State of the School Welcome to Back to School Night

State of the School

Welcome to Back to School Night

Schedule for this evening

7:00-7:30        General Meeting                        State of the School Address

1st Period                      7:35-7:41 2nd Period                     7:46-7:52 3rd Period                      7:57-8:03 4th Period                      8:08-8:14 5th Period                      8:19-8:25 6th Period                      8:30-8:36 7th Period                      8:41-8:47 0 Period (Early Bird)   8:52-8:58

Purpose & Overview

Present school information.

Update our community on our progress.

Introduce teachers, staff, and administrators.

Albemarle County Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan 2005 -2009

Vision: All learners believe in their power to embrace learning, to excel, and to own their future.

Mission: The Albemarle County Schools’ core purpose is to establish a community of learners and learning, through rigor, relevance, and

relationships,

one student at a time.

Strategic Plan Goals

1. Prepare all students to succeed as members of a global community and in a global economy.

2. Eliminate the Achievement Gap.

3. Recruit, retain and develop a diverse cadre of the highest quality teaching personnel, staff, and administrators.

4. Achieve recognition as a world class educational system.

5. Establish efficient systems for development, allocation and alignment of resources to support the Division’s vision, mission, and goals.

WAHS School Improvement Plan

Create collaborative teams committed to continuous improvement as our fundamental school improvement structure.

Eliminate the achievement gap and increase student access to and participation in more rigorous curriculum.

(School Improvement Goal)

Western Albemarle HS Actions

Focus on processes that improve the school’s climate and community.

(School Improvement Goal)

Strengthen our communications with students, parents, staff, and larger community to include feeder pattern schools and higher education.

(School Improvement Goal)

Our School opened in 1977 with 1150 students.

Today 1053

Our School

Located on 75 acres of land Renovations in 1996-97, 2004 & 2007 6 Learning Cottages Very well-maintained by our custodial

staff and ACPS Building Services Leadership students, work-study

students, and community members regularly improve our landscape

Our Staff

97 Instructional Staff (Teachers & Assistants)

6 Administrative Staff (Principals + Guidance Director + Athletic Director)

8 Classified staff members. 9 Food Service staff members. 11 Custodians, both day and evening.

Our School Budget 2008 - 09

Total School Budget - $ 455,519Major Budget Areas:

– $228,366 - Classroom/Instruction– $ 96,346 - Instructional Support– $130,807 - Athletic Budget

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Student Characteristics 2008-09

3%3%1%

91%

1%

1%

Asian

Black

Hispanic

Native American

White

Other

Student Characteristics continued

Male/Female by Grade 2008-09

139

110

130 134 129

140

116

135

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40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Grade

MALE

FEMALE

MALE 163 116 139 110

FEMALE 135 130 134 129

9 10 11 12

Class of 2008: Diploma Types

Diplomas

62.7%31.0%

6.3%

Advanced Studies Standard Special

2008 Top College Choices

applied accepted attended

1. University of Virginia 62 24 212. Virginia Tech 56 23 113. James Madison University 54 28 154. VCU 38 30 115. William and Mary 30 12 36. Old Dominion 28 20 77. George Mason University 26 20 7

College Planning Night: October 23, at 7 PM at WAHS

National Merit Scholarship Program

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08

08-09

Finalists 7 1 3 2 ?

Semi-Finalists

7 1

3 4 7

Commended 14 5 18 15 21

2005-2009 Advanced Placement (AP), Honors (non-duplicating) and PVCC enrollment

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100

200

300

400

500

2005-06 2006 -07 2007-08 2008-09

AP

Honors

PVCC

Outside of the Classroom

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WAHS Athletic Accomplishments2007 - 2008

Thirteen District Champions: Golf, Volleyball, Boys’ & Girls’ Cross Country, Boys’ Swimming, Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis, Girls and Boys’ Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Boys’ & Girls’ Indoor Track, and Girls’ Basketball

Five Regional Champions: Field Hockey, Boys’ Tennis, Boys’ Indoor Track, and Boys’ and Girls’ Lacrosse.

