Year 2013-2014RIDING THE WAVE

Have you seen our new website NPSDK12.RI.GOVYOU WILL FIND THE LATEST

INFORMATION IN OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT

TIMES AND PLACES OF MEETINGS FINDING PAST ARTICLES LATEST RESEARCH STUDENTS IN ACTION

The NEW Mission Statement 21st Century In order to prepare our students to become

life long learners in the 21ST Century, the mission of the Dr. Joseph A. Whelan School community is to provide our students with a safe, rigorous, academic environment which not only fosters high proficiency in the language arts , mathematics , science, and technology , but does so in an atmosphere which encourages creativity , spirit of collaboration, higher level thinking, ownership and the development of the unique qualities that every child brings to the table .

Objectives=

Student Growth

NECAPNEW ENGLAND

COMMON ASSESSMENT

Whelan School NECAP2013

2012

2011

2010

READING 82 85 90 77

MATH 71 68 71 67

WRITING 81gr

576 73 38

SCIENCE 37Gr

463 35 X

GoalIncrease Above Proficient &Proficient

DecreasePartial /below

Grade 3 Reading

School

District State

2009 83 71 722010 92 75 712011 92 80 732012 92 73 702013 72 70 69

Grade 3 Math

Year School

District State

2009 73 62 612010 64 60 622011 71 63 602012 65 62 602013 78 66 56

Grade 4 Reading

YearSchool

District State

2009 52 68 672010 75 69 682011 92 72 712012 73 74 692013 77 70 70

Grade 4 Math

YearSchool

District State

2009 68 62 622010 76 67 632011 79 62 652012 80 64 652013 75 63 63

Grade 5 Reading

YearSchool

District State

2009 69 71 722010 66 76 732011 85 71 692012 90 76 722013 89 81 54

Grade 5 Math

YearSchool

District State

2009 61 62 612010 66 65 622011 66 64 622012 62 60 622013 54 62 61

Grade 5 Writing

YearSchool

District State

2010 Gr 738 68 592011 Gr 673 53 552012 75 69 692013 81 76 64

Common Core State Standards The Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

provide a practical way to prepare children for the challenges of a constantly changing world-by learning step by step the real world skills they need for career and college

ELA (Content area included soc st , science, and techBuilding Knowledge through content –rich

nonfiction and information texts Reading and writing grounded evidence

from the textPractice with complex text and academic

vocabulary (rich and rigorous )

Shifts in Mathematics

Focus: 2 to 4 critical areas deeply to mastery Coherence: concepts logically connected

from one grade to the next and linked to other major topics with the grade

Rigor: Fluency with arithmetic, application of knowledge to real life

Grade 4 Science Last year score ( now 5th graders ) 63 from

35 to 37

STAY TUNED

The school word is?????

OWNERSHIP

Kindergarten

Achieving our MissionIt is crucial that education be a

PriorityPlease check your child’s

folder/homework log etc, to ensure assignments are completed.

All students in grade 3, 4, and 5 need to have a reading book of choice at all times.

We ask that children read a total of 15 minutes per night .

RIDEWeb Site

Rhode Island Department of Education

http://www.ride.ri.gov

School plans to raise scores

Ownership Tuesday TutoringIncrease non fiction classroom librariesScholastic Members

School plans to raise

scores

Tuesday TutoringHigh School Tutors Math Drills (number and operations) Stop drop practice Morning math

Teachers are …….Continuously engaged in Professional

Development Committees /Opportunities We are on many district committeesAs technology ,curriculum , advisory,

common core training

Wednesday morning SIT team Whelan Forum (community of parents

teachers and students )

SCHOOL SAFETYNorth Providence Police accompanying with

lockdown drills Officer Jones Locked doors outside (per school department

)Green safety badgesCrisis Management Team School as well as

district Fire drills NP School Department in sessions with NPPD

to increase system wide security measures

Whelan Forum Everyone should consider themselves part of

the forum It is every parent , teacher , student , and organization that creates a successful environment and creates what we call the Whelan Community

Whelan School is now in the process of recruiting new parent forum members. As this program is new we are looking to better communication among the school community. We are looking for one parent to take charge of a homeroom for the 2014 2015 school year.