Reidland High School 2009-2010 SBDM Council Report Environment: - - PDF document

McCracken County Board of Education May 2010

Reidland High School 2009-2010

SBDM Council Report

Environment:

School environment, a key component of school culture, has been an area of strong emphasis for Reidland High School for the past three years. We make a conscious effort to maintain our facilities at the highest level. Our custodial staff works tirelessly to keep

• ur buildings clean and orderly.

This year we have replaced the old aluminum and glass doors and enclosure leading into

• ur band building with new glass doors. This has provided greater security for this
• facility. Not only do they improve function, but they are much cleaner in appearance.

We have also replaced the three old doors that lead into our weight training and fitness

• facility. This too has provided greater security and improved the appearance of the
• building. With the support of Darrell Sullivan and Mr. Heller, we have greatly improved

the security and appearance of our campus, each of the past three years. During the fall semester of this year, we received several new pieces of equipment for our

• cafeteria. As a result of a special grant, we now have a new dishwasher, two new ovens,

a new refrigerator, a new warmer, and three new milk boxes. These new additions have greatly added to our cafeteria staff’s productivity and efficiency.

As part of our continuing effort to provide a safe environment for everyone in our building, last summer, we installed over 400 built-in locks in our existing lockers. We also had the lockers in our older wing refurbished. These lockers are over 30 years old; however, each locker was disassembled, cleaned, and painted. They were originally a much worn tan color, but now they match the red lockers located in our newer wing. We also provided padlocks for each of the refurbished lockers being used by students. With

• ur new one-to one computer initiative, we felt it was extremely important to provide

every student with secure storage. We also removed several hundred lockers that were not being used in our older wing. This widened our hallways by leaving lockers on only

• ne side of the hallway, and provided more clear sightlines for supervision.

School Culture:

As a continuation of the previous two years, we continue to focus on the establishment and practice of a positive school culture. Just as in other years, we have adopted a new theme for this year; one that is tied to a musical accompaniment. We chose, “We “R” Reidland- Can You Feel It?” as this year’s theme. We chose the “R” as our new logo for

• ur football team, making this theme tie in with the unveiling of our new uniforms this
• year. We continue to recognize student success at every opportunity via daily

announcements, student of the month bulletin boards, and our “Top dogs of the Week”. We continue to provide recognition for success on the state assessment and have offered a new incentive this year for good faith effort. As a result of students answering every multiple choice question and 99.7% of the open response questions on this year’s state assessment, we are taking the entire school to see a Southern Illinois Miners baseball game on May 12th. Prior to testing, we provided a motivational assembly by two young men from Texas. They performed “Cometry”, a blend of comedy and poetry for our student body.

In an effort to promote good character traits in our students, we have posted banners of character traits throughout the building. Every day during announcements, a quote of the day is read, focusing on positive character practices. Students often provide quotes to be

• read. Research has shown that maintaining a daily focus on positive character traits

contributes to successful schools. With this in mind, we have made character education a daily commitment. Given our socio-economic demographic, we have found it necessary to develop a teenage support programs. With the support of our Greyhound Family Resource Center, this year we provided free make-up and hair dressers for several of our students who were attending the prom. The Greyhound Center also provided dresses and shoes for several girls through local donations. We have continued our Sister to Sister support program throughout the school year. We have planned to establish a clothing bank for next year. This bank will be operated by the Greyhound Center and will allow students to trade good used clothing that they have outgrown or do not use, for some other item of clothing from the bank. This year we started a significant new initiative designed to reach our at-risk 9th and 10th

• graders. This spring, we chose 60 at-risk freshmen to take on campus tours at Murray

State University and Western Kentucky University. We invited each of their parents as

• well. Most of these students had never been to a college campus and were very surprised

by the tours. Our goal was to inspire underclassmen to be more diligent with their school work by helping them to realize that they all have the opportunity to go to college. We received such positive feedback, that we intend to take the entire 10th grade to the university of Kentucky and the University of Louisville next year. We also plan to take the entire 9th grade to Murray State and Western Kentucky Universities next year.

