Issaquah Valley Elementary 2019-20 Annual School Performance Report

Annual School Performance Report Issaquah Valley Elementary School

2019-20

425-837-6600 • www.issaquah.wednet.edu/issaquahvalley 555 NW Holly Street, Issaquah, WA 98027

Principal

Michelle Pickard

Welcome Involved parents and community members enrich our schools and enhance our students’ learning experiences. At IVE we love our family atmosphere and focus on our entire community coming together to support our children. We have extremely dedicated parents and staff that put the child first in all our decisions. When you walk into IVE you feel a spirit of joy and a clear focus on learning.

Mission Issaquah Valley Elementary students, staff, parents, and community share the responsibility for the education of all children in a caring, nurturing, stimulating environment that fosters growth, mutual respect, and a desire to learn.

District Report

To review the Issaquah School District 2019-2020 budget details and more, please visit 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 schools. See the Community Polling Study site at www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/polling for more information and survey results.

Data from the Office of the Superintendent of Instruction (OSPI) State testing is required by Washington 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)

Demographic Data

Grades: K-5

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Teacher Experience Data Teacher’s with National Board Certification

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Average Years Teaching Experience

Teacher with Master’s/Ph.D

51.0%

COVID-19 Pandemic In an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Jay Inslee ordered all schools in Washington closed as of March 17, 2020. While the initial order mandated school closures only through April 24, 2020, the order was extended to the end of the 2019-2020 school year due to increasing COVID-19 infection numbers across the state.

The Issaquah School District submitted its plan for remote learning at the end of March 2020, and remote learning began for all students on Monday, April 20. Students and staff moved to an online classroom setting, using various platforms such as SeeSaw, Classlink, and Office 365. District laptops and internet hotspots were distributed to families in need, and free meals were still provided for families qualifying for the Free and Reduced Lunch program at designated pick up spots around the district daily.

Highlights Issaquah Valley Elementary School is a team of staff, parents, and community members working together to provide a high-quality learning environment for all students. Teachers and staff are dedicated to helping each child perform at high levels—both academically and socially. A highly supportive PTA provides art, enrichment activities, fiscal support, and community events like Movie Night, to enhance the educational experience of students. During the 2019-20 school year, the PTA held a successful online auction, which helped to fund classroom set-up, technology hardware and subscriptions, and school programs such as Art Docent, Ballroom Dancing, Gardening, Angel Program, Dads at Recess (DIVE), Science to Go and many more. Issaquah Valley enrichment programs and clubs include Girls on the Run, World Drumming, Chorus, Scratch programming, various Art and Music classes, ASAP Math, ASAP Reading, and more!

Issaquah Valley staff is highly trained in literacy and math instruction, effective use of technology, and differentiated instruction designed to meet the needs of a wide range of learners. A curriculum aligned at each grade and across the grade levels provides structure for a sequential plan of study for students. Dedicated and talented teaching staff provides a student-focused learning environment.

Several special programs work together to help meet the varied needs of students. The Title I Reading programs provide instructional support for students. Our ELL Program meets the needs of our English Language Learners. SAGE (Special Approach to Gifted Education) and PEP (Primary Enrichment Program) programs provide weekly pull-out instruction for gifted students as well as Challenge Math. A Special Education program, full-time Behavior Coach and full-time Counselor provide additional support for students in need. Issaquah Valley Elementary has partnered with Swedish Hospital to provide a full time Health Counselor. This amazing partner provides students and families therapy for those who are at risk or who need additional social or emotional support.

Issaquah Valley Elementary is happy to have a close relationship with the Issaquah Schools Foundation. The Foundation’s generous fiscal support for IVE programs allows us to provide greater support for students and families, such as classroom grants and after school programming. ISF VOICE mentors (Volunteers of Issaquah Changing Education) come to the school every day to support many IVE students. Issaquah Valley continued to make free breakfast available to students this year in partnership with Issaquah Schools Foundation. Students could choose from options like cheese, granola bars, milk and fruit.

Improving Student Achievement

School Improvement for IVE continued with a focus on reading instruction. The year began with a targeted focus on at-risk first graders. Students were identified as needing additional intervention in reading through kindergarten assessments. Title teachers spent the first six weeks of school providing intensive reading instruction for our students.

Staff planned and implemented intervention blocks known as Success Groups in order to provide students with either targeted instruction or enrichment in reading. Success Groups were an additional 30 minutes/four times a week of targeted reading instruction for all students. Grade level and specialist teachers used the Success Group time as an additional time during the day to strategically support students who were not at standard. Paraprofessionals working in Success Groups received training from the Instructional Coach to provide enrichment for students at or above grade level reading.

Throughout the school year, professional development for staff was primarily devoted to growing our knowledge and strengthening our instructional skills around the foundational standards in reading (Common Core State Standards).

Qualifying Title and ELL students were able to benefit from placement assessment and instruction through Lexia. Staff were trained on how to utilize Lexia to best meet the individual reading needs of students.

Title Reading services were allocated to serve students not yet reading at grade level, focusing on closing learning gaps for students. IVE continued to provide ASAP Reading this year, an after school intervention program available to qualifying third, fourth, and fifth grade students.

Special Programs

Students at Issaquah Valley Elementary School have the option to participate in a wide range of special instructional programs housed in other schools in the Issaquah School District. These include the Science-Tech class for fourth and fifth grades and MERLIN, the full day gifted program for grades 3-5.

The ISD Spanish-English Dual Language Immersion Program is housed at Issaquah Valley Elementary and Clark Elementary Schools with the intent to serve students in these two schools’ attendance areas. Dual language education programs integrate English speaking students with native Spanish speaking students. Academic instruction is presented in both languages. Social and academic learning occurs in an environment that values the language and culture of all students and sets high standards to ultimately achieve academic success in both Spanish and English.

Before and After School

The Issaquah School District provides a tuition-based before and after school child care program here at Issaquah Valley called Cougar Club. In addition to this school age care program, a wide range of activities and after school classes is available to Issaquah Valley students through the school PTA and private instruction. These activities include drama, art, language, and dance. Many of these classes are offered at school while others are offered at nearby locations. Classes may vary from year to year.

What’s New

The Issaquah School District passed the Educational Programs and Operations Levy this spring. Thank you to local voters, Issaquah Valley will be able to continue the dual language program, a full time counselor, a full time student support coach, as well as many other vital ELL and Special Education positions next year.

State Testing 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.

COVID-19 Disclaimer

Due to early facility closure and suspension of end of year testing, 2019-2020 assessment data is not available. The data below relfects the school’s scores for the 2018-2019 school year.

Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA)

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).

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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The WCAS fulfills the federal requirement that students100 be tested in Science once at the elementary level.

The WCAS measures the level of proficiency students 80 have achieved (what students know and can do) based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The WCAS assesses all three dimensions of the 60 learning standards (Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts).

The numbers on the chart represent the percentage of 40 students in grade 5 who met or exceeded standard on the NGSS compared to the percentage of students in 20 grade 5 who met or exceeded standard district-wide.

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