2017-18
Annual School Performance Report Issaquah Middle School
Issaquah Middle School 600 2nd Avenue SE, Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-6800 https://issaquah.wednet.edu/issaquahms Principal Seth Adams
Mission Issaquah Middle School is an interdependent community that creates an environment empowering all students to be responsible, respectful, thinking citizens.
Welcome Students, staff, parents and the community work together every day to enrich our school, making it a premier middle level learning experience. Thank you for making a difference!
Teacher Experience
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Teacher’s with National Board 72.1% Certification Teacher Experience Data for the
2017-18 School Year will be available December 2018. Average Years Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
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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. Issaquah Middle School 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 IMS is proud of our efforts to be a green school. We continue to achieve our status as a Level Four Sustaining School in King County Green Schools Program the highest level in the program. Language Arts and Social Studies: The IMS Language Arts program includes reading with an exploration of fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. Students also work on vocabulary development and grammar. Students write personal narrative/memoirs, explanatory essays, argumentative essays, poetry and short stories, anecdotal essays, and literary analysis papers. Advanced Language Arts is offered. Social Studies classes during middle school study Ancient Civilizations, World History, Washington State History, U.S. History and Civics. Many of the units are hands-on simulations and all 8th graders learn about personal finances with a trip to the Junior Achievement Finance Park funded by the Issaquah Schools Foundation. Math: Students choose their Math pacing for middle school allowing for some students to complete Algebra 1 or Geometry by the end of 8th grade. Science: Our program includes Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science and Biology. Lab-based science curriculum is taught in all grades. Students choose their Science path upon entering middle school. Choosing Path II means skipping Life Science and taking Biology in 8th grade. Fine Arts: We offer a strong Fine Arts program which includes Visual Arts, Orchestra, Band, and Chorus with optional after school clubs. An energetic group of theater students presented two productions this year with the help of teacher advisors, professional technicians and choreographers with extensive
support from parents. Electives: Spanish, Backyard Forests, Leadership, Yearbook, DMQ Design and TV Production, Science Fiction, Digital Photography, Recreational Activities, Studio Art, 3-D Art and our STEM classes Automation & Robotics and Design & Modeling are some of the electives offered at IMS. Technology: IMS has two complete computer labs and ten mobile notebook labs. All classrooms are outfitted with document cameras, LCD projectors and interactive boards used to maximize student learning. Each morning, ASB students produce and direct televised daily announcements using ongoing technological advancements. We also offer two STEM focused classes - Automation & Robotics and Design & Modeling. Student Government: ASB sponsors a variety of school activities and clubs throughout the year including Where Everybody Belongs (WEB). In its twelfth year at IMS, WEB is a student-led program offering mentorship and connection activities for 6th graders and new students in order to support a smooth transition to middle school. Homeroom: Sustained Strategic Reading, ASB activities as well as an advisory program and study/ homework time that promotes the personal, social and academic development of our students is offered four times a week in this 25-minute period at the beginning of the day. All teachers have a website for class assignments, homework, general communications and important information.
Parent and Community Involvement Our supportive PTSA has provided numerous hours of volunteer service in supporting programs like WalkAbout, Most Valuable Panther sundaes, Binder Boot Camp, Magazine Drive, Career Fair, Vision and Hearing Screening, chaperones for ASB parties and activities and the 8th grade Celebration Event just to name a few. They are also ready, willing and able to assist financially with teachers’ classroom grants, providing Angel Program gift cards, supporting special academic opportunities like Binder Boot Camp, club grants, student financial assistance, as well as Gift-a-Book donations for our Library.
Special Programs IMS offers a full range of special services, including a highly successful inclusion approach for LRC I students in math, science, social studies and language arts. This program is supported by math, reading and writing labs. We also offer a selfcontained LRC II program for students with more severe learning disabilities. ELL is offered for our English language learners. IMS has two full-time Counselors and a half-time PBSES Student Support Coach who provide students with academic, social and emotional support. Again this year we are partnering with Swedish Hospital to provide a Teen Health Specialist four days a week to support our Counseling Department. IMS is currently in our third year of PBSES (Positive Behavior and Social Emotional Support) a pro-active approach to increasing positive student behavior through direct instruction. This program establishes ongoing behavior support that can be used by all students, staff and community members to improve school climate helping students feel safe, have better academic performance and make positive behavior choices.
Extra-Curricular Activities IMS offers four seasons of boys’ and girls’ athletics, including softball, cross country, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, soccer and track. We have a vast selection of activities for students to get involved in outside the classroom. Some of the clubs offered this year were Anime Club, Cooking Club, Craft Club, Culture Club, Debate Club, Games Club, Generation Impact, Green Team, Math Club, National Junior Honor Society, Geography Club, Ping Pong Club, Robotics Club and U.S. Military History Club.
Improving Student Achievement During school, math, writing and reading support classes are offered at all grades levels and after school math, writing, humanities and science help with content-area teachers is sponsored by the Issaquah Schools Foundation (ISF). After School Homework Help is available four days a week. Homework help is also offered for our ELL students. VOICE mentor program places community member volunteer mentors with students on a weekly basis also supported by ISF.
Assessment Two tests given to middle 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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