Loyal Heights is a high performance school that uses student achievement to target site-based budget and professional development needs. Our multi-age and looping classrooms strengthen vital learning relationships by keeping students and teachers together for more than one year. Student learning demonstrates the success of instructional programs. Loyal Heights teachers use a variety of measures to demonstrate student learning, including integrated curriculum projects, portfolios, and classroom assessments.
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3rd Grade WASL Scores:
Year |
Reading |
Math |
|
2006 |
85.7% |
85.7% |
|
2007 |
91.5% |
93.2% |
|
4th Grade WASL Scores:
Year |
Reading |
Math |
Writing |
2002 |
82.2% |
71.1% |
62.2% |
2003 |
75% |
77% |
55% |
2004 |
93.2% |
90.9% |
75% |
2005 |
93.5% |
76.1% |
76.1% |
2006 |
93.2 % |
86.4% |
67.7% |
2007 |
92.1% |
88.9% |
77.8% |
5th Grade WASL Scores:
Year |
Reading |
Math |
Science |
2006 |
88.8 % |
77.7 % |
57.7% |
2007 |
94.8% |
93.1% |
67.2% |
WASL Trends at Loyal Heights show growth over the last 6 years in all areas. It is important to look at growth over time, not from one year to the next. WASL scores help us determine where we spend our time growing professionally.
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Professional Development Focus for 2007-2008:
- Continue to be a literacy focus school with an emphasis on early intervention. Implement a school-wide balanced literacy program grades K-5. Provide a comprehensive reading program with 90 minutes of reading instruction each day. Balanced literacy will consist of read alouds, shared reading, writing, guided reading, and independent reading instruction. We will differentiate our instruction to meet the learning needs of all students from below standard to above standard level.
- Implement Lucy Calkins' model for Writer's Workshop in every classroom K-5. We are using her Units of Study as our core writing curriculum.
Professional Development Focus for 2006-2007:
- Mathematic problem solving steps
- Mathematics communication and reasoning
- Math journaling
Professional Development Focus for 2005-2006:
- Developing Mathematical Ideas or DMI. DMI is an inquiry based model for studying mathematics
- How do children understand and develop mathematical concepts?
Professional Development Focus for 2004-2005:
- Writing, using the “6 Traits”
- Integrating NUA Literacy Initiative strategies throughout our classrooms
Professional Development Focus for 2003-2004:
- Differentiating our instruction to better meet the needs of all the learners in theclassroom
Professional Development Focus for 2002-2003:
- Student achievement in math
communication
- Student achievement in math problem solving
