2018-19
Annual School Performance Report Skyline High School
Skyline High School 1122 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 (425) 837-7700 https://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/skylinehs/ Principal Keith Hennig
Mission Our students will be prepared for and eager to accept the academic, occupational, personal, and practical challenges of life in a dynamic global environment.
Welcome In an intentional effort to develop honorable, thinking, skillful citizens who possess integrity, act with honor and pride, and pursue scholarship and excellence in the service of humanity, Skyline High school has established a strong academic tradition coupled with award-winning activity programs that include several state titles. Its education program prepares students with the necessary skills to successfully achieve their post-secondary life goals, whatever they may be.
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Teacher Experience data for the 2018-2019 National Board School Year 45.7% will be available via OSPI at a later date. Certification
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For complete school data, please visit OSPI’s website Average Yearsat: Teaching washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
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OSPI Data State testing is required by 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 high school students being tested by the State to assess their progress as they move through school. State tests at the high school level which fulfill the federal Every Student Succeeds Act include the following: • Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA): English Language Arts (ELA) and Math tests (10) • Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS): Science test (11)
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 SCIENCE DEPARTMENT:
• Biology and Biodiversity – students performed field ecology and restoration work near Lake Sammamish as well as visited the Seattle Aquarium to look at the adaptions of creatures in the Puget Sound. The field ecology trip saw students determine whether a habitat is good for salmon as well as plant numerous trees to restore natural habitat. In a hands on way, student demonstrated what they learned in the classroom and how it can be applied to real life – helping them imagine a future where they can engage with scientific ideas in a productive and enjoyable way. • Chemistry/IB Chemistry - SL Chemistry students participated in Cascade Ridge elementary School Science Fair where they did demos and hands on activities for students. The elementary school students were fascinated by the color changing flower, the elephant tooth paste, Double Displacement Reactions, and making slime. SL Chemistry Students not only felt the joy of teaching something new to elementary school students but also communicated that it was fun to learn and teach science. General Chemistry students are wrapping up the year with a fun activity of tie-dying some article of clothing! They’ll be able to wrap up their knowledge of chemical reactions and behaviors, plus have a “souvenir” to keep! Ms. Godley’s Chemistry students made fun “Chemistry about Strawberries” (and plants) for Kindergartners at Maple Hills Elementary who sent the chemistry students an adorable video of them planting strawberries and sharing what they know about plants. Hoping to do more collaboration with other schools and sharing our love of chemistry! • Physics/IB Physics - General Physics dove deeper into geophysics this year by choosing their own research questions. We learned about how Seattle could prepare for its next big earthquake, how we would be impacted if Mt. Saint Helens erupts again, and what Washington State should learn from Japan so that we can handle the Cascadian Subduction tsunami. Also, General Physics students had an awesome time building car bodies that were intended to protect its passengers (eggs) during a head-on car crash. Students quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the mechanics behind their designs and the results of their engineering project. IB Physics students got the opportunity
to teach physics concepts through interactive demonstrations to elementary students at both Sunny Hills and Creekside Elementaries during their science fairs. IB Physics students also got the chance to learn how Tasers work and how they are used in law enforcement. Officer G was kind enough to spend a day talking to each of the periods about the science and practical use of the Taser, plus he gave us a couple demonstrations of the results of shooting a Taser! Kids loved it! • IB Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences - Students in IB Exercise Science did several activities to simulate or model things they may experience in life outside of school. For example, they created their own “power snack” of their own recipe that could be used either as a pre-workout energy snack or a post-workout recovery snack. They made the recipes in class on presentation day, and were able to give feedback on the taste of their classmates’ creations!
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT:
The Visual and Performing Arts Department includes opportunities in drawing, sculpting, orchestra, choir, band and theatre. Each of those individual arts excel yearly! This year, all three of our orchestras received Superior ratings at the Eastshore League Festival. Members of choir, orchestra and band ensembles were selected for All-State, All-Northwest, and All-National groups. Several members also placed at State Solo & Ensemble. Members of the orchestras and choirs had the opportunity to travel this year, with orchestra members performing in New York City, and members from choir traveling and performing in Nashville, TN. Members from SHS Bands travel on alternate years to California for performances and clinics in the L.A. area. Our Jazz groups compete both regionally and out of state, with Jazz Band competing locally this year and Vocal Jazz traveling to Edmonds and Fife for festival opportunities. The Skyline theatre department produces two plays and one musical each year, and competes in the ESUUS Shakespeare Competition and 5th Avenue Theatre Awards. The Thespian Troupe also attends the WA State Conference each year in March. From the art department, April Huang won at the 45th Superintendent’s High School Art Show in Olympia with her painting, “Country of Hope”. It was bought by OSPI and now resides in their permanent collection.
