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Stamford Public Schools Where Excellence Is the Point

Stamford Board of Realtors

September 22, 2016

Our Mission

The Stamford Public Schools prepares each and every student for higher education and success in the 21st century.

What Do You Want to Know About Our District?

• Write your questions down.
• We will address as many as we can today.
• We will follow up with you afterwards.

• 21 schools

– 13 elementary – 5 middle – 3 high

• 16,149 students
• 64 languages
• 13% English language learners

Our District Overview

Diversity of Our Students

Ethnicity Socioeconomics

Diversity of Our Students

English Spanish Hatian Creole Polish Bengali Home Language

What Is the Perception of Stamford Public Schools Based on Recent Media?

Negative?

Positive?

Our Schools

• Hart – Math, Science, Technology
• Rogers – International Baccalaureate (IB)
• New School @ 200 Strawberry Hill Avenue – Rogers IB

extension

• Toquam – Integrated Social Studies
• Westover – Mastery Learning, Problem Solving and

the Arts

Magnet Elementary Schools

• APPLES - Integrated Preschool Program
• KT Murphy - SMART Start Grant
• Davenport - Alliance Grant
• Roxbury - Alliance Grant
• Childcare Learning Centers Partnership – Instructional

Coordinators

• Local Pre-K and Daycare Programs - Early Childhood

Collaborative

Stamford Pre-K Programs

Academic Supports

• AVID
• Math Tutoring
• Upward Bound
• Project Opening Doors

(POD) Academic Rigor

• Advanced Placement

(AP) courses

• Early College Experience

(ECE)

• Algebra I and Geometry

in Middle School

• Other Dual Enrollment

courses

Secondary Programming

• Ninth Grade program
• Technology Magnet High School (AITE)
• 1-1 Technology Initiative
• Senior Internship Experience
• Virtual High School—Online Learning Platform
• Finance Academy
• AgriScience Program
• ROTC
• International Baccalaureate (HS in planning stages)

Specialized Programs

2016 Smarter Balanced Assessments

Percent At/Above Level 3

Grade ELA MATH All Students Non EL Students All Students Non EL Students 3 49% 55% 48% 54% 4 47% 53% 41% 47% 5 54% 61% 37% 43% 6 48% 54% 36% 40% 7 51% 57% 43% 48% 8 49% 54% 39% 43%

2016 Smarter Balanced Assessments

Percent At/Above Level 3 Stamford vs State

STAMFORD STATE All Students Non EL Students All Students Non EL Students ELA 49.7 55.7 55.6 58.8 Math 41.0 46.3 44.0 46.4

Advanced Placement (AP)

2015 AP Scholar Awards

School AP Scholars With Honors With Distinction National AP Scholar Total Awards AITE 16 11 8 1 35 Stamford 40 19 23

• 82

Westhill 77 16 55 14 148 265

SPS Graduates Attend Top Colleges and Universities

To Name a Few in 2015 & 2016:

• Brown University
• Connecticut College
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Harvard
• Howard University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Princeton University
• Purdue
• University of California
• University of Connecticut
• Yale

• Stamford schools ranked in top quartile of city schools

according to a study conducted by McKinsey Associates

• Three National Merit Scholars (8 semi-finalists; 10

commended)—representing each of our high schools

• AITE recently ranked number one among magnet high

schools in Connecticut by Niche Rankings

• Westhill recently recognized as one of the most

challenging high schools in the country by the Washington Post

• AITE Student named US Presidential Scholar
• SHS Girls Basketball State Champions, WHS Boys

Basketball FCIAC Champions, Westhill-Stamford Co-Op Hockey State Champions, SHS Co-Ed Cheerleading FCIAC Champions

