Superintendents Letter
12/16/2011
December 16,
2011
To Our
Community
Members:
The
Oakville School District received
Notification of Identified Persistently Lowest-Achieving
High
School from OSPI. What does
that mean for our high
school?
Background:
Senate Bill
6696 became law in 2010, requiring the Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to
annually identify low achieving schools in the
state.
This is based on the past three years of
achievement data in reading and mathematics
combined.
The Oakville High School
grades 7-12 are a Tier 11- Achievement
school.
Oakville Tier 11
Data:
The data includes grades 7-12 with an
enrollment of 134 students. Our
poverty rate is 77.24% and we are in step 5 of
improvement. Our
three year reading and math combined proficiency
is 27.7%.
Our
three year improvement rate is 2.98%. This
improvement trend is better than that of the
state.
Why is our
rate
improving?
The Oakville School
District applied for
and received school improvement grants to hire a
school counselor, vice principal, and literacy
coach.
The entire staff participates in
professional development around literacy and
mathematics.
Staff in grades K-12 participates in weekly
PLC (professional learning communities). The
district also participates in bi-weekly Leadership
Team meetings. Our school
board members and staff are dedicated to continue
to show progress in combined reading and
mathematic scores.
Sincerely,
Kathy
Lorton
Superintendent
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
The
Oakville School District welcomes students, staff
and community to the beginning of the school
year!
The staff and school board are excited
about the up-coming new year. This year
brings many changes. Our new
staff includes the following
members:
Mr.
Rich Rasanen, Associate
Principal
Ms.
Lauren Hamar, Counselor
Ms.
Krystal Hoskins, Literacy Content
Specialist
Mr.
Aaron Julyan, K-12 Music and
Band
Mr.
Fletcher Mann, Vocational
Ms.
Dena Green, 1st
Grade
Mr.
Bryan Keister, Mathematics
Mr.
John Hallead, PE and Health
K-12
Ms.
Kristen Maring, Science
On
August 31, 2011, please join us for a "back to
school barbeque" starting at 5:30 pm. During that
time you will be able to pick up your 7-12 class
schedules.
School begins at 8:00 and ends at
2:45.
Our middle school/high school office has
moved to the first room on your right, as you
enter the middle school building. The
superintendent's office has moved to the district
business office.
Handbooks
will be available for all students and parents on
the first day of school. Mr. Ron
Hawley will be our new head high school football
coach, as the season begins on August
17th, and Jenee' Penn, our new head
high school volleyball
coach.
Please
join us on August 22, at 5:30 pm, in the school
library for our school board meeting. We also
want to encourage you to attend our Title 1 parent
meetings at 4:30 pm each month, prior to the
regularly scheduled school board meetings. Soon you
will be notified by Hanna Smith asking you to join
our PTSA, (parent, teacher, student association)
and support our kids!
See
you soon,
Kathy
Lorton
Superintendent