Kamiakin High SchoolOpen House

September 29th, 2011

Welcome• Introductions

– Darrylin Osborn, Assistant Principal– Mary Isley, Assistant Principal– Don Schumacher, Assistant Principal– Teachers & Staff

• Central Office– Dave Bond, Superintendent– Ron Williamson, Director of Secondary

Education • School Board

– Dawn Adams, Lynn Fielding, Heather Kintzley,Brian Brooks, Kathy White

Schedule• Welcome- Auditorium 6:25-6:40• Period 1 6:45-6:55• Period 2 7:00-7:20• Period 3 7:25-7:35• TRIBE 7:40-7:50• Period 4 7:55-8:05• Period 5 8:10-8:20• Period 6 8:25-8:35• Period 7 and Zero Hour 8:40-8:50

Now you have 5 minutes between classes just like the students so… if you don’t want to get sent to the Principal’s office make sure you are on time!

Purpose

• Introduce you to your students classes• Gain a sense of Kamiakin High School

and our culture• Understand teacher’s learning objective• Establish open channels of communication• WE BELIEVE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS

ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF KAMIAKIN

New Staff to Kamiakin for 2011-2012 School year

• Jordan Anderson English• Calvin Stewart Counseling• Maria Buxbaum Student Advocate• Mary Isley Assistant Principal

“Be the Best You Can Be”

• Emphasize striving for excellence• Don’t work to minimum standards– work to

open doors and opportunities.• “College Readiness” = LIFE readiness

WASL Math% meeting standard

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11EOC

1

11EOC

2

State 44 48 51 50 49 45 43 66 74

Dist. 49 55 59 56 56 46 43 56 68

KaHS 62 73 69 69 64 54 51 79 68

WASL Writing% meeting standard

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

State 60 65 65 80 84 87 86 84 86

Dist. 73 71 72 81 85 91 86 87 87

KaHS 83 83 89 89 93 96 87 88 90

WASL Reading% meeting standard

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

State 60 64 73 82 81 82 81 78 82

Dist. 67 70 76 85 84 84 83 81 84

KaHS 78 80 89 90 95 90 89 87 89

WASL Science% meeting standard

05 06 07 08 09 10 11

State 39 35 36 40 39 45 50

Dist. 40 39 33 30 31 37 45

KaHS 56 48 44 42 41 45 56

College Readiness = Work Readiness

• Students at Kamiakin have an opportunity when taking certain classes that have articulated agreements to earn college credits through CBC or other participating colleges. Tech Prep is an opportunity to earn college credit for courses taken in high school. Kamiakin offers Tech Prep credit in 17 courses in 14 programs.

• These classes are all Career & Technical Education classes and students need to earn a grade of at least a 3.0 (85%)in the class.

• Classes are at Kamiakin as well as at Tri-Tech. Examples of these are; Computer Applications, Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Nursing, Radio Broadcasting, Web Page Design, Child Psychology.

US News & World Report ranks Kamiakin as one of the top 1300

schools in the United States• This last spring we were

honored for the fifth consecutive year to be listed by as one of the top 1300 schools in the entire nation.

• They look for schools that push a rigorous curriculum as determined by either Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate programs.

• They look at the number of graduates compared to the number of students choosing the most rigorous classes.

AP Information

• This represents a commitment by the staff and students of Kamiakin to intentionally push Advanced Placement classes and expose students to the rigor of college.

• This year we are have 590 students enrolled in AP classes with a Senior class of about 419.

AP Testing Results2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Number of Tests Taken

170 168 197 287 285 354 505 560 494 474 498

3+ Scores

114 119 120 211 207 244 347 339 341 344 310

# Students Tested

94 95 113 149 172 214 268 280 265 251 260

Numbers of students in AP classes2011-2012

Eng. Lit. & Comp.

58 Eng. Lang. and Comp.

94

Calculus AB 69 Calculus BC 31

Stats 26 U.S. History 30

Government- U.S.