Academic Achievement

As a result of Senate Bill 1, we are going through a transition period for our state

• assessment. This year, our test results were presented in a format that reflected the

percentage of our students scoring either Novice, Apprentice, Proficient, or

• Distinguished. The chart listed below reflects the percentage change from 2007 through

2009 in the areas of Proficient and Distinguished. Percent Scoring Proficient Percent Scoring Distinguished Content Area 2007 (P) 2008(P) 2009 (P) 2007 (D) 2008 (D) 2009 (D) Reading 51.09% 57.38% 56.43% 8.76% 8.20% 4.29% Math 38.74% 32.74% 41.18% 10.81% 14.16% 1.96% Science 50.45% 44.25% 35.29% 8.11% 7.08% 1.96% Social Studies 37.84% 34.51% 27.45% 26.13% 13.27% 10.78% On-Demand Writing 21.10% 30.09% 37.39% N/A 8.85% 9.57% These results show a statistical constant or growth in the percentage of proficient Reading, Math, and On-Demand Writing. We experienced a decline in the percentage of students who scored proficient in Science and Social studies. The percentage of students who scored distinguished declined in Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Our percentage of distinguished scores increased in On-Demand Writing for the third year in a row. As we disaggregated the data, we discovered that a large number of our students failed to complete one or more open response questions on the 2009 state assessment. We have focused on improving open response questions throughout this school year. As a result of our efforts, we had 12 unanswered open response questions out of more than 4000 on the 2010 state assessment. During the 2009-2010 school year, Reidland High School implemented the Advanced Placement program from the National Math and Science Initiative. As the smallest Kentucky school in cohort I, we have registered tremendous gains in our Advanced Placement enrollment. This year we had a total of 100 students enrolled in seven different AP courses. We administered 185 AP exams during May 2010. Given our academic improvement over the past two years, our scores have fallen short of

• ur expectations for our students. As a school administrative staff, instructional staff, and

SBDM Council, we feel that we have addressed many of the contributing factors to this short term decline. Based on the efforts of our students on the 2010 state assessment, we are confident that we will see some positive improvements in next fall’s results.

Academic Coaches

The allocation of a part-time instructional coach to assist our teaching staff with strategies and ideas has been a tremendous help. Linda Wyatt serves as our instructional coach, working three days a week. She serves as the coordinator of our year round Content Focus program that provides test taking strategies and content reviews for all of

• ur students. She develops and coordinates the lesson plans for each grade level Content

Focus meeting and provides the information to our instructional staff. She serves as a trainer for new technology and regularly consults with teachers to improve instruction and assessments. With the implementation of our one-to-one computer initiative, we have been provided the services of Molly Goodman as a secondary technology “coach”. Molly spends one

day a week in our school, providing job imbedded professional development related to the instructional use of the Apple laptops. Curriculum In an effort to improve student achievement by raising expectations, we increased our Advanced Placement course offerings for this year. We added AP English Language and AP Studio Art to our course offerings. This year we offered, AP U. S. History, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Studio Art, AP English Language, and AP English Literature. We continue to participate in the National Math and Science Initiative grant. In this, our second year of the five year grant, we increased our Advanced Placement enrollment from 77 requests in 2007-2008 to 186 requests in 2009-

• 2010. We met our school-wide growth goal for the grant following the 2008-2009 school

year. Next year, we will continue to operate on a four and one-half block daily schedule. The half block courses will last all year. Each student in grades 10, 11, and 12 will complete 9 classes next year, providing greater opportunity to meet graduation requirements, as well as greater opportunity to explore electives. In an effort to continue to improve our math scores, our SBDM Council has elected to make our Algebra I course a year-long, two full semester’s course. Students will only receive 1 credit for the course, but will benefit from the increased exposure and opportunities to better understand the content. We feel that this expansion of our mathematics curriculum will establish a stronger foundation in algebra; thus providing greater success in upper level math courses.

Extra Curricular Activities

Reidland High School has several students and teams who have performed at an exemplary level during this school year: Cheerleaders: State Champions-Small Coed Division Third State Championship in a row! 4th Place –National Small Co-ed Division

Softball: 2010 All “A” State Champions Fourth All “A” State Championship in five years 2010 Governor’s School for the Arts: Crimson Jackson All District Choir: Victoria Peeler, Kyle Gilbert, Josh Iervese, Dewey Jones, Shelbie Kingcade, Meghan Poirier, Tiffany Gardner All State Choir: Josh Iervese, Dewey Jones Solo and Ensemble: Distinquished- Tabitha Davis, Meghan Poirier,Ryan Rudolph Proficient- Nyleena Darnell, Jenna Broege, Kyle Gilbert, Shelbie Kingcade Sarah Sykes - 5th place in Writing Composition @ District Governor's Cup RHS FFA Summary 2009-10 Hillary Page - 1. Diversified Livestock Proficiency – Regional Champion – Going to state

• 2. Reserve Regional Champion Extemporaneous Public Speaking – Going

to State!

