance Appraisals
Professional Learning Community Model
 Content Teams
 Formative Assessment
Western Specific
 Collaborative Team Work
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Collaborative Academic Review and Enrichment
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Long Lunch Incentive
Teaching and Learning: CARE
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C.A.R.E. Tuesday – Friday 12:25 – 12:50
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
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Collaborative teacher teams
Enrichment and Learning for all
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Study Support - tutoring
Enrichment in the computer labs and library
Enrichment activities – SAT /Career /Guidance
Timely and regular intervention
Standards of Learning
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English
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World History to 1500
World History 1500 to
Present
US History
Mathematics
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RLR(Reading / Literature
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Writing
Social Studies
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EOC TESTS
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Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Science
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Earth Science
Biology
Chemistry
Our Standards of Learning Results
Reading/Lit
Writing
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
World Hist 1
World Hist 2
US History
Earth Science
Biology
Chemistry
2003-2004
93.0
96.2
78.5
90.0
95.4
89.4
89.8
87.8
78.0
90.5
92.5
2004-2005
92.9
94.1
86.8
92.6
98.3
87.3
93.6
91.7
80.2
93.8
98.2
2005-2006
95.2
94.0
92.2
96.4
89.4
86.8
85.9
94.0
84.9
87.5
96.3
2006-2007
92.7
93.5
76.2
92.9
94
92.6
89.7
89.6
85.8
86.9
95.3
2007-2008
97.7
94.6
94.9
95.1
97.2
98.7
94.3
97.7
95
96.8
99.4
Record Scores in 9 of 11 Areas
and at least 94% in all EOC Tests
Reading/Lit
Writing
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
World Hist 1
World Hist 2
US History
Earth Science
Biology
Chemistry
2003-2004
93.0
96.2
78.5
90.0
95.4
89.4
89.8
87.8
78.0
90.5
92.5
2004-2005
92.9
94.1
86.8
92.6
98.3
87.3
93.6
91.7
80.2
93.8
98.2
2005-2006
95.2
94.0
92.2
96.4
89.4
86.8
85.9
94.0
84.9
87.5
96.3
2006-2007
92.7
93.5
76.2
92.9
94
92.6
89.7
89.6
85.8
86.9
95.3
2007-2008
97.7
94.6
94.9
95.1
97.2
98.7
94.3
97.7
95
96.8
99.4
2007-08 SOL Test Results:
No Child Left Behind
AYP applies to all students and to these six (6)
subgroups:
• Students with disabilities
• Limited English proficiency students
• Free & Reduced Lunch
• Major racial/ethnic groups (white,
African-American, and Hispanic)
AYP SUMMARY
ALL
BLACK
HISPANIC
WHITE
SWD
FRL
LEP
N
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N
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N
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N
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N
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N
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English
267
97.8
11
100
3
100
244
97.5
36
86.1
12
100
3
100
Math
617
95.5
16
75
8
87.5
572
96
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83.1
33
78.8
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100
AYP BENCHMARK FOR 2007-2008 WAS 77 FOR ENGLISH & 75 FOR MATH
Academic Two Year Comparison
in Standard/Practical Classes
School Year
A
B
C
D
F
2006 – 2007
N = 1,307
14%
180
25%
321
30%
387
20%
267
12%
152
2007 – 2008
N = 1,213
16%
188
30%
364
32%
386
15%
184
9%
91
General Notes:
A & B’s
D & F’s
06-07
06-07
39%
32%
07-08
07-08
46%
24%
Some Summary Highlights
of Standard/Practical Progress
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8% more A’s and B’s During 07-08
9% fewer D’s and F’s During 07-08
Second Semester failures were cut in half
(12% - 6%) During 07-08
We reached the AYP Goal of achieving the minimum
benchmark level no matter the number of students.
We reduced the total number of classroom Standard/Practical
Discipline Referrals by 16%
Using AYP measurable objectives and county guidelines to
evaluate individual tests, WAHS IEP students went from
passing 5/11 in 2007 to passing 10/11 in 2008.
2004-8 SOL Advanced Pass Rates
Highest % Ever In Reading, Writing, Alg. II,
World History II, US History, Earth Science,
and Biology. 7 out of 11 EOC Tests
SAT Scores Beat
State and National Averages
79% Students Participated
WAHS
STATE
NATIONAL
VERBAL
586
511
502
MATH
563
512
515
WRITING
565
499
494
2000 - 08 Mean SAT Scores for WAHS
620
600
580
560
540
520
500
480
460
440
verbal
math
nat ver
nat math
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Future Improvements:
Key Questions
What do we expect students to learn?
 How will we know when they’ve learned
it?
 How will we respond when they have
not learned it?
 What do we do if they already know it?
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Future Improvements:
Answers
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Create collaborative teams committed to
continuous improvement as our fundamental
school improvement structure.
Collaborative Teams in Standard/Practical
Classes
Formative assessments / SchoolNet Data
Adjustments in instruction / Best Practice
Extra learning time, enrichment, and assistance
for students
2008 Governor’s Award
for Academic Excellence
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WAHS is one of only 10 high schools in the
Commonwealth to receive this recognition.
WAHS met all state and federal achievement
benchmarks for at least two consecutive years.
The Virginia Index of Performance (VIP Award) also
recognizes achievement in enrollment in collegelevel classes, attainment of advanced diplomas,
career and industry certifications, and the nutrition
and physical activity scorecard.
The Future is in Our Hands
Together,
We Can Make WAHS Even Better!