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MACK BENN, Jr. ELEMENTARY David LeFevre , Principal Dana Bilby , Assistant Principal. Current Status. 2011-2012 Fully Accredited 2012-2013 Accredited with Warning in Reading. 3 Year Reading SOL Results. 3 Year Writing SOL Results. 3 Year Math SOL Results.
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MACK BENN, Jr. ELEMENTARY David LeFevre, Principal Dana Bilby, Assistant Principal
Current Status 2011-2012Fully Accredited 2012-2013Accredited with Warning in Reading
Focus - Reading • Demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts • 3rd Grade 57% • 4th Grade 44% • 5th Grade 58% • Demonstrate comprehension of non-fictional texts • 3rd Grade 59% • 4th Grade 56% • 5th Grade 50% • Use word analysis strategies and word reference materials • 3rd Grade 59% • 4th Grade 46% • 5th Grade 45%
Focus - Math • Computation and Estimation • 3rd Grade 51% • 4th Grade 71% • 5th Grade 51% • Number and Number Sense • 3rd Grade 54% • 5th Grade 43% • Measurement and Geometry • 3rd Grade 53% • 4th Grade 76% • 5th Grade 48%
Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity • Weekly Professional Learning Community (PLC) to discuss and share strategies across all content areas • Monthly staff in-services and trainings • Tiered Instruction will be noted in lesson plans • Alignment of written, taught, and tested curriculum to lesson plans • Learning Walks across grade levels
Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity • Creation of specific strategies across the content by data team • Leadership team uses DataCation to track and monitor the progress of Tier II and III students in reading and math to share with teachers during PLC meetings
Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity • Reinstituted running records on all students monthly to track fluency, miscues, accuracy, and comprehension • Implemented breakfast in the classroom • Developed a lesson plan format for Reading
Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity • Monitoring of teacher lesson plans to • ensure rigor and remediation • expand critical thinking and cognitive level • administer standard-aligned formative and summative assessments • Establishment of the parent Roundtable to involve parents as stakeholders
Awards and Achievements • NASA Explorer School National Honor School • First Lego League: 1st Place Core Values • BASF Kids’ Lab provides scientists and materials to conduct four experiments with every fifth grader at MBES • Newport News Shipbuilding provides engineers and materials to conduct engineering design challenges with every fourth grader at MBES
Awards and Achievements • Smithfield Foods provides environmental investigations with students in grades 3-5 • Suffolk Education Foundation Grant for Magformers Geometric Manipulatives $548 • Dominion Foundation Grant for Environmental Materials $1000 • Target for Family Reading Night Grant $1000
Oil Dispersion Lab with Smithfield Foods Talented Art Students Service Project MBES Read-a Thon Kinetic vs. Potential Energy Physical Adaptation Investigation BASF Kids’ Lab Chromatography Amazing Marlins Robotics Team Making Inferences Power Day Sequencing Activity