2016-17
Annual School Performance Report Briarwood Elementary School
Briarwood Elementary School
17020 SE 134th Street, Renton, WA 98059 (425) 837-5000 https://connect.issaquah. wednet.edu/elementary/ briarwood/ Principal Drew Terry
Welcome Involved parents and community members enrich our school and enhance our students’ learning experiences. Thanks for making a difference!
Mission At Briarwood we provide a safe, supportive environment, which promotes respectful, responsible behavior, and challenges students, staff, and parents to reach their potential as learners. Our school motto is, “If it’s to be it’s up to me!”
Demographics Grades: K-5
Teacher Experience Enrollment: 675 95.6%
72.7%
Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
Teacher’s with National Board Certification
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2 Average Years 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. Briarwood 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.
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District Report For budget details and more go to www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/annualcommunity-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.
Highlights Briarwood is one of three elementary schools in the District offering a Science Technology magnet program. This program features a multi-age classroom for fourth and fifth graders that provides the standard district curricula with an emphasis on science and technology. Students use technology and its resources through engaging projects, film making, and scientific investigations. The Reading Buddies program at Briarwood serves all second grade students. Senior citizens, community members, and parent volunteers read weekly in oneon-one situations to help our students improve their reading comprehension and fluency. The After School Assistance Program (ASAP) continues to shine at Briarwood. This academic after school program serves nearly 40 students in grades 3 – 5. Academic areas of focus for our students include reading, math, or writing. Teachers work on fundamental skills with students in small groups of five in twice-weekly, 55-minute sessions. ASAP continues to be supported from a generous $15,000 Kateri Brow Big Idea Grant from the Issaquah Schools Foundation (ISF). Funds help compensate the teachers for their time, provide healthy snacks for the students, and pay for an ISD school bus to take students home. Briarwood enjoys an authentic sense of community. Several volunteers graciously give their time in our classrooms. The staff at Briarwood is a closely knit group and they take a team approach to educating our students. This school year, parents and district personnel have been invited into the classroom to help us celebrate our writing successes.
Improving Student Achievement Briarwood staff development sessions continue to be aligned with current district initiatives and curricular adoptions. Literacy training continues to be the emphasis at Briarwood and efforts remained focused on maintaining the knowledge and skills from our previous building goal while enhancing our skills and knowledge regarding the teaching of reading and writing. Our Instructional Coach (IC) provides multiple learning opportunities in individual classrooms and in formal in-service settings. Teachers work closely with the IC to model, design lessons, share instructional strategies, and reflect on their teaching. Teachers collaborate on a regular basis to plan and develop engaging lessons for our students. Teachers also analyze and assess student work from a variety of curricular areas collectively. This level of collaboration leads to enhanced instructional practices and increased student learning at every grade level.
After School Briarwood offers several after school programs. Currently these include: After School Assistance Program (ASAP), Book Club, Briarwood Bear Chorus, Coding Club, Go-Green Club, Rubik’s Club, Running Club, Safety Patrol, Scratch Club, and Student Council.
What’s New The Briarwood community continues to grow. We will be adding one more portable to our campus in the summer of 2017 to help with our continued growth. Our School Age Care (Bear Club) will occupy these two new portable classrooms beginning in the fall.
Assessment
Grade Level Total ELA
Two tests given to elementary school students—The Smarter Balanced Assessment and the Measurement of Student Progress (MSP)—help indicate how well Issaquah students are learning.
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Smarter Balanced Assessment The results of Washington State’s Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) and Measures of Student Progress (MSP) 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 state-mandated 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 (MSP) and then again in high school (SBA in ELA and End of Course assessments in Math and Biology). 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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Grade 5 MSP-Science
The MSP is an exam developed and mandated by the state; it replaced the state’s original annual exam, the WASL, in spring 2010. The MSP measures what students know and can do on the 2009 science standards. Next year the MSP will be replaced by the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science which will measure what students know and can do on the Next Generation Science Standards. MSP 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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