Monthly Principal S Report s3
SuMMit School
Tracy Mulvaney, director
Board Report
June 2011
Enrollment: 48
Highlights:
- Four outstanding students were awarded at the May School Board meeting
- Summit had our first high school graduate. She participated in the FHS graduation ceremony
- Ms. Hurkley was awarded as our outstanding educator this year (posthumous)..
- The Town of Florence sponsored 4 hours of time at the FHS pool. Several classes participated
- Ms. Davis’s class put on 2 dramatic performances for our students and staff
- Three Summit students promoted to our high school class.
Activities through Next Month:
- Grades will be mailed out the week of June 30
- Student schedules will be created.
- We will be determining our school’s master schedule with activities throughout next school year..
- Ms. Mulvaney will be attending the administrative retreat.
Challenges / Issues / Concerns:
- We will be hiring two paraprofessionals.
- Mr. Eatman has resigned his position as a Behavioral Health Technician. He was a valued member of the team and had incredible connections with students. His presence will be missed.
- There were two referrals to the Florence Police Department for criminal damage done to classrooms by students. The time out room camera was destroyed in one incident and a 3 ft by 1 ft hole was kicked into the wall damaging the drywall substantially.
Director’s Summary:
This month had many highlights. We graduated our first student who participated in the FHS graduation ceremony. We also had three students promote from our 8th grade class to our high school class. We had several end of the year functions in which students were able to participate. Ms. Thompson arranged a day at the FHS swimming pool through the Town of Florence for several of our classes. The Town of Florence provided lifeguards for our program which was greatly appreciated. Ms. Hipskind’s class put together their own school yearbooks and shared them at a pizza party. Ms. Hurkley’s class had an end of the year pizza party as well. Ms. Davis’ class put on two dramatic performances for all students and staff at SuMMit. The first performance was a play students practiced called “Fractured Fairytales.” The second performance was a collection of plays that were written, directed and performed by the students themselves.
We also submitted a grant proposal for a mentoring program for our students at SuMMit. We will know in October if the grant is funded. We also collaborated with Mr. Bellemare at FK-8 and the Florence Police Department to apply for a School Resource Officer for the 2010-2011 schoolyear.
Unfortunately we had to make two referrals to the Florence Police Department for criminal damage done to our time-out room by two students on separate occasions.
Suspensions: Total: 5 (including 2 referrals to law enforcement)
(2) Criminal Damage (2) Aggression
(1) Extreme profanity to teacher and Director (complete noncompliance)
Summit Enrollment
TOTALS / # STUDENTSKINDERGARTEN / 1
GRADE 1 / 5
GRADE 2 / 2
GRADE 3 / 7
GRADE 4 / 6
GRADE 5 / 4
GRADE 6 / 4
GRADE 7 / 4
GRADE 8 / 3
GRADE 9 / 7
GRADE 10 / 3
GRADE 11 / 0
GRADE 12 / 2
TOTAL / 48
Student Transitions Education PRogram (STEP)
Tracy Mulvaney, director
Board Report
June 2011
Enrollment: 34 to start 2010-2011
Highlights:
- 29 students are returning to their home schools to start the year
- Students participated in Benchmark assessments
- Ms. Baker was recognized as our Outstanding Teacher at the May School Board Meeting.
Activities through Next Month:
· Student grades will be mailed out the week of May 31st.
· We hope to hire for our two teaching positions by June 7th. We have several interviews scheduled.
Challenges / Issues / Concerns:
- Student behaviors on the buses are the cause for many of our discipline issues. We had 5 suspensions this month due to bus behavior. An assault charge was made by the bus driver in one incident.
Director’s Summary:
The majority of students at STEP have demonstrated great behavior and are eligible to return to their home schools during the 2010-2011 school year. We are very proud of the 29 students who are returning. Unfortunately we have several students who continue to make poor choices resulting in suspension and/or discipline hearings. We will be looking at building in bus behavior as a component of our daily behavior intervention program.
Ms. Baker will be teaching at Poston Butte High School next year and Ms. Sandra Cole will be at a private Catholic school. We have enjoyed working with them and wish them the best in their new positions. We are in the process of interviewing candidates for their positions. We also will be hiring a resource teacher who will provide teacher support as well.
Suspensions: 15 total (5 on the bus, 1 resulting in law enforcement referral)
(3) Coming to school under the influence of illegal substance (2 marijuana, 1 alcohol. All are going to hearing)
(5) Disrespect/profanity to staff
(1) Possession of lighter
(4) Broken Contracts (3 went to due process hearing, 1 increased level of special ed. services)
(1) Assault of school employee/endangerment (on the bus)
(1) Refusal to follow direction in time out/disruptive
TOTALS / # STUDENTSGRADE 4 / 0
GRADE 5 / 5
GRADE 6 / 5
GRADE 7 / 7
GRADE 8 / 8
GRADE 9 / 5
GRADE 10 / 3
GRADE 11 / 1
GRADE 12 / 0
TOTAL / 34