Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card, 2012–2013 Lynwood Unified School District
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Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card, 2012–2013 Lynwood Unified School District » An annual report to the community about teaching, learning, test results, resources, and measures of progress in our school. Published by SCHOOL WISE PRESS Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card, 2012–2013 Lynwood Unified School District This School Accountability Report Card (SARC) provides information that can be used to evaluate and compare schools. State and federal laws require all schools to publish a SARC each year. The information in this report represents the 2012–2013 school year, not the current school year. In most cases, this is the most recent data available. We present our school’s results next to those of the average high school in the county and state to provide the most meaningful and fair comparisons. To find additional facts about our school online, please use the DataQuest tool offered by the California Department of Education. » Contents Please note that words that appear in a smaller, bold typeface are links in the online ONLINE USERS: CLICK ON A TITLE TO JUMP TO THAT SECTION version of this report to more information. You can find a list of those linked words and Principal’s Message their Web page URLs at: Measures of Progress http://pub.schoolwisepress.com/sarc/ Student Achievement links_2013_en.html Preparation for College and the Workforce Reports about other schools are available on Students the California Department of Education Web site. Climate for Learning Internet access is available in local libraries. Leadership, Teachers, and Staff If you have any questions related to this Resources report, or would like to request a hardcopy version, please contact our school office. School Expenditures Adequacy of Key Resources 2013–2014 How to Contact Our School 4050 E. Imperial Hwy. Data Almanac Lynwood, CA 90262 Principal: Carlos Zaragoza Phone: (310) 603-1582 How to Contact Our District 11321 Bullis Rd. Lynwood, CA 90262 Phone: (310) 886-1600 http://www.lynwood.k12.ca.us/ Published by SCHOOL WISE PRESS 466 Green Street, Suite 303 San Francisco, CA 94133 Phone: (415) 432-7800 www.schoolwisepress.com ©2013 Publishing 20/20 Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card, 2012–2013 Lynwood Unified School District » Principal’s Message Lynwood High School is a comprehensive high school that provides a variety of programs to meet the needs of all students. At Lynwood, our Grade range focus is that all students meet the A-G requirements and have an and calendar opportunity to go to a university. 9–12 With district support, we are looking to exit Program Improvement by TRADITIONAL next year. Our teachers are constantly striving to improve the instruction Academic in the classroom and align their curriculum to the state standards. The Performance Index teachers are attending several professional development workshops and 660 working collaboratively to improve student achievement. All of the core County Average: 725 content subjects have aligned their curriculum and use common State Average: 750 assessments to drive their instruction. This next year our professional Student enrollment development will focus on the transition to the Common Core 2,331 curriculum. Common Core is a set of standards developed by the federal County Average: 1,294 government in the hopes of unifying education standards nationwide. State Average: 1,114 Lynwood High School offers 13 Advanced Placement courses that are available to any student willing to challenge themselves with a college level curriculum. We also have an AVID program that supports students for four years to gain access to college through tutorials and field trips. We have support at Lynwood High School for students that are in GATE or special education. Lynwood High School also has an Art Academy where students can take several courses within the visual arts department. We have an award- winning band program that we are looking to expand, which has participated in several community parades and state competitions. We have a full-time college technician and six 9th-12th grade counselors that are available to provide guidance to our students in college or career goals. Our counselors also provide social and emotional support for our students and help families find support through referrals to outside organizations. Our school offers several CTE courses that have partnerships with local community colleges. We have a partnership with El Camino/Compton College where our students are able to take college courses on our campus. Lynwood High School’s goal is to also provide opportunities for students to express themselves through extra-curricular groups or organizations. We currently have several clubs on campus that provide an opportunity for students to do community service. We also have clubs that provide real life experiences beyond the school with field trips and competitions. There are new clubs and organizations at Lynwood High School each year. Lynwood Unified School District Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card for 2012–2013 Page 2 Lynwood High School also fields 13 varsity sports in the fall, winter and spring. We compete in the San Gabriel Valley League of CIF and are one of the top athletic programs in the area. Along with the varsity teams we also have several junior varsity teams to allow the opportunity for students to represent the school athletically. This year our girls’ basketball team won its second consecutive CIF title. Our current enrollment is 2,250 students in grades nine through twelve on a traditional school calendar system. Our staff members believe that each child has the right to a quality education and embraces the responsibility for promoting the growth and developing continuing, productive citizens. We are continuously evaluating each of our programs to determine what areas we need to improve in. We realize that there is a lot of room for growth at Lynwood High School and we are constantly looking for ways to connect students and provide the best education possible for all of our students. We have recently been awarded a School Improvement Grant (SIG) that will be in effect until the 2014-15 school year. With this grant we will continue to accelerate the growth that we are experiencing academically by hiring extra support staff and purchase technology that will help us transition to the common core. Carlos Zaragoza, PRINCIPAL Lynwood Unified School District Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card for 2012–2013 Page 3 Major Achievements • Lynwood High School met all 18 of its federal Adequate Yearly Progress targets. By meeting all 18 tar- gets, Lynwood High School has met safe harbor for the first time since it was placed in the program improvement in 2007. All of Lynwood High School’s subgroups demonstrated significant growth on proficiency in math and English and the school met its targets by increasing its API score 28 points and increasing graduation rates to 79.8%. Lynwood High School expects to meet all 18 targets this year, which will exit Lynwood High School from program improvement status. • This year, Lynwood High School offered online courses through APEX for the first time. These courses allowed students to recover credits in order to complete graduation requirements. The APEX courses were also used to supplement the curriculum in many of our Advanced Placement courses. These courses allowed students to take courses that were not offered at Lynwood High School in order for stu- dents to meet graduation requirements. • In collaboration with Absolute Value consulting, Lynwood High School had eight Saturday sessions of Math Academy. Math Academy was a support program for students in math courses from Algebra 1 through Calculus. The academy was very beneficial to our students and the results were evident on our increased API scores. • Through the Safe and Supportive Schools grant, our students put on a production of the “Every 15 min- utes” program. The program was targeted at informing students on the consequences associated with drinking and driving. The production was a two-day program where students were pulled from their classroom by a grim reaper reenacting a drunk driving related death. The program then moved to Impe- rial Highway where there was a reenactment of an actual accident scene with two students dying. The program ended on day two with a memorial service for the student victims. The program was very suc- cessful and impacted the entire student body. • For the second year in a row, our girls’ basketball team won the Southern Section CIF championship, and eventually, the State Championship. This is the school’s fourth state championship in girls’ basket- ball. Focus for Improvement • Lynwood High School has improved significantly in several academic areas this school year, but the school has identified areas of improvement. Historically our subgroups have underperformed for several years. The school’s focus this year is to support our English Learners and Students with Disabilities so that the achievement gap decreases. Teachers will be monitoring students within their classes and pro- viding differentiated instruction to students within those two subgroups. • Lynwood has also identified Algebra 1 as an area of focus. The school has purchased licenses with an online program for Algebra 1 that will provide support for students at school and at home, and will sup- port students in mastering the state standards. • Lynwood High School continues to find ways to improve student success in classes. The staff will con- tinue to analyze the number of students receiving Ds and Fs in order to reflect on their teaching so that students have more success in classes. The D/F rate has an impact on the school’s graduation rate since it requires students to take credit recovery courses and summer school courses to make up classes. Lynwood Unified School District Lynwood High School School Accountability Report Card for 2012–2013 Page 4 MEASURES OF PROGRESS Academic Performance Index The Academic Performance Index (API) is California’s way of comparing CALIFORNIA schools based on student test scores.