2016-17
Annual School Performance Report Sunny Hills Elementary School
Sunny Hills Elementary School 3200 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 (425) 837-7400 https://connect.issaquah. wednet.edu/elementary/ sunny/
Welcome
The 2016-17 school year began with the opening of our new Principal Leslie Lederman building. Family and Community tours were offered throughout August and we received well over 1,000 visitors! Our transition into our beautiful building has been seamless. We are so grateful to our taxpayers for supporting our students through the building of a much improved new learning space.
Mission Sunny Hills is a community of life-long learners who are committed to academic and social growth and who celebrate each student’s unique strengths.
Demographics Grades: K-5
Teacher Experience Enrollment: 634 95.7%
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Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
Teacher’s with National Board Certification
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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. Sunny Hills 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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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 Students continue to take on responsibilities related to the management of our school. Our Green Team has helped us maintain our Level 4 Green Schools efforts. In June, we received the recognition from King County of being a Sustaining School. Last year, we raised money to supply clean water to our sister school, Birhawi, in Ethiopia. This year, we continued to support the students in that school through a school supply drive run by our second graders and their teachers. One of our families traveled to Ethiopia to deliver the supplies on our behalf. As always, our PTA provides us with rich experiences. In addition to the art program and support for science which comes every year, our PTA added new programs/ family events to our calendar. In October, we enjoyed “Spooky Spaghetti”; an evening of family fun. In November, our first ever Heritage Night was held. Many families brought to us interactive displays to teach us about their families culture. January’s event was our first ever Spelling Bee. March presented us with a Science Fair/STEM Night. The year wraps with another family event designed to entertain all and celebrate a great year of learning.
Enrichment Opportunities Our enrichment opportunities grew as did our space! This year we were able to offer an after school art program, programming clubs such as Scratch and coding, as well as several athletic based clubs.
Culture of Kindness Our work around a Culture of Kindness continued. We are proud of the work we have done to successfully implement The Mustang Way: Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Engaged. Staff, students and families are all aware of the expectations throughout campus. We have installed colorful posters to support this initiative and, most importantly, have seen an increase in positive behaviors.
Community and School Partnership Our partnership with our PTA and with ISF remains strong. Teaming together, we have brought a variety of valuable programs to Sunny Hills. This year, we are again proud to announce that a staff member has successfully received a grant from ISF to promote STEM learning.
PTA has brought us: • Community building events that unify our families even though our students leaving Sunny Hills after 5th grade attend two different middle/ high schools. • Support our green efforts and our Culture of Kindness • Partnered with us to create a safe campus • Raised funds to allow for a successful implementation of our new curriculum
ISF has brought us: • Build teacher capacity--funding provided by ISF supports teachers pursuing their National Boards and has provided staff with professional development for our new writing curriculum by bringing in national presenter, Matt Glover. • Our school is represented on ISF board with several board members, with even more parents serving as ISF committee members. • Support student learning through the VOICE mentor program.
Assessment
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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.
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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 91.5
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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