Highlights Continued MATH DEPARTMENT:
This year, core classes in the Math Department embraced new curriculum and technology. The new curriculum was chosen because it better meets student and teacher teaching and learning needs and the Math Department is looking forward to continued use of the textbooks and supplemental material in the years to come. Over 250 students also traveled to the University of Washington’s Math Day in March for a series of lectures, workshops and tours. Finally, Daniel Hong scored well on a series of math competitions (AMC, AIME, and USAMO) and was invited to Carnegie Melon for the month of June as one of the 50 top math competitors in the country.
CTE DEPARTMENT:
• DECA – Over 200 Introductory and IB Business Management students qualified for the State DECA competition with 80 qualifying for the International Competition in Orlando, FL, where 20 students earned top 20 honors at the International Competition in Orlando, FL.
• Computer Science - Introductory and IB Computer Science classes participate in the FIRST Robotics club which won the Houston World Championships in 2018 and was a division finalist in 2019. • Our Graphic Design classes produce media for student and local community organizations. The yearbook student staff uses their photography and page-building skills to successfully publish a 300+ page yearbook.
WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT:
Skyline enjoys wonderful success in IB Spanish. 99% of all students who take the IB Spanish test not only pass it, but with well above average scores. In 2018, 21 students scored a 7/7 on the standard level test. School wide, there were 42 scores of 7, meaning that the Spanish students made up a full 50% of all top scores. More than half of all of the standard level testers scored a 6 or higher. The worldwide standard level average was 5.07 and the Skyline average was 6.05. The higher level students did well also scoring an average of 5.5 while the global average was 5.38.
Improving Student Achievement Skyline High School provides a safe and challenging learning environment for a population of approximately 2,000 students. Student enrollment information and assessment data provides Skyline stakeholder’s valuable insight to facilitate the creation of appropriate levels of academic, social and emotional supports to our changing demographic representation. School achievement trends across the years have been positive and Skyline High School continues to outperform both Issaquah School District and Washington State percentages of students who meet state standards in all noted areas and graduation rate. While teaching and learning is a complex and difficult task, Skyline strives to ensure all students are prepared for and eager to accept the academic, occupational, personal, and practical challenges of life in our dynamic global environment. At the root of this mission are two important aspects of successful teaching and learning – establishing systems to improve student regular attendance and ensuring students accumulate the necessary credits for graduation (i.e., not failing courses).
Regular attendance provides students the opportunity to engage in the academic, social and emotional activities, programs and interventions designed to enhance individual student skills and knowledge needed for success in post-secondary life. With a focus on regular attendance and ensuring students have the programs and supports needed to pass credit-bearing courses, Skyline will continue to have a clear/shared focus with high standards and expectations for all students. To this end, Skyline’s School Improvement Plan will focus on reducing course failures through the application of intervention, supports and resources designed to connect our students to school and support effective teaching and learning for all connecting students. Ensuring that to our school through supports, resources and/or intervention - ensuring students have the skills and knowledge necessary to gain credit allows Skyline’s stakeholders to feel involved, invested and responsible for the success of all students.
Extra-Curricular Activities Activation Through Art, Art Club, ASB, ASB Dance Committee, ASL Club, Automotive Club, Badminton Club, Band, Biology Club, Black Student Union, Board Game Club, Cheerleading, Chess Club, Chinese Club, Choir Club, Classical Music, Club MED, Computer Science club, Cube Club, Cultural Diversity Club, Cupcakes for a Cause, Cryptocurrency Club, CSI Club, Dance Team, DECA, Drama Club, Engineering Club, E-Sports Club, Evergreen Philharmonic, FCCLA, Film Club, Financial Literacy & Beyond Club, Free the Children Club, French Club, Games Club, Glee Club, Global Studies, Green Team, GSA, Guitar Club, Japanese Club, Japanese NHS Club, Jazz Band, Journalism, JSA, Key Club, Korean
Club, LEAP Club, Link Crew, Marine Science Club, Math Club, Mock Trial Club, Model UN Club, National Honor Society, New Generation Club, Orchestra, PAWS Club, Ping Pong Club, Project Agape, Red Cross Club, Relay for Life, Robotics Club, Rocketry Club, Science Club, SHOCK Club, Science National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Speech & Debate Club, STEM Outreach Club, Stock Investment Club, Strong 4 Sam Club, Students Affirming Gender Equity, Tech Theater Club, Technology Student Association Club, Teen Link Club, Traffic Student Court, Ultimate Frisbee Club, We Care Club, Writer’s Club, Yearbook
Athletics Skyline High School strives to develop and maintain athletic programs in which student-athletes recognize their full potential by providing participants unique experiences and situations that are difficult to duplicate in the classroom. Lessons learned and experienced through athletics will last a lifetime and enhance the student-athlete’s high school experience. Academically this past year 1,109 student-athletes participated in our athletic programs, achieving a combined average GPA of 3.39. Along with their academic success, Skyline Student-Athletes and coaches have garnered many state accolades. In the Fall, the girls soccer team, coached by Don Braman, had a thrilling season. After going 4-6-1 in 11 games, the team captured its fifth state championship by winning their last six games. The Skyline girls swim and dive team, coached by Susan Simpkins, finished second in the state. Individually, the team won the 200 yard Medley Relay with the team of Senior Christina Bradley, Senior Danika Himes, Senior Sarah DiMeco and Senior Lauren Sales who won their event with a time of 1:44.00, which is a meet and state record as well as an All American Time. In the 200 Yard Freestyle, Sarah DiMeco won in a time of 1:46.98 which is also an All American Time. In the 50 yard backstroke, Junior Courtney Gross won with a time of 43.92. In the 100 yard Freestyle, Christina Bradley won state with a time of 49.81. In the 500 yard Freestyle, Sarah DiMeco won state in a time of 4:48.08 which is another All American Time.
