- The Erlanger-Elsmere Family Resource Center and the Miles Elementary Resource Center partnered to provide a great Halloween Fest on October 29th. Thanks to the coordinators, school staff members, district staff members, and community staff members that volunteered.
- The Tichenor Middle School and Lloyd High School Youth Service Centers are partnering to provide a grandparents raising grandchildren program.
- Lloyd High School held a parent day on October 30th.
- Two Miles Elementary students won state art awards for art they created in art teacher, Scott Fairchild's class.
- Participation rates for lunch and breakfast continue to be up at all schools. Thanks to all cafeteria staff members.
- The maintenance department has worked diligently to make repairs on the roofs at Lloyd and Scheben. Thanks to them for their dedicated efforts.
- Tichenor has been selected as one of two schools in the country to participate in Aquatic Adventures Academy. This program is run through Purdue University Calumet and is funded by a grant from the Toyota Foundation. Cyndi Etsler, associate director of the program, asked for student volunteers from Tichenor to participate in World Water Monitoring Day at Newport of the Levee on Saturday September 26th. Fourteen 7th grade students from Tichenor joined Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Noll for the event. The following students volunteered: Briann Landrum, Simon Fox, Kristen Huff, Lindsay Steenken, Jordan Gentry, Jaslynne Scruggs, Chris Huerta (all day), Yasmine Smith, Sam Gausepohl, Ashley Harrison, Brian Claypool, Megan McEntee, Michaela Ruppel, and Meagan Sipple.
- Tichenor held their annual Reality Store for students. Nearly 200 students at Tichenor Middle School participated and learned more about what it takes financially to make ends meet in today's world. Numerous community volunteers and school staff members participated.
- Howell's Fall Festival is on October 30th from 6:30-8:30.
- Arnett held a Family Literacy Night with a Visit from author Leigh Anne Florence on October 27th.
- Lindeman Elementary has been providing family movie nights for parents and children.
- I was able to conduct walk-throughs at some schools this week and enjoyed my brief time in those classrooms.
Friday, October 30, 2009
ACCOLADES
UPCOMING NEWS AND EVENTS
- School site visits at Arnett and Lindeman will occur next week. We are looking forward to discussing instruction and student learning.
- Odyssey Trainings were this week and will continue next week. A cadre of teachers from each school will be trained to assist others within their schools in learning.
- We will be conducting walk-throughs in various schools throughout the district.
- More information will be provided from the health department regarding H1N1 vaccines and the plans for inoculation sites.
- November 6th -The Kenton County Alliance will meet at 12:30 at Ensor.
- We are putting together district and community supt. focus groups: a student group and a community group will be developed for starts. We hope to improve lines of communication and collaborate to provide our students with positive opportunities and supports that extend out into the community.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Football Game for 10/09 Postponed
The Lloyd Football Game for 10/9/09 has been postponed and rescheduled for 10/10/09 at 7:00 PM.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
ACCOLADES
- Lindeman Elementary now has 160 members of the Lindeman PTO.
- Miles Elementary held their second Parent Academy on October 7th.
- Tichenor Middle School developed a new Parent Handbook for middle school parents. Karen Hughes worked with the faculty and staff and put the handbook together to assist parents.
- The Erlanger-Elsmere Family Resource Center took several students on their annual Rotary Club Fishing Trip on October 3rd.
- The Halloween Family Fun Fest will be held on October 29th at Dietz. The Miles Family Resource Center and the Erlanger/Elsmere Family Resource Center are working together to organize and plan the event for our students and families. They are looking for adult/teacher volunteers. The event will run from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.
- The Adopt-A-Block Program is working toward coordinating events that will alternate locations at Arnett, Howell, Lindeman and Miles.
- The EETLC is tomorrow. Thank you to the planning committee and the many people involved in organizing the conference.
- Lloyd High School is providing a Chorus Club this year for students.
WHAT'S UP IN THE DISTRICT NEXT WEEK
OCTOBER 12-16 WILL BE FALL BREAK FOR STUDENTS. PLEASE HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE WEEK.
UPCOMING NEWS AND EVENTS
- The state department continues to develop Program Reviews for Writing, Arts and Humanities, and Practical Living. According to state law, all schools are required to continue writing portfolios and writing at all grade levels as well as continued instruction in Arts and Humanities and Practical Living as provided in the Combined Curriculum Document that contains the Program of Studies and the Core Content. Please continue to focus on student learning. If we have high expectations and teach the curriculum, we will see student progress regardless of the type of state assessment given.
- Teachers that implemented live scoring saw great progress in student learning according to MAP data and state assessment data. This is a strategy that involves a process of immediate feedback to students.
- School Site Visits have been scheduled with principals for each school. Please mark your calendars. We are looking forward to discussions focusing on student learning, hearing about your sucessess, instructional needs, and the impact effective instruction is having on student progress.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Accolades
· Thank you to the Erlanger-Elsmere Teaching and Learning Conference Planning Committee and Bryan Sweasy for all of their work in planning the district-wide conference scheduled for October 9, 2009. The conference has lots of great sessions thanks to their efforts!