Four State Champions: Boys’ Tennis, Field Hockey, Boys’ Indoor Track, Boys’ Outdoor Track.

One National Championship : Boys’ Indoor Track Medley Relay Team (New York City, March, 2008)

Athletic Accomplishments

2007 – 2008

AA WACHOVIA CUP CHAMPIONS

The Last Decade

3 Wachovia Cups (in the last 5 yrs)

103 Jefferson District Championships

32 Regional Championships

19 AA State Championships

WAHS Band /Chorus Accomplishments 2007 - 2008

Excellent Rating: District Band Festival Superior Rating: District Jazz Band Festival Symphonic band Performed at 2008 Disney Honors

Program Jazz Band performed for the 2007 PVCC Jazz Festival

and 2007 Piedmont Council of the Arts Gala Excellent rating District Choral Festival

WAHSDrama Accomplishments 2007 - 2008

Performed the original play Mountain Home written by Susan Hull on Nov. 2 & 3 in the WAHS Auditorium and again for The Festival of the book during First Night Virginia.

Musical: The Fantasticks

2008 – 2009 Season

January 23 & 24 Theater Company performance of “The Katrina Project” (tentative)

Spring Musical To Be Announced

WAHS DECA Accomplishments 2008

District: Three Marketing Education students won top honors at the district level (regional) leadership conference – earning a trip to State Competition.

State: Western had two students score in the top 20% each earning a Certificate of Merit.

CAD classes received National Certification

WAHS Academic Competition Accomplishments 2007 - 08

ACE TEAM: Jefferson District Regular Season Champions, Region II Champions, and 6th place in the State Tournament.

Destination Imagination: 2 DI Teams. – One of the teams placed 1st in their challenge at

the regional level.  The remaining team placed 2nd in their challenge at the regional level.

– The regional winner placed 1st at the State and moved to Globals; placed 28th in Global Competition.

Inside of the Classroom

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Teaching & Learning: Class Size

English Math Science Social Studies

Foreign Language

Health/ PE

20 or Less

17/17

19/18

13/16

15/17

19/16

5/18

21-26

24/23

27/24

32/24

19/23

15/24

19/24

27 - 29

6/27

2/27

3/28

11/27

2/28

1/27

30 or More

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Class Sizes for 2008 – 09Sections/Avg Pupils per Class

Teaching & Learning: Programs

Framework for Quality Learning Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction

Teacher Performance Appraisals Professional Learning Community Model

Content Teams Formative Assessment

Western Specific Collaborative Team Work Collaborative Academic Review and Enrichment

Long Lunch Incentive

Teaching and Learning: CARE

– C.A.R.E. Tuesday – Friday 12:25 – 12:50– Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

Collaborative teacher teams

– Enrichment and Learning for all Study Support - tutoring Enrichment in the computer labs and library Enrichment activities – SAT /Career /Guidance Timely and regular intervention

Standards of Learning EOC TESTS

English– RLR(Reading / Literature

/ Research)– Writing

Social Studies– World History to 1500– World History 1500 to

Present– US History

Mathematics– Algebra I– Geometry– Algebra II

Science– Earth Science– Biology– Chemistry

Our Standards of Learning Results

2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008Reading/Lit 93.0 92.9 95.2 92.7 97.7Writing 96.2 94.1 94.0 93.5 94.6Algebra I 78.5 86.8 92.2 76.2 94.9Geometry 90.0 92.6 96.4 92.9 95.1Algebra II 95.4 98.3 89.4 94 97.2World Hist 1 89.4 87.3 86.8 92.6 98.7World Hist 2 89.8 93.6 85.9 89.7 94.3US History 87.8 91.7 94.0 89.6 97.7Earth Science 78.0 80.2 84.9 85.8 95Biology 90.5 93.8 87.5 86.9 96.8Chemistry 92.5 98.2 96.3 95.3 99.4

