HILLPOINT ELEMENTARY Dr. Ron M. Leigh Principal
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HILLPOINT ELEMENTARY
Dr. Ron M. LeighPrincipal
“Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day”
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WHO WE ARE ?o Opened: September of 2008o School Setting: Hillpoint
Communityo Mascot: Huskieso Number of Staff: 100o Student Enrollment: 787o Demographic Percentages
Black – 66%White – 26%Hispanic – 2%Economically Disadv. – 61%Special Needs – 11%ESL – 1%
o Free and Reduced Lunch: 61%
o Mobility Rate: 11%
SCHOOL STATUSo Accreditation Status:
Fully Accreditedo AMO Status: Met All
Federal AMO’so Title I Status: School-
Wide
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3 Year State SOL Reading Results
2010 2011 2012
Grade 3 74 80 81
Grade 4 77 85 89
Grade 5 84 94 92
Grades 3-5(Combined)
78 86 86
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All
Black
White
EconomicallyDisadvantaged
2012 86 79 97 80
2011 86 82 95 82
2010 78 72 90 79
3 Year Reading Sub-Group Trend
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3 Year State SOL Writing Results2010 2011 2012
Grade 5 86 82 81
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3 Year State SOL Math Results
2010 2011 2012Grade 3 89 92 58Grade 4 93 90 77Grade 5 90 89 83Grades 3-5(Combined) 91 90 73
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All
Black
White
EconomicallyDisadvantaged
2012 72 61 92 60
2011 90 88 94 86
2010 91 89 95 88
3 Year Math Sub-Group Trend
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3 Year State SOL Science Results
2010 2011 2012
Grade 3 83 90 83Grade 5 77 80 93
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3 Year State SOL History Results
2010 2011 2012
Grade 3 91 76 83Grade 4 86 79 88Grade 5 66 58 84
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Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity
• Weekly grade level meetings to discuss and share strategies across all content areas
• Monthly staff in-services and trainings • Focused Tiered Instruction driven by pre- and
post-assessments • Monthly meetings with Sp. Ed. teachers to
share strategies and focus on interventions• Peer observations across grade levels
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Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity
• Data team creates themes and goals for the school each nine weeks and for the year
• Data team creates specific strategies across the content for teachers based on current assessment data
• Leadership team uses DataCation to track and monitor the progress of Tier II and III students in reading and math
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Areas of Focus• Small group tiered instruction in all reading classes• The Data Team focuses on the lowest SOL strands for each
grade level in reading and math based on benchmark tests. The Data Team provides specific intervention strategies for each SOL strand.
• Pearson training was facilitated by staff members for all K-5 math teachers in the building.
• In-School remediation is built into the master schedule for every grade level. After school tutoring will be offered to Tier II and Tier III students in Reading and Math starting in January 2013.
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Addressing the Gaps (Local School Improvement Plan)
• Weekly meetings between Inclusion teachers and their co-teachers
• Monthly planning meetings between Regular and General Education teachers
• Teachers will use Brain compatible strategies as referenced by Marsha Tate.
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Professional Development
• School-wide Guided Reading\Notebook\Running Records Management training provided to K-5 Reading teachers
• Pearson Math implementation for grades K-5
• Improving teacher\student connections.
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SUCCESSES• In 2012 Grade 5 History scores
increased 26 percentage points from previous year
• Grade 4 History scores increased 9 percentage points from previous year
• Grade 5 Science scores increased 13 points from previous year
• In 2012 students at Hillpoint scored 7 percentage points above the state average for math.
• In 2012 Black students scored 9 points above the state average for that subcategory.
• In 2012 Economically Disadvantaged students scored 6 points above the state average in math for that subcategory.
• Met or exceeded benchmarks on all State tests
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Planning Ahead• 45 Day Plan to address the needs of Tier II
and Tier III students 45 days from the start of SOL testing.
• After school tutoring program for students in grades 2-5 in reading and math.
• Leadership and Data teams will review the effectiveness of the schools remediation and intervention plans.