2018-19
Annual School Performance Report Sunny Hills Elementary School
Sunny Hills Elementary School
3200 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 (425) 837-7400 https://issaquah.wednet.edu/sunnyhills/ Principal Leslie Lederman
Mission Sunny Hills is a community of life-long learners who are committed to academic and social growth and who celebrate each student’s unique strengths.
Welcome Sunny Hills is a great place of learning made possible by our strong partnership with families. Thank you for making the difference in our students lives!
Teacher Experience Teacher’s with
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Teacher Experience data for the 2018-2019 National Board School Year 61.4% 72.5% will be available via OSPI at a later date. Certification
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For complete school data, please visit OSPI’s website Average Yearsat: Teaching washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
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OSPI Data State testing is required by state (RCW 28A.230.095) and federal law. The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), enacted in 1965, is the nation’s national education law and shows a longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students. On December 10, 2015 President Obama reauthorized ESEA as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). These state and federal laws result in elementary students being regularly tested by the State to assess their progress as they move through school. State tests at the elementary level which fulfill the federal Every Student Succeeds Act include the following: • Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA): English Language Arts (ELA) and Math tests (3-5) • Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS): Science test (5)
District Report For budget details and more go to www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/ annual-community-report/ The Issaquah School District believes in seeking continual feedback from a broad and diverse range of constituents regarding their experiences with the District and their neighborhood school. See the Community Polling Study site at www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/polling for more information and survey results.
Demographics Grades: K-5
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Highlights Sunny Hills, which opened a new building in 2016, is a state-of-theart facility including two gymnasiums, a multipurpose room, stage, music room, library, computer lab, kiln room, two outdoor covered play areas and a large sand field. Throughout the building, you will find the latest technology used by students and staff. Sunny Hills serves students in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade. In addition to a full range of academic subjects, all students participate weekly in library, music and physical education classes. Each class visits the computer lab about once a week. Throughout the year, a specialized art program is funded by our PTA. This program offers four lessons per class teaching students how to create art in a variety of mediums. Our wonderful Music teacher, Dayle Walters, received a grant from the City of Issaquah and our PTA to bring to our school a guest artist. Thione Diop met with every student to share his culture through drumming. We were so grateful to have this guest from Senegal and thank Mrs. Walters, the City of Issaquah and our PTA for the opportunity. To add to this experience, Mrs. Walters partnered with our PTA to bring in “Dance Dude�; an energetic DJ who taught all students how to dance. The students then had the opportunity to perform at our PTA Summer Kickoff. Sunny Hills is proud of its diverse community. We celebrate our cultures throughout the year. Heritage Night has become a new tradition for our community highlighting the many cultures Sunny Hills represents. To bring families together through art, our 4th grade team wrote a grant based on the story Only One You. Through the grant, funding was provided to allow families to paint a rock unique to themselves. The rocks are now a part of our landscaping showing those who visit Sunny Hills how colorful the lives of our families are and how beautifully we all work together. Each year we add more rocks to represent our new families. One of our points of pride is our amazing garden. Led by first grade teacher, Kathy Dunn, all of our students enjoy the opportunity to garden. Some classes plant bulbs to add to the beauty of our school. Other classes grow vegetables and then harvest them for an annual Salad Party.
Enrichment Opportunities Our enrichment opportunities continue to grow. We happily hosted a variety of experiences for our students including tech, sports, drama club and language classes. Students are able to take classes, some at a cost and others for free, to support their learning and their interests.
Culture of Kindness As you enter Sunny Hills, we hope you will feel our Culture of Kindness throughout all of your interactions. We have worked hard with students and families to integrate The Mustang Way: Be Respectful, Be Responsible and Be Engaged in all that we do.
Community and School Partnership Our partnership with our PTA and with ISF remains strong. Teaming together, we have brought a variety of valuable programs to Sunny Hills.
Assessment Two tests given to elementary school students—The Smarter Balanced Assessment and the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science help indicate how well Issaquah students are learning.
WCAS The WCAS fulfills the federal requirement that students be tested in Science once at the elementary level. The WCAS measures the level of proficiency students have achieved (what students know and can do) based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The WCAS assesses all three dimensions of the learning standards (Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts). The numbers on the chart represent the percentage of students in grade 5 who met or exceeded standard on the NGSS compared to the percentage of students in grade 5 who met or exceeded standard district-wide.
PTA has brought us: • Support our green efforts and our Culture of Kindness • Partnered with us to create a safe campus • Raised funds to allow for a successful implementation of our new curriculum • Brought in a guest teacher to teach all students how to dance.
Grade 5 WCAS - Science 82.2 77.9
ISF has allowed us to: • Build teacher capacity--funding provided by ISF supports teachers pursuing their National Boards and has provided staff with professional development for our new writing curriculum by bringing in national presenter, Matt Glover. • Our school is represented on ISF board with several board members, with even more parents serving as ISF committee members. • Support student learning through the VOICE mentor program.
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Smarter Balanced Assessment The SBA consists of two parts: a computer adaptive test and a performance task. Writing is included at every grade level and students are asked to solve multi-step, real-world problems in math. Performance tasks ask students to determine an array of research, writing, and problem solving skills. The SBA results describe student achievement (how much students know at the end of the year).
Grade Level Total ELA 86.4 82.2
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The Grade Level Total ELA and Grade Level Total Math charts on the right-hand side of the page indicate the percent of students in third, fourth, and fifth grade who met or exceeded standard in ELA and Math on the SBA compared to the percent of students who met or exceeded standard in ELA and Math district-wide.
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