· Thank you to the efforts of Peggy Daugherty and the EETLC Planning Committee, there will be wonderful door prizes for participants at the October 9th conference. There will over $4000 worth of prizes that were all received as a result of donations! Thanks to Peggy and the committee members involved in making the contacts to receive the donations!
· Paraprofessionals from all schools participated today in a second day of professional training at Dietz aimed at focusing on their unique needs. We appreciate everyone’s attendance, enthusiasm, and participation. Thanks also to David Palmore and Laura Hellmann on their efforts to coordinate the workshop.
· The district participation rates for breakfast and lunch are up at each school. Thank you to all cafeteria staff members for all that you are doing to provide our students with nutritious meals.
· Howell Elementary was featured in the Erlanger Recorder for their new dress code.
· Miles Elementary held a Parent Academy on September 30th and will host a second one on October 7th.
· Lindeman Elementary has almost 40 volunteers that will partner with individual students for the One-to-One Reading Program.
· Arnett Elementary welcomes a new custodian, Pete Voss. The staff at Arnett is very excited to have him on staff! Welcome to Mr. Voss.
· Sally Walker, Lloyd H.S. Teacher, Jennifer Mugavin, Tichenor M.S. Teacher, and Elaine Woolley, Tichenor M.S. Assistant Principal were selected to participate in the IEQ two week summer program for teaching math. They are continuing to meet throughout the school year and will each be working on a project through IEQ to assist their schools in increasing student achievement in mathematics.
· Thank you to the efforts of Peggy Daugherty and the EETLC Planning Committee, there will be wonderful door prizes for participants at the October 9th conference. There will over $4000 worth of prizes that were all received as a result of donations! Thanks to Peggy and the committee members involved in making the contacts to receive the donations!
· Paraprofessionals from all schools participated today in a second day of professional training at Dietz aimed at focusing on their unique needs. We appreciate everyone’s attendance, enthusiasm, and participation. Thanks also to David Palmore and Laura Hellmann on their efforts to coordinate the workshop.
· The district participation rates for breakfast and lunch are up at each school. Thank you to all cafeteria staff members for all that you are doing to provide our students with nutritious meals.
· Howell Elementary was featured in the Erlanger Recorder for their new dress code.
· Miles Elementary held a Parent Academy on September 30th and will host a second one on October 7th.
· Lindeman Elementary has almost 40 volunteers that will partner with individual students for the One-to-One Reading Program.
· Arnett Elementary welcomes a new custodian, Pete Voss. The staff at Arnett is very excited to have him on staff! Welcome to Mr. Voss.
· Sally Walker, Lloyd H.S. Teacher, Jennifer Mugavin, Tichenor M.S. Teacher, and Elaine Woolley, Tichenor M.S. Assistant Principal were selected to participate in the IEQ two week summer program for teaching math. They are continuing to meet throughout the school year and will each be working on a project through IEQ to assist their schools in increasing student achievement in mathematics.
ASSESSMENT RESULTS
· A briefing packet shared with the media that summarizes the results can be found at: file://e157000n1/ForTeachersOnly/2009%20Assessment%20Results or in the archives on the left.
· The assessment results indicate improvement in many areas. We also have areas on which we need to focus for improvement.
· As a result of Senate Bill 1, this year’s results will be a little more confusing since the state is no longer providing an index score for districts. However, KASC and the Prichard Committee have provided indices for schools for subject areas. The subject indices for reading, math, science, social studies and on demand writing can be compared to previous years from 2007-2009 for an exact comparison as the testing and weights have not changed. This will assist your school and the district in noting growth areas and areas for improvement.
· The state is now only using percent Proficient and Distinguished to determine whether schools and districts meet their goals for state accountability.
· The assessment results indicate improvement in many areas. We also have areas on which we need to focus for improvement.
· As a result of Senate Bill 1, this year’s results will be a little more confusing since the state is no longer providing an index score for districts. However, KASC and the Prichard Committee have provided indices for schools for subject areas. The subject indices for reading, math, science, social studies and on demand writing can be compared to previous years from 2007-2009 for an exact comparison as the testing and weights have not changed. This will assist your school and the district in noting growth areas and areas for improvement.
· The state is now only using percent Proficient and Distinguished to determine whether schools and districts meet their goals for state accountability.
DISTRICT NEWS, EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES
· The girls’ volleyball team won their last home game last night 2-0 against Ludlow. They play away at Conner on Oct. 6th and at Holmes on Oct. 8th.
· Tonight the Varsity Football team will play their homecoming game against Scott. The homecoming dance will be on Saturday at Dietz.
