September 17, 2013 Dr. Debra LaVoi, Superintendent

Woodland Joint Unified School District

Report for Rotary Club of Woodland

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Woodland Joint Unified School District Our Vision of Learning…

Safe Supporting Environment Feet on Ground

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Woodland Joint Unified School District Some Facts

Serving Woodland, Yolo, Zamora, and Knights Landing 9,826 students 5 Preschools 4 Transitional Kindergarten Programs 10 Elementary Schools 1 Dependent Charter Elementary School 2 Middle Schools 2 Comprehensive High Schools 1 Continuation High School 1 K-8 Home Study Program 1 Independent Learning Center 1 Adult Education School

Budget for 2013-14: $77,979,562 $16,000,000 cut from budget since 2008 $4,000,000 + restored

Student Demographics

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Student Demographics (Continued)

English Language Learners 30.3%

Free/Reduced Lunch 66.2%

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Student Achievement WJUSD API Growth Report 2008-2013

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2008 2009 2010 2011

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Year Growth

WJUSD 714 731 733 745 765 766 +43 Elementary Schools Beamer Elementary 768 778 739 765 778 801 +33 Dingle Elementary 784 807 759 741 773 741 -43 Freeman Elementary 778 789 780 752 746 740 -38 Gibson Elementary 723 754 723 726 741 743 +20 Plainfield Elementary 790 819 783 785 804 830 +40 Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary 751 791 796 800 772 782 +31 Rhoda Maxwell Elementary 743 771 798 780 783 784 +41 T. L. Whitehead Elementary 710 713 704 749 793 801 +91 Woodland Prairie Elementary 711 750 725 722 758 745 +34 Zamora Elementary 840 850 872 857 874 868 +28 Middle Schools Douglass Middle 737 758 749 762 799 809 +72 Lee Middle 704 721 749 761 771 752 +48 High Schools Pioneer High 686 683 671 720 742 742 +56 Woodland Senior High 656 688 708 718 732 733 +77 ASAM Schools Cache Creek High (Continuation) 527 484 562 482 586 501 -26 Small Schools Science and Technology Academy*** 812 857 859 +47

*** means the school did not have a valid 2010 Base API and will not have any growth or target information

Awards/Accomplishments 1. Graduation Rates

Woodland High School: 93.8% Pioneer High School: 91.3% Yolo County: 85.7% California: 78.2%

2. Number of Students Re-designated English Fluent 2012-13: 467 2011-12: 446 2010-11: 384

3. 27 Bilingual/Biliterate Seals for high school diplomas 4. 226 Adults graduated from Adult Education 5. Positive certification for WJUSD budget [3% Reserve maintained in the

budget] 6. National Recognition – 13 Energy Star Awards 7. Schools with > 800 Academic Performance Index (API)

Beamer, Plainfield, Whitehead, and Zamora Elementary Schools; Sci-Tech Charter School; and Douglass Middle School 7

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Strong, Rigorous Programs for Students Some Examples

17 Advanced Placement classes, college credit Gifted and Talented Program National Honors Society Leadership – Examples:

Student Government POW (Pioneer Orientation Week) ALA (Academic Leadership Academy) FFA (Future Farmers of America) Peer Mentoring and Tutoring Conflict Mediation Activities/Student Body (ASB)

School clubs for many interests: cooking, drama, art, science, dance, Christian, writing, sports, guitar [Douglass Middle School has 15 clubs]

School gardens/green houses Sports – From football to golf

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Woodland High School 9th Grade Academies Small Learning Communities

School of Arts & Communication Photography, Acting, Fashion Design

School of Engineering & Industrial Technology Architecture, Green Technology

School of Public Services Law, Social Work, Education

School of Science & Natural Resources Medicine, Landscaping, Genetics

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Award Winning Schools Pioneer High School – Some Examples

Skills USA Earned the most medals at Regional competitions, won

gold, silver, bronze at State competition and competed twice at Nationals. Pioneer High School students have held state officer positions for 5 years.

COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science) COSMOS has rigorous acceptance criteria. PHS has more

students accepted than any other high school in California. Six (6) students were accepted this year at 3 different UC campuses.

Graduates attending: UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU (Cal Poly), Stanford, Carleton, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Brown

Cheer program was asked to perform at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii

School Directory Beamer Park Elementary

525 Beamer Street Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-1769

Juan Chaidez, Principal Gibson Elementary 312 Gibson Road

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-3944 Scott Clary, Principal

Sci-Tech Academy - Charter 9544 Mill Street – P.O. Box 458

Knights Landing, CA 95645 – 735-6435 Barbara Herms, Principal

Woodland Prairie Elementary 1444 Stetson Street

Woodland, CA 95776 – 662-2898 Irene Oropeza-Enriquez, Principal

Lee Middle School 520 West Street

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-0251 Kathleen Leehane, Principal

Woodland High 21 N. West Street

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-4678 Michelle Seijas, Principal

Independent Learning Center 1400 Pioneer Avenue (Pioneer HS) Woodland, CA 95695 – 666-0264

Kerry Callahan, Administrator

C.E. Dingle Elementary 625 Elm Street

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-7084 Lonny Villalobos, Principal

Rhoda Maxwell Elementary 50 Ashley Avenue

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-1784 Ricardo Perez, Principal

Tafoya Elementary 720 Homestead Drive

Woodland, CA 95776 – 666-4324 Alison Gardner, Principal

Zamora Elementary 1716 Cottonwood Street

Woodland, CA 95695 – 666-3641 Dr. Kelli Hanson, Principal

Cache Creek High 14320 Second Street – P.O. Box 298

Yolo, CA 95697 – 662-4331 Olga Nevarez, Principal

Woodland Adult Education 575 Hays Street

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-0798 Susan Moylan, Principal

K-8 Home Study Program 1716 Cottonwood Street (Zamora ES) Woodland, CA 95695 – 661-2568

Carolynne Bottum, Administrator

Freeman Elementary 126 North West Street

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-1758 Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez, Principal

Plainfield Elementary 20450 County Road 97

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-9301 Armando Olvera, Principal

Whitehead Elementary 624 West Southwood Drive

Woodland, CA 95695 – 662-2824 Maria Lewis, Principal

Douglass Middle School 525 Granada

Woodland, CA 95695 – 666-2191 Jonathon Brunson, Principal

Pioneer High 1400 Pioneer Avenue

Woodland, CA 95776 – 406-1148 Kerry Callahan, Principal Community Day School

526 Marshall Room #9 (Adult Ed.) Woodland, CA 95695 – 406-5940

Hector Molina, Administrator

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Contact Information

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