39 Psychology 71

Human Geography

59 Biology 30

Studio Art 8 Physics 46

Environmental Science

10 Chemistry 18

Art History

Total 589

ASSET Test Data

Juniors Seniors0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

22%13%

55.20%58.90%

23.20% 27.90%

College ReadyAt Grade LevelBelow Grade Level

• In conjunction with CBC, we tested 483 students last year

• Tested students in – Hon. Alg 4– Algebra 4E– Alg 4/Trig– Pre-Calculus

ASSET Results from CBC• The more math a student takes the

better off they are going to be in college and in the world of work.

• Students need to continue to take math throughout high school.

PSAT/NMSQT• We want to provide all students with an opportunity to

participate in the PSAT/NMSQT so we removed 2 barriers.

• First barrier was the test was associated with a fee– this year Kamiakin will cover the cost of the test for all Juniors students taking it. Sophomores will have to pay the $14 to register.

• Second barrier was the test has traditionally been on a weekend, this year Kamiakin is administering the test on Wednesday October 12th.– Freshmen will stay home during testing time, if they ride the bus

to school their will be a place for them to read and work on homework.

– Sophomores & Juniors will be taking the PSAT– Seniors have an opportunity to work on collecting community

service hours and career awareness hours independently.

Student-Led Conference Nuts and Bolts

• In order to meet the needs of our students and parents for the last four years we have had Student Led Conferences.

• Parents appreciated the opportunity to form a true partnership with teachers working together to help their children rather than just receiving a “report” on how they were doing.

• Students presented their plans for their future and discussed with their parents and advisors how they were going to get their with the choices they were making at this time.

• Dates: April 24th Afternoon & Evening, April 25th afternoon

Want to have you involved with us…

• Open door policy- always looking for opportunities for the community to be involved at Kamiakin

• Monthly newsletter Brave Deeds is an attempt to inform you of what is taking place and what is upcoming.

• Volunteer Opportunities– Volunteering in the office– Volunteering in classrooms– Athletic Boosters– Music Boosters

You will receive a volunteer form during the second period class in which you can indicate your involvement desires.

Drop it off with any teacher or in the office.

Parent Portal• Online real time access to student information

– Attendance– Discipline – Current grades in all classes– Email links to your students teachers

• All teacher emails are first.last@ksd.org• Progress report last week of September will contain

parent portal password information.• Students will receive portal information at TRIBE in

October.

Website is www.ksd.org/kamiakin/

Tutoring Available…

• Freshmen Tutoring- Monday-Friday at lunch and after school (except early release days) Room 561.

• Sophomore-Senior tutoring room 569

Kamiakin “Tweets”

Changes in PE Waiver Process• This impacts the class of 2014 and beyond

ONLY.– Can only waive .5 PE credits per year (as opposed to

the 1.5 Junior year that was previous policy)– Students have to pass 3 different strands to be

eligible for the .5 credit waiver• Knowledge component• Fitness Test• Skills Test

– If you think your son or daughter may want to waive PE at some point please watch the bulletin for details.

For Tonight…• Should have your child’s schedule– if you don’t and need

one the office is open. If you have an “open period”, please take the time to look around campus (library, gyms, counseling office.)

• You should have a map to show you where you are going– if you don’t know where you are going ask one of our guides around campus and they can take you to where you are going.

• Please remember our purpose for tonight is not parent/teacher conferences, let the teacher know if you want a conference and one can be scheduled at a later date.

Last Minute Changes…

The teacher listed below will not be here tonight. They have put information outside of their classrooms about their classes and can schedule individual conferences with you.

• Schauble• McCallum• Fischer• Palomarez• Clish• Willingham

Schedule• Welcome- Auditorium 6:25-6:40• Period 1 6:45-6:55• Period 2 7:00-7:20• Period 3 7:25-7:35• TRIBE 7:40-7:50• Period 4 7:55-8:05• Period 5 8:10-8:20• Period 6 8:25-8:35• Period 7 and Zero Hour 8:40-8:50

Now you have 5 minutes between classes just like the students so… if you don’t want to get sent to the Principal’s office make sure you are on time!

Class of 2012

• Parents interested in helping plan and put on the Senior Party the first meeting of the year is October 13th at 7pm in the library.