2016-17
Annual School Performance Report Gibson Ek High School
Gibson Ek High School
379 1st Place SE, Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-6352 https://www.gibsonek. org/ Principal Julia Bamba
Welcome ENGAGING, INSPIRING, AND EDUCATING STUDENTS THROUGH PERSONAL DISCOVERY, INTEREST-BASED LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS At Gibson Ek, students thrive by engaging in rigorous interestbased learning and authentic internships in a vibrant and supportive community. Students’ interests, passions, and talents drive the learning as they engage in real world experiences becoming the directors of their learning. Students are challenged to look beyond traditional education to prepare for college and careers in a dynamic global environment.
Mission Gibson Ek students thrive by engaging in rigorous interest-based learning and authentic internships in a vibrant and supportive community.
Demographics Grades: 9-10
Teacher Experience Enrollment: 106 100.0% 90.3%
Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
73.7%
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. 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. 14.0% 10.4% 7.9% 0.9%
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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.
Personalized Model As an innovative real world learning school, Gibson Ek’s program is consistent with the standards at all ISD schools. A core objective of this design is to develop self-directed learners highly capable of navigating systems, defining their work in complex contexts, thinking critically, and collaborating. Gibson Ek is authorized by the Washington State Board of Education (SBE) to graduate students based on mastery of competencies rather than credits and the competencies are aligned with Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and admissions expectations of selective baccalaureate colleges in Washington and nationally. The competencies are clustered within five interdisciplinary Learning Goals representing the skills, core knowledge, and attributes of effective learners prepared for college and career. Each student’s experience is unique. Gibson Ek always strives to create a kind, respectful,
inclusive, and vibrant school culture that honors the personalization that each student deserves. Staff and students never stop exploring ways to help students realize their future dreams and the impact they have in their community and the world. Through small advisories, students get to know at least one adult well and that advisor facilitates each student’s learning over the four-year program. Students develop Learning Plans with the guidance of their advisor and input from their parents, mentors, and peers. Students use their quarterly exhibitions as a time to publicly show evidence of their learning. Students collect and organize their evidence in many ways such as online portfolios, videos, photography, projects and products, online files, and binders. The student’s portfolio is a repository of the growth and accomplishments of our students and can be a valuable tool for college admissions.
Extra-curricular Activities and Special Programs Leadership and Senate, Gender Sexuality Alliance Club, Robotics, Hiking Club, Imagine Tomorrow Team, Game Design, Yearbook, Newspaper, Gibson Ek TV, Travel Club, TEALS Partnership with Microsoft, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Teen Health Counselor Partnership with Swedish, Friends of Youth Drug and Alcohol Prevention. Students participate in athletics through their home high schools
Communication • • • •
Collaboration and Engagement Understanding Expression and Representation Evaluation and Research
Quantitative Reasoning • • • •
Interpretation Representation Calculation Application and Analysis
Empirical Reasoning • Design and Conduct Investigation • Scientific Knowledge and Theories • Mathematics & Computational Thinking • Construct and Defend Arguments
Social Reasoning • • • •
Critical Issues and Events Geography and Environment Institutions, Systems, & Government Human Behavior and Expression
Personal Qualities • • • •
Creativity and Innovation Productive Mindset Better the World Health and Wellness
Innovative Learning Environments In order to truly personalize learning, we have designed our campus to create a vibrant, innovative, and collaborative school environment. The school is flexible with movable walls, large open space, makerspace, cafe areas, gardens, a recording studio, research labs, and quiet reading and writing spaces. Students and staff are able to quickly adapt our campus to meet the learning needs of our students.
Internship Program
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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.
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.
In spring 2011, the state replaced its broad 10th-grade math High School Proficiency Exam with two End of Course Assessments. Now, students take the End of Course 1 assessment at the end of their algebra course, no matter what their grade level; they take the End of Course 2 assessment at the end of their geometry course, no matter what their grade level. In spring 2012, the state similarly did away with the broad 10th grade science HSPE and replaced it with the Biology EOC Assessment.
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