2017-18
Annual School Performance Report Liberty High School
Liberty High School 16655 SE 136th Street, Renton, WA 98059 (425) 837-4800 https://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/libertyhs Principal Sean Martin
Mission Our students will be prepared for and eager to accept academic, occupational, personal and practical challenges of life in a dynamic environment.
Welcome Our goal is to create a school culture that helps students achieve personal excellence, live with integrity, and maximize their opportunities as we all strengthen the Liberty community. Each student’s individual successes and our collective achievements are based on partnerships with each student, parent, and the larger Liberty Community. 2017–18 was another great year at Liberty High School!
Teacher Experience
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Teacher’s with National Board 71.4% 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. 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 Liberty High School offers a rigorous curriculum in our traditional core classes as well as offering a robust Advanced Placement (AP) program. AP Courses offered include Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Human Geography, Psychology, US Government & Politics, US History, World History, English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Japanese 4, French Language 4 & 5 and Studio Art. We have seen a consistent increase in the number of Liberty students accessing the AP tests over the years with well over 500 students taking in excess of 1000 tests. Our test scores for these tests have continued to rise as well. These are college level classes so they are rigorous, challenging and offer the greatest preparation for students who seek to gain this distinction on their college transcripts. Liberty High School also provides students opportunities to earn Dual Credit through Tech Prep, College in the High School (CHS) and Running Start Programs. Students can earn both high school and college credit at the same time by successfully completing select courses and paying any applicable fees. Tech Prep credits give students a jumpstart on a career by preparing them for a college technical degree program. We are also a proud to work with Bellevue College (BC) in offering College in the High School (CHS) courses. They allow students to earn college credits at a very affordable price. Our dedicated staff teach these courses on our campus. The Running Start program allows qualified juniors and seniors to attend classes at the local community or technical colleges with the possibility of earning both their high school diploma and an AA degree by the time they graduate from high school. Through a PTSA Grant, we were able to acquire a CNC Plasma Cutter. Both our Metal Fabrication and Robotics programs have taken advantage of this equipment, which allows students to be intimately involved in the development, design, fabrication, and implementation of materials and projects. Our
Robotics Club, Iron Patriots 4131, participated and performed well in many competitions this year making it all the way to Regionals. However, the accomplishment they were especially proud of was to have received the Engineering Inspiration Award for STEM principals in our community. In 2016, they started the FIRST Lego League teams at local elementary schools. Next year they are starting a FIRST Tech Challenge Club at the middle school and working with the Special Olympics Unified Robotics to field three teams for Special Needs students. Over the summer, they worked with the City of Renton Summer Lunch Program to teach disadvantaged students about robotics. Not to be outdone our NJROTC Program is generating interest in STEM through hands-on activities like Sea Perch, an underwater robotics program where students design, build and operate an underwater ROV. Another exciting program NJROTC is participating in is Cyber Patriot, which is a National Youth Cyber Education Program by the Air Force Association. AFA hopes to inspire students toward careers in cybersecurity or other STEM disciplines critical to our nation’s future. Students complete virtually from all around the globe! Additional STEM highlights include the continued opportunity to have Liberty staff teach AP Computer Science through TEALS. TEALS is a program supported by Microsoft Philanthropies that recruits, mentors, and places passionate technology professionals into high school classrooms as volunteer instructors. The Liberty High School Fine Arts program continues to get recognition in all areas. Our Drama Programs, Patriot Players, have received numerous nominations and multiple 5th Avenue Theatre Awards. These awards recognize outstanding high school musicals from across the State of Washington. Recently our choir performed Verdi Requiem in D premier at Benaroya Hall with the Sammamish Symphony; this is a West Coast equivalent to performing at Carnegie Hall! The Art Department was proud see one of their own receive a Regional Arts Award from PSESD which moves this student on to the State Competition.
Extra-Curricular Activities During the school year, Liberty provides a variety of co-curricular clubs. Clubs allow students to connect with others who share their same interests. Of special note is our new Patriots United Club, which bring together General Education students with Special Education students in an inclusive athletic environment which this year included basketball and soccer. Other in school academic clubs available to students at Liberty include: The Patriot Press (8 publications of a student newspaper), Yearbook, DECA, Culinary Arts, NJROTC, Drama, Jazz and Marching Band, Orchestra, Choir, and ASB. Other after school extra-curricular student-led clubs include: Badminton, Celebrate Your Culture, Cheer, Drill, Dance, Chess Club, Dungeons and Dragons, F.A.N.D.O.M.S., FCCLA, Green Team, Gender-Sexuality Alliance, History Club, Honor Society, JSA, Key Club, Math Club, Model United Nations, Paper Football League, Patriot Crew, Physettes, Ping Pong Club, Robotics, Science Olympiad, SMASH, Student Book Review and Woods Club. If students do not see something of interest, they can always complete an application and start a new club any time during the school year! Liberty High School consistently fields competitive athletic teams. During the regular athletic season, we compete in a 2A/3A combo league, but during post-season we compete in 2A. This year Liberty brought home multiple State Champion Trophies! Girls Soccer, Boys Golf-for the 3rd year in a row, Girls Swim & Dive team-for the 4th year in a row, including an Individual State Champion, and the Boys Tennis Team saw the State Finals Doubles match against fellow teammates from LHS making Liberty both the 1st and 2nd Place Finishers! Our Football, Baseball and Boys Basketball Teams competed in the State Championship through the Quarter Finals before being knocked-out of the tournament. In addition to State Championships, we saw Top-Ten Team finishes in Boys and Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Volleyball, Boys Swim & Dive and Boys Track & Field. The Class of 2018 also had nine athletes extend their athletic careers by committing to compete in college athletics at various colleges and universities throughout the country.
Improving Student Achievement Liberty offers a number of programs to assist students in achieving academic success. Students can attend work sessions after school with teachers in various departments, either as individual appointments or as a part of the Liberty High School Tutoring Program. On a peer-to-peer level, our National Honor Society provides academic help on Wednesday mornings, which allows students to take advantage of peers expertise and knowledge. For students who need help in supporting their technology needs, we offer access to a quiet computer lab during the week. Additionally, Liberty has on staff a full time On Time Graduation Specialist to support students. Within the school day, the Math Department offers Support Lab courses in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2. Our English Department offers ILS (Improving Literacy Skills) support classes for grades 9, 10, and 11. These classes function on a pre-teach/ re-teach system allowing students to gain stronger understanding of the skills and content of the course. These especially focused support classes are smaller and provide a strong foundation in the subject area.
Assessment Two tests given to high 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 Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) was given for the first time in Spring 2018. This test fulfills the federal requirement that students be tested in science once in elementary, middle, and high school. Because there is no assessment in Science that is graduation requirement until 2021, many of our students chose not to take the test. For every student who did not take the test, a score of zero was calculated into the overall proficiency rate, resulting in a low percent of students rated proficient. 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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