A SchoolWide Title 1 School High Expectations Family

A School-Wide Title 1 School High Expectations Family Participation Excellence in Instruction Success for Students

2011 -12 State of School Address – Curriculum Night August 25, 2011 – 6: 30 Principal: Paula Crumbley Assistant Principal: Dewayne Grant We invite your input and feedback into our school improvement plan. You can contact us via telephone at 770 -898 -0107 or via email at: pcrumbley@henry. k 12. ga. us Dewayne. grant@henry. k 12. ga. us This presentation will be posted on HFE’s school website should you wish to refer to it later www. henry. k 12. ga. us/HFE

Yolanda Leduc is our Parent Engagement Paraprofessional – She is your resource. She serves as a liaison between the school and home. Contact information 770 -898 -0107 Yolanda. leduc@henry. k 12. ga. us Parent Resource Room is open Monday-Friday 7: 30 - 3: 00 Other times are available by contacting Mrs. Leduc

Curriculum Night Agenda 1 - 6: 30 – 6: 55 State of School Address What does it mean to be a title 1 school? How is HFE performing? 2 - Grade Level Presentations Two sessions; 7: 00 - 7: 25 & 7: 30 - 8: 00 What will my child learn this year? How will my child be graded? What type of activities will my child do to demonstrate mastery?

What is a Title 1 School and How does a school qualify for Title 1 funds? • Each year the Federal Government provides funding to schools that qualify based on the number of students receiving free and reduced lunches. Over half of the students at HFE qualify for free or reduced priced lunch. • The goal of Title 1 is to create a partnership between school and family to ensure our students reach the highest level of social and academic achievement and to overcome barriers to success.

Benefits of Title 1 Funding • Able to hire Math and Literacy Instructional lead teachers who work with teachers to improve their content knowledge and teaching practices • Able to hire a Parent Involvement Paraprofessional who work to develop opportunities for parents and the community to become more involved in the school • Funding for parental involvement activities • Purchase Technology and instructional materials • Provide coverage for teachers for Collaborative Planning • Provide a Parent Resource Room

Some Requirements of a Title 1 School • Create and implement a School Parent Compact – How the school will provide “high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive learning environment” – How the school and families will build a partnership to help children learn – How the school and families will communicate regularly with each other – The responsibilities and rights of families, teachers and students • Create and implement a Parental Involvement Plan - Outlines the various activities and programs we will have throughout the year to support the needs of the parents and students at our school. • Select Parent Representatives

Accomplishments 2010 -2011 • 2010 Title 1 Distinguished School • 5 th grade writing: We received the Superintendents ARC Award for a 30% gain in our writing scores. We had 82% met and exceed. • 3 rd grade Reading and Language Arts = 92% meets/exceeds • 4 th grade Reading and Language Arts = 89% meets/exceeds • 5 th grade Reading/Language Arts = 95% meets/exceeds • 5 th grade Math = 96% meets/exceeds • Last three years we have had consistent growth in the number of students who exceed on the CRCT. Reading: 31. 3%, 33. 3%, 37. 5% Math: 29. 4%, 32. 3%, 39. 9%

2011 CRCT Performance by Sub-Groups SY Econ Disv ELL SWD Multi-racial White Hispanic Black Asian Pacific Is All Subject Grades 3, 4 & 5 AMO’s Reading 80% 86. 7% 92. 4% 95. 6% 92. 9% 100% 89. 9% 93. 7% 95. 5% 94. 6% 94. 7% 84. 6% 99. 1 100% 96. 6% 91. 7% 96. 2% 97. 4% 84. 4% 80% 89. 7% 88. 6% 100% 90% 89. 5% 94. 4% 96. 6% 10 -11 09 -10 08 -09 Math 75% 83. 3% 86. 5% 88. 5% 84. 7% 95. 2 100% 83. 3% 87. 4% 80. 3% 89. 3% 78. 9% 84. 6% 90. 6% 89. 4% 91. 5% 91. 7% 100% 89. 5% 62. 2% 65. 7% 65. 5% 81. 8% 86. 7% 93. 3% 84% 87. 5% 81. 8% 10 -11 09 -10 08 -09 HFE did not make AYP - student’s with disability sub-group score fell below the AMO target level.

Challenges • Must increase achievement level of student’s with disabilities in Math and our 3 rd and 4 th graders. • Science will be added to AYP as a second indicator. We need to improve our scores. • Our Asian and White subgroups consistently out perform the other sub groups. We will be working to close the achievement gap. Utilizing our cultural diversity training. • Involving parents and building community with all stakeholders is an area of focus. • New initiatives have put a strain on the staff. • High transient rate creates a problem for consistency in historical data.

Path to Improvement • Created a School Improvement plan that involved strategies that all teachers could do to help improve performance in the area of Mathematics, Reading and Writing. • Professional Learning Initiatives: 1 - Identifying the characteristics of a good team 2 - Establishing team norms and learning how to be a professional learning community 3 - Established structure to our collaborative planning efforts. Using a lesson plan template 4 - Implementing standards based classroom practices 5 - Use assessment data to drive instruction 6 - Knowing what the expectations are and putting a structure in place to support them 7 - Improving our level of instruction, communicating higher standards to teachers 8 - Provided paraprofessional opportunities to gain PLU through in house training

Something to Brag About • Our school climate/culture continues to improved – Wildcat Fever • PTO involvement has also increased • Family Math and Reading Night • Challenge 24 Club and Boys/Girls Club has been created • Very active Beta Club program • Fine Arts in our building is to be commended for performances and art work • Instruction Framework in place to guide planning • Professional Learning Community Development • Supportive School Council • We are implementing new creative ways to engage students in fun meaningful learning activities (ex: Dr. Seuss day in library). • Added a lot of new technology to assist with instruction.