2017-18
Annual School Performance Report Discovery Elementary School
Discovery Elementary School
2300 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 (425) 837-4100 https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/discovery/ Principal Marti Shefveland
Mission Discovery is a partnership of students, staff members and parents invested in the lifelong learning and rigorous academic achievement of all students.
Welcome We appreciate Discovery’s families tremendously. They support students and staff members through assistance in classrooms and PTSA involvement. Thank you.
Teacher Experience
8
Teacher’s with National Board 70.3% Teacher Experience Data for the Certification
2017-18 School Year will be available December 2018. Average Years Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
8.9
Teaching Experience
OSPI Data In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Education declined to renew the state of Washington’s conditional Elementary and Secondary Education Act Flexibility Waiver for schools receiving Title I, Part A funds. This decision affects all schools in Washington State, which are now subject to the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Washington is the only state that has lost its waiver and must revert to NCLB standards and timelines of assessment. For schools and districts to be considered succeeding under NCLB, schools must meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards. For schools to meet AYP, 100 percent of all students, regardless of special needs or English language mastery, must meet proficiency standards. Discovery met AYP this year. For complete information about the Issaquah School District’s assessment data, highly qualified teachers, annual yearly progress, and state NAEP (of Educational Progress) results, please visit the state’s online district report card.
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.
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Highlights Technology
Due to the generous support of the Issaquah Schools Foundation and our PTSA, Discovery was able to complete a class set of computers with pen technology. We are using these to support our Art Docent and STEM Instruction in third through fifth grades. We continued our growth and understanding of integrating STEM instruction throughout the curriculum with support from our building’s STEM and Tech leaders, and training from the district’s STEM specialist. We continue to make use of four class sets of laptops throughout the school. Teachers check these out on a regular basis to support student learning and integration of technology. Library Media Specialists continued instruction in digital literacy and citizenship in second through fifth grades. Our new updated digital library allows students to check out a variety of digital books. Every classroom is equipped with computers, projector, document camera, and a Promethean ActivBoard.
Parent and Community Involvement
We are proud of 100% membership in PTSA which supports students’ learning in countless ways. We average about 300 parent volunteers and many VOICE Mentors that include high school students and community members. We are thankful for this strong partnership to help support students’ academics.
Positive Behavior Supports and Emotional Supports (PBSES)
Discovery continues to be a strong PBSES community. In addition to maintaining implementation of the Tier 1 systems developed in 2015-16, we began Tier 2 Supports. A team of staff members met every other week to support students needing added supports to succeed socially and emotionally in school. We continued a strong reward system and the entire student body earned three school-wide rewards
Green Team
This last year, Discovery achieved Sustaining Green School status. Level 3 in King County’s Green Schools Program. We also won the Waste Free Challenge Competition for a second year in a row.
Kindness Counts Award
Discovery revamped its award to recognize acts of kindness. The PBSES team developed the Kindness Counts Award to be given to those students who display kind behavior toward others on a continual basis or who display a noticeably amazing act of kindness at some point during the school year. Seventy-five students received the Kindness Counts award. They were each given a Kindness Counts T-Shirt and had their picture posted on our Kindness Counts bulletin board in the front of the school.
Student Ambassadors
Fourth and fifth grade students serve as student ambassadors at Discovery. Student Ambassadors make important contributions to the culture of Discovery. They help to put away play equipment after recesses, assist with wiping down tables in the lunchroom, manage our Lost & Found, welcome kids as they enter the school each day, help the Kindergarteners walk out to their busses, and help our custodians put the flag up and down properly each day. Currently we have close to 60 Student Ambassadors at Discovery. To become an ambassador, students must complete an application that asks for parent and teacher input. They then receive training from the counselor, Dean of Students, and Positive Behavior Support Coach so they are prepared and supported in their work. We are so grateful for their leadership example.
Fifth Grade Camp
Discovery brought back Fifth Grade Camp this year. Fifth graders spent three days at YMCA’s CAmp Colman, learning about the Northwest ecosystems and building strong community. The Fifth Grade teachers led this effort. Students took away many positive learning experiences and memories.
Improving Student Achievement Discovery complete the third year of a three year School Improvement Plan focused on Writing. Over at three-year period, All Students increased scores on the Post On-Demand Assessment in Writing 19%.
Additionally, preliminary state assessment (Smarter Balanced Assessment) results show the following results: Discovery Smarter Balanced Assessments: Percent Proficient
Special Programs During the school day - Discovery hosts a special needs pre-school, a Learning Assistance Program for Kindergarten and First graders needing extra support in reading, a K-5th Resource Room, and SAGE, a 3rd-5th grade pull-out gifted program. Science to Go lessons with a science specialist, which includes lessons in our outdoor educational areas (wetlands, grade level gardens, butterfly gardens). Students receive Art classes once per month from a professional art consultant and Art Docent lessons classes once per month by our PTSA sponsored Art Docent program. Green Team promotes recycling
and composting throughout the school. Before and After School Enrichment- Community programs include coding, drama, foreign language classes, chess club, robotics and math club. This year, some of our students won awards as they represented Discovery in state Math competitions. School programs included Marathon Club, Garden Club, Global Reading Challenge (4-5 graders). We also have Eagle Club, which is an on-site before and after school day care program and a Fourth and Fifth Grade Choir, led by our music teacher.
Schoolwide Events PTSA events included the Hawkathon Fund Raiser, Cultural Night, Talent Show, Family Fun Night, Eager Reader, Spelling Bee, Family Engineering Night, STEM Fair, and an Art Walk.
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.
Smarter Balanced Assessment The results of Washington State’s Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) and Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) help parents know how well their student is meeting learning targets. They also help schools plan instruction and curriculum based on these learning targets. The Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) is a statemandated test that measures students’ progress toward College and Career Readiness in English Language Arts (ELA) /Literacy and Math. The SBA replaced existing tests in English and Math in the spring of the 2014-2015 school year. The tests are given as part of Washington State’s education reform efforts which began in 1993 and involve annual state-specific tests for students in grades 3-8 in ELA (SBA), Math (SBA), and Science (WCAS) and then again in high school (SBA in ELA and Math and WCAS in Science). 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 Mathematics. Performance tasks ask students to demonstrate an array of research, writing, and problem solving skills. The SBA results accurately describe student achievement (how much students know at the end of the year) and are reported in two ways: scaled scores and achievement levels. A scaled score is the student’s overall numerical score. These scores fall on a continuous scale (from approximately 2000 to 3000) that increases across grade levels. Scaled scores are used to illustrate students’ current level of achievement. Based on their scaled scores, students fall into one of four categories of performance called achievement levels. Levels 3 and 4 represent “Meeting Standard” and reflect “adequate understanding” and “thorough understanding” of the learning standards. Levels 1 and 2 represent “Not Meeting Standard” and reflect “minimal understanding” and “partial understanding” of the learning standards.
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WCAS The WCAS is an exam developed and mandated by the state; it was given for the first time in Spring 2018. The WCAS measures what students know and can do on the 2013 science standards. WCAS assesses all three dimensions of the learning standards (science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts) and goes beyond multiple choice tests. The test includes a variety of item types including selected response (multiple choice, multiple select), technology enhanced, and constructed responses (equation builder, short answer). WCAS scores show the learning level of each student as compared to the state’s expectations for a well-taught student at that grade level. The numbers on the chart below represent the percentage of students who meet or exceed standard.
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