• 3. Serving as National Vice-President of the Junior International Boer Goat

Association

• 4. Regional FFA Secretary 2010-11

A.J. Iervese – 1. Food Science Proficiency Regional Champion – Going to state. Hope Davidson - 1. Regional Champion FFA Creed Speaker – Going to State! Jake Adair – 1. Landscape Management Proficiency – Regional Champion – Going to State

• 2. Crop Impromptu Speaking – Regional Champion – Going to State!
• 3. Serving as Purchase Region FFA President
• 4. Candidate for State FFA Office 2010

Morgan Harrell – 1. Regional Reserve Champion Beef Impromptu Speaking – Going to State!

• 2. Regional Champion Ag Education Proficiency – Going to State!

• 3. Regional Champion Floriculture Proficiency – Going to State!

Josh Iervese - 1. Regional Reserve Champion Ag Mechanics Team Individual Aaron Soloman - 1. Regional Champion Outdoor Recreation Proficiency – Going to State! James Sledd – 1. Representative From the State of Kentucky to compete for finalist in the Nation For American Star in Placement.

• 2. American FFA Degree Candidate
• 3. Kentucky Candidate for National FFA Officer (1st in over 30 years

from Purchase Region) Reidland High School FFA – 1. State Gold Emblem Chapter

• 2. Regional Reserve Champion Parliamentary Procedure Team
• 3. Regional Reserve Champion Ag Mechanics Team

Kentucky State D.E.C.A Conference Kiaya Young -1st place Restaurant and Food Service Management Conner Layne- 1st place Kentucky Advertising Kaymn Childers -1st place Kentucky Retailing Mark Bridges-2nd place Retail Merchandising Haley Russell & Christina Rushing- 2nd place Travel and Tourism Marketing Team Logan Warriner -2nd place Kentucky Sports and Entertainment Marc Lehky -2nd place Kentucky Advertising Camron Siener- 3rd place Principles of Business Administration Koty Lee- 4th place Automotive Services Marketing Tyler Cook- 4th place Business Services Marketing Brooke Meadows -4th place Principles of Marketing Allie Hardin -4th place Principles of Business Administration The following students were finalist in their events and received medallions: Jamie Kneisler- Accounting Applications Andrew Witt- Quick Serve Restaurant Management Erica Howard & Jasmine Matchen- Buying and Merchandising Team Rebecca Reese- Kentucky Retailing Dylan Klinghammer was named Outstanding DECA Chapter Member for Reidland High School DECA advisor, Mrs. Jackie Joiner received Region 1 Marketing Teacher of the Year. Regional D.E.C.A. Conference- Murray State University Rebecca Reese- 1st place Retailing Concepts Logan Warriner- 1st place Sports and Entertainment Marketing Cassie Layne- 1st place Travel and Tourism Essentials Brooke Meadows -1st place Principles of Marketing Kayla Baugus -1st place Accounting Applications Kiaya Young- 1st place Restaurant and Food Service Management Marc Bridges -1st place Retail Merchandising Amber Teas- 2nd place Marketing Fundamentals Tanner McElmurry -2nd place Retailing Concepts Allie Hardin- 2nd place Principles of Business Administration Koty Lee- 2nd place Automotive Services Marketing Mandy Robinson -2nd place Hotel and Lodging Management Josh Peppers -2nd place Quick Serve Restaurant Management Erica Howard & Jasmine Matchen -2nd place Buying & Merchandising Team Event Crystal Brewer & Kelsey Kincaid- 2nd place Hospitality Services Team Event

Cynthia Turner-3rd place Retailing Concepts Dexter Carruthers- 3rd place Sports and Entertainment Marketing Taylor Griffin- 3rd place Principles of Marketing Jamie Kneisler- 3rd place Accounting Applications Tyler Cook- 3rd place Business Services Marketing Dylan Klinghammer- 3rd place Sports and Entertainment Marketing Cierra Cole & Niki Thompson- 3rd place Business & Merchandising Team Event Jada Roberts- 4th place Sports and Entertainment Marketing Blake Archer -4th place Principles of Business Administration Melody Vandiver- 5th place Sports and Entertainment Marketing Lakyn Watkins -5th place Business Services Marketing Kayla Baugus received the Outstanding Chapter Member of the Year from Reidland Jordan Taylor was elected Region I DECA Vice President Haley Russell was elected Region I DECA Secretary Kiaya Young was elected Region I DECA Treasurer The following students mastered Kentucky Marketing Occupational Skills Standards Test required for students enrolled in three or more Marketing Classes. Tyler Cook Dylan Klinghammer Chris ODell Josh Peppers Ashley Wallace Volleyball Offensive Player of the Year - Vivianna Garcia Defensive Player of the Year - Tia Kline MVP - Lakyn Harned Most Improved - Brooke Meadows Most Team Spirit - Aleah Lindsay