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First semester 2011-2012 is over; final exams have been completed and students, staff, and parents are now enjoying a well-deserved break to spend time with family and friends during this holiday season. As we look forward to returning in January for second semester, I would like to share updates with you regarding our work with your students.
1. Our 2012 Graduation ceremony has been set. Senior parents were notified by email in late November and the information was shared in last month’s newsletter. To insure that all interested families have this information, I wish to share the information again:
2012 Broomfield High Graduation
1st Bank Center
Broomfield, CO
Saturday, May 19, 2012
9:00 am
2. This year, the SAC (School Accountability Committee) and staff have diligently worked on the development and implementation of our UIP (Unified Improvement Plan) as required by our district and CDE (Colorado Department of Education). Based on data from 2010-2011, we determined school-wide areas of growth and individual departments developed their own goals to work on this year. Our collaboration time each Wednesday morning has allowed us time to work together on a regular basis in developing, implementing and assessing strategies.
The department goals this year are:
Bus/Comp Science – Students will complete 97% of assignments with a “C” or better.
Family and Consumer Science – Decrease D’s and F’s by 2%.
Library – Increase positive responses on the School Climate Survey by 3% on the following questions: The school sets high and realistic expectations for students. The School has clear rules for behavior.
Lang Arts – Improve median growth percentile by 5 points within ELL population in CSAP writing.
Mathematics – To reduce the number of D’s and F’s by 2% for ELL and SPED students.
Physical Education – We will increase cognitive and physical district assessment scores by 2% for all of our SPED and ELL students on the 2011-2012 assessments. We will continue to build positive and appropriate relationships with our students.
Science – Increase mean scores on CSAP to 500 for Life Science and Life Processes.
Social Studies – Decrease the % of D’s received by SPED students by 5%. In addition, a drop in the number of non-proficient scores on CSAP reading by 10%.
Visual Arts – Reduce D’s and F’s for ELL and FRL students to below 20%.
World Lang – To maintain high Level 2 speaking assessment proficiency in French and German (80% and 82%) and increase proficiency levels in Spanish by 5% (from 43.3% to 48.3%).
In addition to our department goals, we have set annual performance targets in the area of Academic Achievement, Academic Growth, Academic Growth Gaps, and School Climate. As first semester grades are finalized, I will be giving a mid-year report on our goals.
3. I encourage you to review your student’s schedule for next semester. Freshman and sophomore students are required to have at least 6 classes per semester, while juniors and seniors are required to have at least 5 classes. If there are still concerns with schedules, I ask that your students come to the Counseling Office on Jan 3 (the day before classes begin) to fix their schedules. My expectation is that all students are in class on Jan. 4 and not seeking schedule changes. Thank you for your help with this request.
I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season and look forward to 2012 with our Broomfield Eagles. If you have any questions/concerns over break, please feel free to email me at ginger.ramsey@bvsd.org.
Sincerely,
Ginger Ramsey
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