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Models of Academic Excellence: STEAM Saturday Washington Elementary Riverside Unified School District http://bit.ly/WashSTEAMRCOE #EdSummit About Washington Elementary 876 Enrollment 27% English Learner 62% Socioeconomic

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Models of Academic Excellence: STEAM Saturday

Washington Elementary Riverside Unified School District

http://bit.ly/WashSTEAMRCOE

#EdSummit

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About Washington Elementary

  • 876 Enrollment
  • 27% English Learner
  • 62% Socioeconomic Disadvantaged
  • 2 Autism Classrooms
  • 5/6 Special Day Class
  • VAPA program
  • Band, Strings, Choir, Ballroom

Dancing

  • Character Counts
  • Restorative Practices
  • Proactive Community Circles
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SMART Goal

By June 2018 increase satisfactory attendance for the whole school from 70.1% in 2016-17 to 73% in 2017-2018.

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Expected Outcomes for the SMART Goal

  • Meet the 73% Satisfactory Attendance in 2017-

2018

  • Reduce our School Chronic Absenteeism
  • Increase our Positive Attendance
  • Improve School Engagement
  • Improve Academic Performance
  • Provide Enrichment Opportunities through

STEAM Saturday Focus

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Planning

  • STEAM Saturdays School dates
  • 6 weeks for 1st session
  • Hold Monthly - 10 a year
  • Holidays, Conferences, Attendance Cycle
  • Monitored and ran weekly/monthly attendance reports
  • Attendance phone calls
  • Directed them towards Saturday School
  • Paid staff to call parents

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Planning

  • Collaborated with teachers to Implement

activities around Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.

  • Hired outside agencies first year
  • SMART EDUCATION Lego Robotics
  • SMART ARTS
  • Purchased materials for second year
  • Art teacher on staff
  • Teachers took lead with science

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  • Continuous promotion of STEAM Saturday
  • social media
  • autodialer
  • Monthly Calendar
  • Teacher & staff outreach
  • Printed attendance at Conferences
  • During class
  • Parent Events - Flag Ceremony. PTA meetings, ELAC,

Coffee with the Principal

  • Attendance Recognition
  • End of the Year Attendance Party
  • Earn back monthly, trimester and yearly awards
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Staffing STEAM Saturday

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STEAM Saturday Invitation

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Sample Schedule

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Science

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Engineering

Year 1: Contracted with SMART EDUCATION Lego Robotics Year 2 purchased Little Bits and Legos

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ART

Year 1: Contracted with Art Smarts Year 2: Art Teacher on Staff

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Coding

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Restorative Practices: Community Circles

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PE

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Students who attend, Earn back Perfect Attendance

  • Earn back monthly award:

Certificate & Monthly Brag Tag

  • Earn back trimester award:

Certificate and lapel pin

  • Earn back yearly award:

Certificate with picture & Logo Backpack

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Attendance

2016-2017 Aug - June

  • 6,486 days of absence
  • 461 days recovered

6,025 total days absence 2017-2018 Aug - June

  • 5672 days of absence
  • 859 days recovered

4,813 total days absence

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Satisfactory Attendance Improved

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Reduced Chronic Absence Rate

8.5 7.3 4.8

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State Reporting P1 & P2 Recaptured Funding

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What was done with the Money $34,524

  • New lunch table

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What was done with the Money $34,524

  • Student Garden
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What was done with the Money $34,524

  • Paid teachers,

custodian, office staff, aides

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What was done with the Money $34,524

  • Incentives for coming to Saturday

School (raffle some Movie tickets)

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What was done with the Money $34,524

  • End of the Year Attendance

Party (food, raffle prizes, dj)

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What was done with the Money $34,524

  • Monthly Brag Tags
  • Trimester Pins
  • Yearly Attendance Backpacks
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Reflection: What worked?

  • Washington Elementary surpassed the Satisfactory

Attendance Goal for 2017-2018 by 10.3% from 70.1% to 80.4%

  • Washington Elementary decreased the Chronic Absence

rate from 7.3% to 4.8%

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Reflection

  • Where did we stumble?
  • First session to early
  • Overloaded classes
  • What are we doing differently this year?
  • Letter explaining attendance program
  • Open Saturdays days to any student
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Contact: Michele Lenertz, Ed.D., Principal mlenertz@rusd.k12.ca.us Israel Leon, Assistant Principal ileon@rusd.k12.ca.us Washington Elementary School Riverside 951-788-7305

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