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Annual Report July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018 Positive Tomorrows Who I Am Makes a Difference Annual Report July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018 Positive Tomorrows Who I am makes a difference. I am a Positive Tomorrows star. I am successful. I finish what I start. I am tenacious. I don’t quit until I succeed. I am able. I am able to help others succeed. I am ready. I am ready to learn. I am ready to do the right thing. I am ready to succeed. Table of Contents Positive Tomorrows Annual Report Staff & Board Extracurricular 4 15 Who We Are Moving Forward 6 16 By the Numbers Audited Financial Statement 8 18 Education Our Donors 10 20 Family Support 14 Administrative Staff: Susan Agel - President & Principal Our Staff Education Staff: Margaret Creighton - Development Director Amy Brewer - Director of Education David Wood - Director of Administration KayLeigh Brosh - Pre-K Teacher Rachel Durham - Development Officer Susan Paz - Kindergarten & First Grade Teacher Abigail Jones - Volunteer Coordinator Sue Gill - First & Second Grade Teacher Sarah Richert - Development Associate Sarah Caputo - First & Second Grade Aide/Art & Music Teacher Jayna Sunmugavail - Executive Assistant Caroline Price - First & Second Grade Aide Amy Nixon - Receptionist Kiana Christian - Third & Fourth Grade Teacher Family Support Staff: Chris Kjose - Third & Fourth Grade Aide Kelly Berger - Director of Family Support Abbie Gatewood - Fourth & Fifth Grade Teacher Stephanie Smiley - Lead Case Manager James Parson - Operations Manager Anitra Sephus - Case Manager Ericka Kennedy - Extracurricular Program Coordinator Nick Richert - Family Support Worker Pam Parson - School Chef Amber Rettke - Transition Coordinator David Whetzel - Driver Rachel Brown - Family Support Coordinator Accreditation United Way OK A+ School Positive Tomorrows is Positive Tomorrows is a Positive Tomorrows is a accredited by the North proud partner agency of the member of the Oklahoma Central Association, a United Way of Central OK. A+ Schools network. Regional Accreditation 4 Division of AdvancED. Our Board of Directors Nikki Jones Edwards, Phillips Murrah P. C., Chairman Vince White, Devon Energy (retired), Vice Chairman Kati Christ, Bank of Oklahoma, Secretary H.K. Hatcher, NBC Oklahoma, Treasurer Dr. Scott Calhoon, SWC Production Inc Mike Emmelhainz, Boeing (Retired) Jim Fiedler, Price Edwards Steve Foskin, Crossfirst Bank Michael Hartfield, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Gregg Henson Jamie Herrera Karen Kurtz, OGE Energy Corporation Jodi Lewis, Oklahoma Municipal League Travis Mason, Commercial Oklahoma Dr. Robyn Miller, Oklahoma State Department of Education Kirby Price, Heritage Feeders I love recess and my teacher, Mrs. Gill. At Tyson Williams, Tall Oak Midstream Positive Tomorrows we get enough time to eat our lunch and play at recess. My mentor is nice and cares about me a lot! - Jayden, 2nd Grade 5 Who We Are Positive Tomorrows is Oklahoma’s only elementary school and social service agency specifically for children and families experiencing homelessness. We empower students and families to succeed, and we do it in three main ways: 1. By breaking down barriers to learning like hunger, lack of basic necessities, medical care, and transportation 2. By supporting families so they can increase their income, employment and housing 3. By providing a differentiated, trauma-informed education to every student, complete with enriching, extracurricular opportunities Students at Positive Tomorrows typically live with their families in local shelters, motels, cars, and sometimes even abandoned buildings. Students often come to us with empty tummies, without coats on cold days, or wearing shoes several sizes too small. Our This year I got to have a Spider-Man party for families are impacted by addiction, incarceration, domestic my birthday! The best part was that I got to open violence, mental illness, and trauma. presents. - John Henry, Kindergarten 6 But these situations do not define them. At Positive Tomorrows, every child has the chance to succeed. We provide coats and shoes and counseling for students who are traumatized. We help parents rebuild lives, heal families, and become stable and self-sufficient. We give children and families hope that tomorrow will be better. We believe every child deserves a quality education, regardless of their situation at home. We believe that teaching integrity, creativity, and hope is just as important as teaching reading, math, and science. We know that education is the most powerful tool to combat poverty. It is only with the support of a generous community that we continue to keep our doors open to these little ones and their families. As we prepare to grow, we are grateful for the donors, volunteers, and friends who have helped us build a strong foundation. On behalf of our students, families, and staff, thank you for making brighter futures possible for I love playing Barbies in my classroom and some of our community’s most vulnerable little ones. getting to be with my friends. I also like that I get to lay down and take a rest. -Tyesha, Pre-k 7 149 students served 54 students turned away Average daily attendance: 90% There are over 26,000 homeless students in the state of Oklahoma. Days of school: 174 Average length of stay: 61 days Why are students turned away? Special Educational *Data provided by the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness Needs Special Educational Needs 11% 32% Grade not oered Outside OutsideThere Transportation are over 7,000 Area 27% Transportation Grade Not Area Classhomeless is Full children Offered in Oklahoma City alone. 