During the Winter, the Skyline boy’s swim and dive team won the team state championship. Individually, winning the 200 yard Medley Relay with the team of Senior Samuel Shauf, Junior Colin Huynh, Junior Jeremy Kim and Senior Joost Christoffles in a time of 1:34.47. The Skyline Cheer Staff, coached by Stephania Gullikson, won two state championships. The Skyline Dance team won their first state championship by winning the dance portion of the State Dance and Drill competition. In February, 13 Skyline student-athletes participated in National Signing Day. Skyline student-athletes students signing letters of intent to Stanford, Gonzaga, Washington State, San Diego, Eastern Washington, Central Washington, Cal State East Bay, Northwest University, Princeton University, Seattle University, Montana and Utah. In the Spring, the Skyline girls doubles tennis team of senior Reanne Lee and senior Dora Varsa won the 4A state double championship for the second year in a row. In track and field, Junior Alison Kremer won the 4A state high jump title with a jump of 5’ 5”. Outside of the athletic arena, many of our athletic programs regularly participate in community service events from clothing drives, to youth camps, all of which help to build a stronger school and unify the local community. Skyline Athletics above all else, strives to develop the entire person by teaching the values of honor, pride, scholarship, integrity, and excellence.
Special Programs Issaquah Scholars, International Baccalaureate, 7th Period Options, Think First! Robotics, TEALS partnership with Microsoft, ECE Preschool, Running Start: College in the High School, WANIC, Shakespeare in the Classroom, Mental Health Social Worker partnership with Swedish, Drug and Alcohol Interventions with Friends of Youth
What’s New • Principal Keith Hennig kicked off the year by inviting Kevin Ashworth, Co-founder and the Clinical Director of the NW Anxiety Institute as the keynote speaker at Curriculum Night and the first staff learning of the year. • The 2019-2020 school year will see the addition of a 7th period, two days of extended learning periods (80 minutes) and academic intervention time build into the school day. Skyline staff worked extremely hard during the 2018-2019 school year to prepare for the schedule adjustments by creating a new bell schedule, participating in professional development offerings around extended learning and developing an intervention time to meet our student and school needs. We are excited about the schedule adjustments and how they will benefit our students! • Under the leadership of Principal Keith Hennig and with community support from the PTSA and ISF, Skyline staff continues the “Issaquah Scholars” program geared to smooth the transition for incoming ninth graders. In the fall, Skyline hosted the Think Again program (led by Eastside Fire and Rescue) for sophomores for the third time; it encourages safe, sober and not distracted driving. We will welcome them back this spring to work with our juniors and seniors in a program they call “Choices.” It too encourages safe and sober driving through a collaborative simulation and follow up discussion
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 SBA is a test that measures students’ progress toward College and Career readiness in ELA, literacy and math. 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 accurately 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 tenth grade students who met or exceeded standard in ELA and Math on the SBA compared to the percent of tenth grade students who met or exceeded standard district-wide.
Grade Level Total ELA 90.0
Grade Level Total Math
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The WCAS fulfills the federal requirement that students be tested in Science once at the high school level. The WCAS measures the level of proficiency students have achieved (what students know and can do) based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The WCAS assesses all three dimensions of the learning standards (Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts). The numbers on the chart represent the percentage of students in eleventh grade who met or exceeded standard on the WCAS compared to the percentage of students in grade 11 who met or exceeded standard districtwide. Given that a limited number of students took the WCAS, scores may not provide a full picture of science achievement.
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