· Dietz Auditorium will probably serve as an inoculation site for the community for H1N1 vaccines. We are awaiting additional information from the health department, but we do know that free inoculations for children will probably take place on a Saturday sometime in October. We will share information with you as we receive it from the Health Department.
· Tonight the Varsity Football team will play their homecoming game against Scott. The homecoming dance will be on Saturday at Dietz.
· Dietz Auditorium will probably serve as an inoculation site for the community for H1N1 vaccines. We are awaiting additional information from the health department, but we do know that free inoculations for children will probably take place on a Saturday sometime in October. We will share information with you as we receive it from the Health Department.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
2009 Assessment Results
Erlanger-Elsmere Briefing Packet
The Erlanger-Elsmere School District will use the state assessment results to maintain its focus on continuous progress of student learning and individualizing student goals for each and every student. The assessment results recently released which are from the state assessments the students took in May 0f 2009 will assist the district in continuous improvement of student learning. These results provide us with one snapshot of how our students performed against set standards. The Erlanger-Elsmere School District also uses nationally-normed data and summative and formative tools such as MAP testing (Measures of Academic Progress), common assessments, diagnostic assessments and additional assessments to monitor student learning and set individualized learning goals with students throughout the year. Using the continuous progress data enables us to provide a longitudinal picture of student growth over time and target individual needs. We disaggregate state results and progress results target specific student needs.
Highlights of State Results
· The district saw increases mathematics, social studies and writing at all three levels (elementary, middle, high).
· The percentage of students scoring proficient and distinguished in math increased at all three levels.
· The district transition indices provided by KASC and the Prichard Committee were: Elementary 90, Middle 85, High School 85. (See table with specific subject areas listed.)
· All elementary schools met their NCLB Goals.
· This year the percentage of juniors meeting ACT benchmark goals increased in reading, English and mathematics.
· All schools are showing progress
NCLB Goal Results
Arnett- 12/12 Goals Met 100%
Howell-10/10 Goals Met 100%
Lindeman 10/10 Goals Met 100%
Miles 9/9 Goals Met 100%
Tichenor 9/13 Goals Met 69.2%
Lloyd 10/12 Goals Met 83.3%
Erlanger-Elsmere-13/16 Goals Met 81.3%
Transition Indices for each school
Arnett- 88
Howell-92
Lindeman 81
Miles 97
Tichenor 85
Lloyd 85
Areas of Focus
· Our focus is on student achievement and is not going to change. Our goal will remain to continue to move students and schools to proficiency.
· The schools will continue to disaggregate immediate learning data and work with specific strategies designed to elevate achievement levels student by student and classroom by classroom.
· Specific action plans will continue be developed to assist students and schools with areas of need.
· Our results indicate that we are providing many opportunities and that students are achieving. The greatest goal is to ensure that all of our students are attaining high levels of learning and reaching proficiency.
The Erlanger-Elsmere School District will use the state assessment results to maintain its focus on continuous progress of student learning and individualizing student goals for each and every student. The assessment results recently released which are from the state assessments the students took in May 0f 2009 will assist the district in continuous improvement of student learning. These results provide us with one snapshot of how our students performed against set standards. The Erlanger-Elsmere School District also uses nationally-normed data and summative and formative tools such as MAP testing (Measures of Academic Progress), common assessments, diagnostic assessments and additional assessments to monitor student learning and set individualized learning goals with students throughout the year. Using the continuous progress data enables us to provide a longitudinal picture of student growth over time and target individual needs. We disaggregate state results and progress results target specific student needs.
Highlights of State Results
· The district saw increases mathematics, social studies and writing at all three levels (elementary, middle, high).
· The percentage of students scoring proficient and distinguished in math increased at all three levels.
· The district transition indices provided by KASC and the Prichard Committee were: Elementary 90, Middle 85, High School 85. (See table with specific subject areas listed.)
· All elementary schools met their NCLB Goals.
· This year the percentage of juniors meeting ACT benchmark goals increased in reading, English and mathematics.
· All schools are showing progress
NCLB Goal Results
Arnett- 12/12 Goals Met 100%
Howell-10/10 Goals Met 100%
Lindeman 10/10 Goals Met 100%
Miles 9/9 Goals Met 100%
Tichenor 9/13 Goals Met 69.2%
Lloyd 10/12 Goals Met 83.3%
Erlanger-Elsmere-13/16 Goals Met 81.3%
Transition Indices for each school
Arnett- 88
Howell-92
Lindeman 81
Miles 97
Tichenor 85
Lloyd 85
Areas of Focus
· Our focus is on student achievement and is not going to change. Our goal will remain to continue to move students and schools to proficiency.
· The schools will continue to disaggregate immediate learning data and work with specific strategies designed to elevate achievement levels student by student and classroom by classroom.
· Specific action plans will continue be developed to assist students and schools with areas of need.
· Our results indicate that we are providing many opportunities and that students are achieving. The greatest goal is to ensure that all of our students are attaining high levels of learning and reaching proficiency.
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