Welcome!!!!

1. Welcome!!!! • Current enrollment 459 • Approximately 57%of our students are neighborhood and 43% are magnet focus, meaning they applied through the lottery and come from all over the city. • Since this is an arts focus, teachers are trained to integrate arts into the classroom curriculum. Also, students get additional hours (4 periods, 2 are half classes) with their arts specialist which changes each quarter, in six week rotations. Arts classes include Dance, Visual Arts, Drama, and Music. 5th graders also have performance lab on Wednesdays. A fifth push in rotational classes will be offered this year • Students get PE weekly with their teacher and opportunities to swim with their class • We have a wonderfully vital SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods ) and Vermont Hills Daycare • Our volunteerism is one of the highest in the District. We are very fortunate to have strong parent volunteers, community and corporate sponsorships/partnerships • Buckman has received an Outstanding grade by the State of Oregon for the fourth year

2. Enrollment Statistics • Year K 1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL • 2007 69 80 72 97 75 88 481 • 2008 74 85 82 77 99 81 498 • 2009 81 81 81 81 74 97 495 • 2010 85 83 78 83 82 74 FCC 17 501 • 2011 78 93 78 80 84 78 FCC 22 491 • 2012 69 78 85 70 76 81 FCC 17 459

3. Buckman Classrooms • 3 Kindergarten • 1 FCC class K-2 (Focus Continuum) • 1 FCC class 3-5 • 3 First grades • 3 Second grades • 3 Third grades • 3 Fourth grades • 3 Fifth grades • Many teachers have student interns

4. Buckman Classrooms/Support • 18 Gen. Ed.Classroom Teachers • 1 Full time Visual Arts Teacher • 1 Full time Drama/Music Teacher • 1 Full time Dance Teacher • 1 Full time Special Education teacher • 1 part time Student Management Specialist .50 • 2 Full time FCC Teachers (Focus Continuum Class)with 4 Para Educators • 1 Part time ELL (English Lang. Learner) Teacher .25 • 1 Part time Speech Pathologist .80 • 1 Part time Library Assistant.50 • 1 Full time Counselor • 1 Part time Psychologist .60 • 1 Part time Nurse • 1 Full time Principal Secretary • 1 Part time School Secretary • Student Interns

5. TAG (Talented and Gifted) Currently 17% Special Education 15% Free and Reduced Lunch - Will not know until early October. Last year it ended at 40%. The minimum requirements for Title 1 changed to 60% last year 2% ELL students…ELL support cut to .25 ***This data is not fully accurate as final numbers are not in for this year yet

6. Elementary and Secondary Education Act10 out of PPS’ 81 schools gained a 5 rating (Ainsworth Elementary, Beverly Cleary K-8, Bridlemile Elementary, Buckman Elementary, Chapman Elementary, Duniway Elementary, Laurelhurst K-8, West Sylvan MS, Woodstock Elementary). Three charters also gained Level 5 ratings: Portland Arthur Academy, Emerson and Opal.While no PPS schools received a “model” designation, Buckman Elementary and Chapman Elementary schools earned a level 5 ranking and serve a higher percentage of students in poverty than schools receiving the designation in other districts. More than 30 percent of students at each school qualify for free or reduced price lunch. However, neither school was recognized because the Title 1 funding threshold in PPS is 60 percent – and the “model” designation only applies to Title 1 schools.

8. ODE Rating 2011-12

9. Assessments Our students in K-2 are assessed quarterly by teachers 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students are tested by the State in reading, math, and science for 5th grade. All must complete work samples in speaking, language arts, math, science, and writing.

10. Writing • Every grade has a school-wide plan for writing, which is our weakest area. There is no one specific writing program but we are focusing our efforts on boys since girls are outperforming boys in writing 2 to 1. As a school we are using two writing strategies, mentor texts and anchor charts. We are in our second year as the recipients of the Nike PLC grant to support our writing goals • Writing improvement is our main academic goal in our School Improvement Plan • Teachers all received training with the Oregon Writing Project and will get continued professional development through demonstration lessons • We developed a writing rubric continuum for each grade, K through 5 designed to make sure we are hitting the areas most needed in each grade • We base our needs on the state writing scores and the strands we are struggling with such as conventions, content, organization, and sentence fluency

11. Math Mission Statement We believe that all students can achieve high academic standards when: There are clear statements of high academic standards for student performance Assessment practices and tasks are clearly linked to the standards Curriculum frameworks are linked to the standards and tasks Professional development opportunities are provided to assist staff in implementation of the standards and tasks Teacher leadership and initiative are recognized and supported You can go to the PPS website for everything Bridges, including the entire curriculum and supporting materials. Our Family Math Night is scheduled for November 15th this year

12. Bridges in Mathematics Overview Bridges in Mathematics is a full K-5 curriculum that provides the tools, strategies, and materials teachers need to meet the new common core standards. Developed with initial support from the National Science Foundation, Bridges offers a unique blend of problem-solving and skill building in a clearly articulated program that moves through each grade level with common models, teaching strategies, and objectives. A Bridges classroom features a combination of whole-group, small-group, and independent activities. Lessons incorporate increasingly complex visual models - seeing, touching, working with manipulatives, and sketching ideas - to create pictures in the mind's eye that helps learners invent, understand, and remember mathematical ideas. By encouraging students to explore, test, and justify their reasoning, the curriculum facilitates the development of mathematical thinking for students of all learning styles. Written and field-tested by teachers, Bridges reflects an intimate understanding of the classroom environment. Designed for use in diverse settings, the curriculum provides multiple access points allowing teachers to adapt to the needs, strengths, and interests of individual students.

