2017-18
Annual School Performance Report Pine Lake Middle School
Pine Lake Middle School
3200 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 (425) 837-5700 https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/middle/pine_lake/ Principal Michelle Caponigro
Mission At Pine Lake Middle School, staff, students, parents, and community work together to provide the best opportunities for learning.
Welcome At Pine Lake Middle School, staff and students believe in the value of discovery, integrity, respect, excellence, and community. Visitors to our campus often comment on the feeling of Pine Lake and on our friendly school culture. Pine Lake is that and so much more. At PLMS, students and staff enjoy an adventure together and challenge one another to reach beyond the known and to discover and learn whatever it is that lights their spark. Together, guided by our school wide beliefs, our community enjoys the magic of learning.
Teacher Experience
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Teacher’s with National Board 81.4% 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. Pine Lake 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 PLMS teachers offer students rich learning opportunities via engaging course work that is aligned with Common Core and Washington state standards. Core courses offer students a strong foundation in essential skills and knowledge. Families can access advanced learning opportunities via self-select to meet student learning goals. With an experienced and expert teaching staff, students at PLMS benefit from excellence and best practice in instruction. PLMS offers a rich elective program. More than half of our student body is enrolled in a music program. Students enjoy interesting and challenging elective opportunities such as Outdoor Education, Computer Science, Art, Woodshop I and II, Integrated Projects, Yoga, and WAVE Leadership. Students and staff use technology to enhance learning and pursue enrichment opportunities. PLMS emphasizes strong student performance in academics, athletics, and the arts. This year more than 400 of 945 Pine Lake students qualified for the PLMS Honor Society. Honor Society students are honored at the end of each trimester for academic achievement. Balancing activities and athletics with a rigorous academic program, PLMS academic and athletic teams enjoy participation in a wide range of competitions. Our Physical Education Department works with students to build and maintain a healthy level of personal fitness and a lifelong understanding of the value of wellness. Pine Lake also runs the Compass/WEB program - a student to student mentor program where 8th graders are paired up with 6th graders to help them learn and adjust to middle school. PLMS 8th graders are the greatest example of what it looks like to be a Pine Lake student.
Improving Student Achievement Staff members work in collaborative groups to build instructional skill and to support students with academic struggles. Math 180 and Read 180 support classes are offered for students not meeting state standards in math. PTSA and the Issaquah Schools Foundation sponsor after-school homework help staffed by teachers. Members of the community support students in need through the District V.O.I.C.E. mentoring program.
Extra-Curricular Activities Math Club, Theater Arts Club, Honor Society, Art Club, Homework Club, Geography Bee, Writing/Literary Club, Jazz Band, Library, Earth Service Club, and Robotics are opportunities for students at Pine Lake.
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.
Grade Level Total ELA 85.1 79.2
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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