Monday, August 23, 2010

After School Status of Achievement of Goals and Objectives

I want to share with you the great pride in after school and impact it is having on our students. The hard work and determination that goes into making sure our children succeed in life is highly prevalent in the data below.

Berrien Primary and Elementary School Updates

Performance Goal #1: Increased academic achievement in reading, language arts, and math.

- 48% of the participating students improved their reading grade during the 2009-2010 school year. Forty-eight (48) of these students improved by at least one letter grade and 19 students raised a failing grade to at least a “C”.

- 53% of the participating students improved their language arts grade during the 2009-2010 school year. Twenty-seven (27) of these students improved by at least one letter grade and 8 students raised a failing grade to at least a “C”.

- 47% of the participating students improved their math grade during the 2009-2010 school year. Fifty-seven (57) of these students improved by at least one letter grade and 15students raised a failing grade to at least a “C”.

- The percentage of participating students not meeting the state standard on the reading section of the CRCT decreased from 30.8% in Spring 2009 to 9.9% in Spring 2010.

- The percentage of participating students not meeting the state standard on the math section of the CRCT decreased from 40.7% in Spring 2009 to 27.5% in Spring 2010.

Goal #2: Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs and activities, such as youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, nutrition programs, counseling programs; art, music and recreation programs, technology education programs and character education programs that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; encourage effective integration and operation of programs in concert with all designated partners.

- During the year, the local centers emphasized programming in the core content areas of reading, language arts and math for 100% of its participating students.

- During the year, the local centers offered academic enrichment and support activities for 100% of its participating students.

- During the year, the local centers offered academic enrichment, support activities and programming to support learning outside of core academic content areas and technology for 100% of its participating students.

Goal #3: Improve student attendance, homework completion and class participation.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 93% of the participating students were absent for 15 days or less from school.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 90% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in homework completion

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 84% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in class participation.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 90% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in homework completion and 84% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in class participation.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 59% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in behavior.

- At the end of the 2009-2010 school year, 94% of the participating students were promoted to the next grade level.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, the local centers provided a total of nine opportunities for literacy and related education development. Our Reading Around the Campfire event had 142 adults and 158 students participate. Our Duathlon event had 40 students and 48 adults attending. Our four movie nights were also well attended. Furthermore, our rodeo event had over 2,000 participants.The majority of these participants are not enrolled in our after school program, although our families were invited to attend.

- During the 2008-2009 school year, the Reading Around the Campfire event had 142 adults and 158 students participate. Our Duathlon event had 40 students and 48 adults attending. Our four movie nights were also well attended. Furthermore, our rodeo event had over 3,000 participants.The majority of these participants are not enrolled in our after school program, although our families were invited to attend.

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Berrien High and Academy Programs

Performance Goal #1: Increased academic achievement in reading, language arts, and math.

- 63% of the participating students improved their language arts grade during the 2009-2010 school year.

- 61% of the participating students improved their math grade during the 2009-2010 school year. Thirty-seven (37) of these students improved by at least one letter grade and six students raised a failing grade to at least a “C”.

Goal #2: Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs and activities, such as youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, nutrition programs, counseling programs; art, music and recreation programs, technology education programs and character education programs that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; encourage effective integration and operation of programs in concert with all designated partners.

- During the year, the local centers emphasized programming in the core content areas of reading, language arts and math for 100% of its participating students.

- During the year, the local centers offered academic enrichment and support activities for 100% of its participating students.

- During the year, the local centers offered academic enrichment, support activities and programming to support learning outside of core academic content areas and technology for 100% of its participating students.

Goal #3: Improve student attendance, homework completion and class participation.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 93% of the participating students were absent from school for 15 days or less.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 40% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in homework completion

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 35% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in class participation.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 40% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in homework completion and 35% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in class participation.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, 26% of the participating students demonstrated improvement in behavior.

- At the end of the 2009-2010 school year, 94% of the participating students were promoted to the next grade level.

Goal #4: Offer families of students who are served by the local community learning center the opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

- During the 2009-2010 school year, the local centers provided a total of nine opportunities for literacy and related education development. Our Reading Around the Campfire event had 142 adults and 158 students participate. Our Duathlon event had 40 students and 48 adults attending. Our four movie nights were also well attended. Furthermore, our rodeo event had over 3,000 participants. The majority of these participants are not enrolled in our after school program, although our families were invited to attend.

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