13. Common Core State Standards

14. Milestones

16. Supports and Enrichment • All teachers are trained and will continue to be trained in modification, differentiation, and accommodation to fit all students’ needs, including SIOP, (Sheltered Instruction) • Teachers meet with students in half classes for enrichments and supports twice a week. The other two periods teachers meet to discuss student needs in their teams and also meet in their teams for planning. We have now opened several additional arts periods a week that will be shared through rotation for collaboration with teachers • Academic Enrichment opportunities during the day and after school for math and literacy. Volunteers can help with small group and individual pull outs as well as integrated classroom time, or any other manner that meets the needs of students and teachers • SMART program two days week, goal of serving >50 K-2 students • “Architects in the Classroom” for three classes this year

17. Supports and Enrichments • SUN classes of all kinds…see schedule. Classes include Tutoring, Mentoring, Cranium Club, MUSE Band, Sports, Mosaics, Evil Genius, Wordplay, Sewing, Computers, Newspaper, Space Cadets, Piano, MUSE, Animation, Sideways Arithmetic,Tae Kwon Do, Eco-Kids, Clowning Around, Art Studio, Rhyme Time, Bodies in Motion, Magic, Math Challenge, Green Thumb Gardening, Guitar, Drama, Pokémon, Marimba, Girls Inc., and so much more! • Saturday Academy Classes • Oregon Writers’ Festival • Family Math and Family Write Nights • Reading Buddies • America Reads/America Counts • TAG Coordinator Linda Nichenko...we have a budget for more TAG opportunities

18. Initiatives for 2012-2013 New Teacher Evaluations continue Bridges Math Curriculum Equity work with Courageous Conversations…six staff members facilitating on late opening days Lost At School with Dr. Ross Greene Nike PLC work around writing…seven staff members facilitating SIOP (Sheltered Instruction) Incident Command (FEMA) continues

19. Continuing this year • Lost At School, Ross Greene, Ph.D. Collaborative Problem Solving

20. Courageous ConversationsGlenn Singleton

21. Character Education Steps to Respect Second Steps Continuous Classroom Meetings Superflex Our Counselor, Kristin Lasher, visits every classroom many times a year to discuss school climate and character education. Each month is a different trait such as “Caring” and “Responsibility" which is highlighted and celebrated school-wide. Awards are given at lunch monthly

22. School Improvement Plan

23. TAG Plan

24. Young Audiences/Run For The Arts • RFTA day this year is October 5th . Parents are welcome to join in! • RFTA funds help us fund art activities, field trips, artists in residences, art supplies and many more art opportunities for each class, through Young Audiences. • Last year every class benefited from RFTA and it is a vital support for our arts focus program. This year, RFTA will again fund an additional dance teacher for during and after school dance support. We collected over $23,000 after expenses last year

25. Important Upcoming Dates • 10/3 International Walk and Bike Day • 10/5 Run For The Arts • 10/12 Inservice…school is closed • 10/17 Late Opening…10:45 • 10/23 Parent TAG meeting at Buckman @ 7 PM • 10/25 “Principal for a Day” • 10/26 Grandparents and Special Friends day • 10/29 7:30, Author/Parent Cheryl Strayed will speak in the Cafetorium about writing and her newest NY Times Bestseller WILD. Cheryl has also written TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, also a NY Times Bestseller, as well as TORCH • 11/15 Family Math Night at 6:30 • 11/19&20 Parent/Teacher Conferences AM/PM…no school the entire week for students

26. Final Reminders • Our web site is www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/buckman • Please remember to call before 9:00 if your child will be late or sick. The auto dialer will begin calling by 10:00 if we do not get a call. Please call before 2 PM for any changes that we need to know regarding pick up. Also, please pick your child up by 3:00 every day. No child may be left unattended or alone after 3:00. Our office closes at 4PM and DHS or police will be called if we cannot reach you • We have appreciated parents and visitors always checking in at the office upon arrival anytime after 8:50 or before 3:00 • No unattended parking in front of the building from 7-9 AM and 2-4 PM. Tickets run $40 and Portland Police is often present. Please no, pick ups or double parking out front during peak times. Also, please no double parking or stopping out in front. Also, all dogs must be leashed and never left alone

27. Thank you!!!! • Thank you parents for all you do to help students succeed and for all the volunteer hours you put in. • Thank you to all the wonderful partners such as PTA, Foundation, Site Council, SUN, SMART, and the countless others for all you for our students and our school. Sorry I could not name you all. • Thanks to a wonderful, dedicated staff. They have been a great support this past year.