Achievements and Accolades

• Three SPS Graduates Named National Merit Scholarship Winners: AITE’s

Tanusri Balla, SHS’s Matthew Sieh, and WHS’s Nicole Smina

• Rippowam Middle School Teacher Selected for 2016 ASCD Emerging

Leader Class

• AITE and Westhill Students Take First and Second Place Respectively in the

NFTE Fairfield County Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

• Davenport Ridge Elementary School Named 2015-2016 Banner School by

The State Education Resource Center

• SPS Social Work Department Head Joseph O' Callaghan Named Clinical

Social Worker of the Year

• AITE’s Tanusri Balla Named 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar
• Three AITE Students Achieve Perfect Scores on the National Latin Exam
• SHS Music Teacher and SPS's Graduate Gloria Sinaguglia Named 2016-

2017 Stamford Teacher of the Year

SPS Student and Staff Achievements

SPS Student and Staff Achievements

• AITE’s Sebastian Neufuss Awarded Full Scholarship to Miami University in

Ohio

• Two Stamford Teachers Recognized as Leaders in Classroom Technology

and Digital Media

• Nine Stamford Teachers Will Travel the World for their Students
• Four Stamford Public Schools Teams Advance to Odyssey of the Mind

World Finals--Westover, Davenport Ridge, Rippowam and Scofield All Advance

• AITE Students Andrew Brito and Jessica Ulbrich Take First and Second

Place at the Fairfield Regional Connecticut History Day Contest

• Stamford and Westhill Drama Clubs Take Home Several Awards At the 80th

annual Connecticut Drama Association Festival

• Four Roxbury Students Recognized for Persuasive Writing Contest
• WHS Intern Guidance Counselor Mindy Midy Named “School Counseling

Intern of the Year” by CSCA

SPS Student and Staff Achievements

• Scofield Teacher Louis McMinn Named 2016 Lindblad Expeditions and

National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow

• Five SHS and Three WHS Students Recognized at 26th Annual Connecticut

Regional Scholastic Art Awards

• White House to Recognize Cloonan Teacher as one of Computer Science

Education “Champions of Change”

• TOR Students Madeleine Martignoni and Zoe Kallenekos Were Selected to

Perform with the Fairfield County String Festival

• Westhill High School Senior Aaron Pettiford to Receive UCAN Inspire

Award by Generation UCAN and the Walter Camp Football Foundation

• Stamford High School’s The Round Table Awarded Gold Medal by the

Columbia Scholastic Press Association for Second Year

• SPS Announced Eight Students as National Merit Semi-Finalists
• WHS Recognized with Top Honors at FBLA National Leadership Conference

in Chicago

SPS Student and Staff Achievements

• Five SHS and Three WHS Students Recognized at 26th Annual Connecticut

Regional Scholastic Art Awards

• White House to Recognize Cloonan Teacher as one of Computer Science

Education “Champions of Change”

• TOR Students Madeleine Martignoni and Zoe Kallenekos Were Selected to

Perform with the Fairfield County String Festival

• Westhill High School Senior Aaron Pettiford to Receive UCAN Inspire

Award by Generation UCAN and the Walter Camp Football Foundation

• Stamford High School’s The Round Table Awarded Gold Medal by the

Columbia Scholastic Press Association for Second Year

• SPS Announced Eight Students as National Merit Semi-Finalists
• WHS Recognized with Top Honors at FBLA National Leadership Conference

in Chicago

SPS Student and Staff Achievements

• Five SHS and Three WHS Students Recognized at 26th Annual Connecticut

Regional Scholastic Art Awards

• White House to Recognize Cloonan Teacher as one of Computer Science

Education “Champions of Change”

• TOR Students Madeleine Martignoni and Zoe Kallenekos Were Selected to

Perform with the Fairfield County String Festival

• Westhill High School Senior Aaron Pettiford to Receive UCAN Inspire

Award by Generation UCAN and the Walter Camp Football Foundation

• Stamford High School’s The Round Table Awarded Gold Medal by the

Columbia Scholastic Press Association for Second Year

• SPS Announced Eight Students as National Merit Semi-Finalists
• WHS Recognized with Top Honors at FBLA National Leadership Conference

in Chicago

Stamford Public Schools Excellence Is the Point