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Academics
Building a successful community of students, by providing a quality education.
- Our School Improvement Goals
- All Washington schools develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) which is mandated by the state and includes: a review of state, district and classroom data and specific strategies which will be implemented to promote continued student academic and social growth.
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Our dedicated staff works collaboratively on our school goals during the LEAP (Learning Enhancement Academic Planning) time each Wednesday afternoon, as well as the three all-day LEAP days scheduled throughout the year. -
- The Lakeview faculty has developed the following goals for our CIP for this school year:
Lakeview's Building Goals 2010-2011
- MATH - Students will utilize differentiation strategies in math in order for them to progress, advance, and experience personally challenging work and effectively understand the concept of number sense.
- READING - Students will improve reading comprehension skills and demonstrate comprehension. When analyzing text, all students will support their ideas with information and details from the selections, as well as using text to self/text/work connections.
- WRITING - Students will strengthen and develop their story telling/narrative writing ability by increasing frequency of narrative writing experiences.
- SCIENCE - Students will develop student inquiry skills by providing frequent opportunities for students to investigate their natural world by asking questions, forming hypotheses, making predictions, and testing their ideas.
- PRODUCTIVE DISPOSITION - Students will have increased positive attitudes toward mathematics.
Each Wednesday afternoon or during all-day LEAP trainings, the Lakeview staff work on a variety of professional activities that are focused on these goals which result in increased academic achievement for all Lakeview students. Most recently we have worked on the implementation of the net book labs in our school, reviewed student data to determine which students would benefit from supports in order to increase their achievement level, and learned about specific learning disabilities which potentially could affect the academic performance of our students. These professional development opportunities are inspiring and we are grateful that you as a community are supportive of providing us this valuable time!
Online Grades, Report Cards and Conferences
Report cards are issued twice a year in January and June. The 1-4 grading system is used to show where each student is in skill areas. More Information: Proficiency Scales
3.5 = above standard but not a consistent 4 2.5 = approaching standard but not consistent at reaching standard 1.5 = not at standard but at times approaching
Parents can monitor a student's grades online using Parent Access. Other sources: Understanding Elementary Grading, Accessing Parent Access and the Skyward Gradebook Student/Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled in October and January. The October conference is a goal-setting conference.
Assessment
Information about student learning is gathered from a variety of sources, including district and state assessments, and from the classroom teacher. All students throughout the school district will take the same district assessments. These tests will tell what a student knows with respect to the standards in a content area, like writing or math. Three assessments will be given during the year in writing, math and science, and one in social studies.
The results will help teachers know what students in their class are doing well on and what areas they need help in. Parents, too, will have a better understanding of how their student is performing and where improvement is needed. This information will be posted to the online grade book, Family Access.
Though assessments are important in helping teachers work more effectively with your child, they only provide part of the total picture of your child’s progress. Teachers assess student performance in a variety of ways on a regular basis, and their insights to your child continue to be your best source of information on "how your child is doing". Read more...
- DIBELS
- The DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) is a test used to assess reading proficiency in kindergarten through second grade.
- State Testing
- Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) will be replaced by two new tests: the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) in grades 3-8 and the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE). In addition, the MSP will be piloted online in spring 2010 in grades 6-8 in reading and math. More Information
Rollout Schedule for Online Testing
Changes to the State Assessment 2010 and Beyond:
Science
Reading
Math
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