Record Scores in 9 of 11 Areasand at least 94% in all EOC Tests

2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008Reading/Lit 93.0 92.9 95.2 92.7 97.7Writing 96.2 94.1 94.0 93.5 94.6Algebra I 78.5 86.8 92.2 76.2 94.9Geometry 90.0 92.6 96.4 92.9 95.1Algebra II 95.4 98.3 89.4 94 97.2World Hist 1 89.4 87.3 86.8 92.6 98.7World Hist 2 89.8 93.6 85.9 89.7 94.3US History 87.8 91.7 94.0 89.6 97.7Earth Science 78.0 80.2 84.9 85.8 95Biology 90.5 93.8 87.5 86.9 96.8Chemistry 92.5 98.2 96.3 95.3 99.4

2007-08 SOL Test Results:No Child Left Behind

AYP applies to all students and to these six (6) subgroups:

• Students with disabilities• Limited English proficiency students• Free & Reduced Lunch

• Major racial/ethnic groups (white,

African-American, and Hispanic)

AYP SUMMARY

ALL BLACK HISPANIC WHITE SWD FRL LEP

N % N % N % N % N % N % N %

English 267 97.8 11 100 3 100 244 97.5 36 86.1 12 100 3 100

Math 617 95.5 16 75 8 87.5 572 96 83 83.1 33 78.8 6 100

AYP BENCHMARK FOR 2007-2008 WAS 77 FOR ENGLISH & 75 FOR MATH

Academic Two Year Comparisonin Standard/Practical Classes

School Year A B C D F

2006 – 2007 N = 1,307 14%

180

25%

321

30%

387

20%

267

12%

152

2007 – 2008 N = 1,213 16%

188

30%

364

32%

386

15%

184

9%

91

General Notes:A & B’s 06-07 39% 07-08 46%D & F’s 06-07 32% 07-08 24%

Some Summary Highlightsof Standard/Practical Progress

8% more A’s and B’s During 07-08 9% fewer D’s and F’s During 07-08 Second Semester failures were cut in half (12% - 6%) During 07-08 We reached the AYP Goal of achieving the minimum

benchmark level no matter the number of students. We reduced the total number of classroom Standard/Practical

Discipline Referrals by 16% Using AYP measurable objectives and county guidelines to

evaluate individual tests, WAHS IEP students went from passing 5/11 in 2007 to passing 10/11 in 2008.

2004-8 SOL Advanced Pass RatesHighest % Ever In Reading, Writing, Alg. II, World History II, US History, Earth Science, and Biology. 7 out of 11 EOC Tests

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SAT Scores Beat State and National Averages

79% Students Participated

WAHS STATE NATIONAL

VERBAL 586 511 502

MATH 563 512 515

WRITING 565 499 494

2000 - 08 Mean SAT Scores for WAHS

440460480500520540560580600620

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

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Future Improvements: Key Questions

What do we expect students to learn?How will we know when they’ve learned

it?How will we respond when they have

not learned it?What do we do if they already know it?

Future Improvements: Answers

Create collaborative teams committed to continuous improvement as our fundamental school improvement structure.

Collaborative Teams in Standard/Practical Classes

Formative assessments / SchoolNet Data Adjustments in instruction / Best Practice Extra learning time, enrichment, and assistance

for students

2008 Governor’s Award for Academic Excellence

WAHS is one of only 10 high schools in the Commonwealth to receive this recognition.

WAHS met all state and federal achievement benchmarks for at least two consecutive years.

The Virginia Index of Performance (VIP Award) also recognizes achievement in enrollment in college-level classes, attainment of advanced diplomas, career and industry certifications, and the nutrition and physical activity scorecard.

The Future is in Our Hands

Together,

We Can Make WAHS Even Better!