30% Class is Full By the Numbers *Data provided by Oklahoma City Public Schools and Putnam City Schools. 8 Student Demographics 3% 7% Hispanic American Indian 34% African 27% American Mixed Ethnicity 29% Caucasian What is Student Housing couch homeless? 3% Couch homeless students 7% Supportive call a different place home Transitional every night. Moving 7% frequently, they may Permanent double up with families in a dwelling and often sleep 62% on someone’s couch. 21% Shelter Couch I like my school because the field trips are fun Where they stay is not Homeless always as comfy as a and learning is fun. Here, people treat us good, couch. It may be a garage, and I like how the kids act. This is a school that a storage unit, a car, even helps people, and the teachers are the best. an abandoned building. -Kiara, 4th Grade 9 Evaluating our Program Positive Tomorrows assesses students using a program called the Measures of Academic Progress Assessment Program (MAPs), which focuses on individual student growth. MAPs assessments are given three times during the year for continuing students, and upon entry and withdrawal for students only here a short time. Because enrollment fluctuates considerably at Positive Tomorrows, not all students can be assessed more than once, due to their length of stay. Interpreting Results: In MAPs, improvement is measured in Rausch Units, or RITs. RIT scores allow students to be accurately Education measured regardless of their grade level. The RIT scale uses equal intervals, and it has the same meaning regardless of grade level, so the RIT scale spans grades. In order to evaluate RIT scores within a context, RIT Scale Norms have been developed that show what students in various grades are achieving nationally. RIT Scale Norms are shaded in the corresponding grade level colors on the following graphs. The average Positive Tomorrows student RIT score growth is represented by a colored line for each grade. 10 Academic Improvement: Kindergarten - 2nd Grade K-2nd KGrade - 2nd Grade Reading Reading Growth K-2nd KGrade - 2nd Grade Math Math Growth Growth 190 190 K-2nd Grade Reading Growth 2nd Grade Norm 180 2nd Grade Norm 180 190 180 2nd Grade Norm 170 170 1st Grade Norm 1st Grade Norm 170 160 1st Grade Norm 160 Kindergarten Norm 160 150 150 Kindergarten Norm Kindergarten Norm 150 140 140 140 130 130 Initial Intermediate130 Final Initial Intermediate Final Initial Intermediate Final Kindergarten 1stKindergarten Grade 2nd1st Grade Grade 2nd Grade Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade The shaded areas of the graph represent the MAP Student Status Norm, which is the average national growth range, for the corresponding grade level. The lines represent the average MAP scores for Positive Tomorrows students. 11 Mobility, Trauma, and Tracking Progress This school year Positive Tomorrows served more students than ever before but also saw unprecedented turnover with the annual average length of stay dropping from 91 to just 61 days. As a result, only 25 students were enrolled long enough to be assessed three times. In addition, 22 were enrolled long enough to be assessed twice. Case managers are working to identify what is causing such drastic turnover for families and how to address those challenges. Things like Oklahoma City’s small number of low-barrier family shelter rooms and a general lack of affordable housing are just some of the issues increasing mobility for families experiencing homelessness. Additionally, the trauma of homelessness almost always impacts academic growth. Living in cars and storage buildings, experiencing violence at home, or the incarceration of a parent can all hinder a student’s academic progress. Education This is especially true for older students who have experienced prolonged exposure to homelessness. Upon enrollment, they are often much further behind academically than students in younger grades. For some of our students, simply maintaining their academic levels during trauma they experience is success. 12 Academic Improvement: 3rd - 5th Grade 3-5th Grade Reading Growth 3-5th Grade Reading Growth 3-5th3-5th Grade Grade Math Math Growth Growth 210 220 5th Grade Norm 3-5th Grade Math Growth5th Grade Norm 4th Grade Norm 220 200 5th Grade Norm 210 4th Grade Norm 3rd Grade Norm 210 190 4th Grade Norm 200 200 2nd Grade 3rd Grade Norm Norm 3rd Grade Norm 180 190 Norm 2nd Grade 190 Norm 2nd Grade 1st Grade 170 180 Norm 180 170 160 Initial Intermediate170 Final Initial Intermediate Final Initial Intermediate Final 5th Grade 3rd Grade* 4th Grade 5th Grade The shaded areas of the graph represent4th the GradeMAP Student Status Norm, which is3rd the averageGrade national growth4th range, Grade for the corresponding5th Grade grade level.
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