Principal's Corner

    Principal’s Corner
        “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.”
                                                                                         - Plutarch

Welcome to Oak Hill Elementary School where “learning is our #1 priority!” Our competent staff, supportive parents and high achieving students are all committed to maintaining Oak Hill Elementary as a safe, nurturing environment to learn, to working collaboratively to reach our academic goals and to building a strong home/school relationship.

RESPECT is our theme for this year. Students and staff are expected to show respect for ourselves, others, learning and school property everyday. We will continue to provide a welcoming school environment and maintain effective communication with our community.
Based on Anne Arundel County Public Schools goals and our student achievement data, our School Improvement Plan will focus on the following academic goals during the 2005-2006 school year:

Reading: 2005- 2006 Oak Hill SIT Plan

Language Arts Subcommittee

Goal: By 2007, 85% of all students will reach proficiency in Reading. The achievement of groups based on race, gender, and socio-economic status will vary no more than 10 percentage points from the highest group.

Objective: 80% of all grade 3 students will perform at proficient or better on the MSA in Reading.

85% of all grade 4 students will perform at proficient or better on the MSA in Reading.

85% of all grade 5 students will perform at proficient or better on the MSA in Reading.

Milestone(s):

	Oral Fluency (grades 2-5) – 85% of students will be fluent (50^th percentile) in the spring.
	Reading Levels (grades 1 – 5) – 85% of students will be reading at or above grade level in the spring.
	DIBELS (grades K & 1) – 80% of kindergarten students will score 35 or more on Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) subtest in the spring. In first grade, 80% of students will read 40 or more words per minute in the spring on the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) subtest.
	County Reading Assessments (grades 2 – 5) – 85% of students will score satisfactory or better on the Selected Response (SR) questions.
	Open Court Reading (OCR) Comprehension Assessment Units 7 & 8 (grade 1) – 85% of students will score satisfactory or better.
	Summary of Progress Reports (kindergarten) – 75% of students will be upper emergent readers or better on the spring report.

Mathematics:

2005- 2006 Oak Hill SIT Plan

Math Subcommittee

Goal: By 2006-2007, 85% of all students will reach proficiency in Math. The achievement of groups based on race, gender, and socio-economic status will vary no more than 10 percentage points from the highest group.

Objective:

	80%% of all grade 3 students will perform at proficient o better on the Maryland School Assessment in Math.
	90% of all grade 4 students will perform at proficient o better on the Maryland School Assessment in Math.
	92% of all grade 5 students will perform at proficient o better on the Maryland School Assessment in Math.

Milestone(s):

	Kindergarten Students- 85% or students are satisfactory (consistently demonstrating or developing in all reported math areas of the Spring Progress Repots.) The achievement of groups based on race, gender, and socio-economic status will vary no more than 10 percentage points from the highest group.
	Grade 1-5 Students – will score satisfactory of better on each math chapter test. The achievement of groups based on race, gender, and socio-economic status will vary no more than 10 percentage points from the highest group.

These initiatives will be implemented to help us reach our goals:

Use of Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum for planning, instruction and assessments in all content areas

	Early Reading Intervention
	Corrective Reading
	Soar to Success
	Open Court Reading Program
	Use of Workshop time to provide differentiated instruction in language arts
	Incorporate Inquiry and Investigation strategies from Open Court Reading into instruction
	William and Mary Literature Program
	Scott Foresman Mathematics Program
	Collaborative & Consultative Model for Talent Development in mathematics and language arts
	Use of pre-assessments to identify flexible groups in mathematics
	24 Games

We are extremely fortunate to have a PTO that is active, multitalented and child – centered. They continuously support Oak Hill Elementary students, staff and school endeavors. Please consider joining our partner in education; your participation is genuinely welcomed.

As you peruse our website, I hope you will sense the dedication and commitment we bring to Oak Hill everyday. This is going to be a BANNER year! We look forward to working with you and your child!

Sincerely,

Cheryl Vauls

cvauls@aacps.org

410-222-6568

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