Rowland Unified School District

GianoIntermediateSchool

“A California Distinguished School”

SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL

October 20, 2011

MINUTES OF THE SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING

Present: George Herrera(TIC), Helen Benavides (Principal), Stephanie Canales (Learning Director),
Sandra Lucero (Secretary), Alberto Medina (Teacher), Tony Torres (Teacher), Icela Hemer (Teacher),
Pat Marquez (Parent), Rosa Melendrez (Parent),Emma Robles (Parent) Jamin Capulong (Student),Vanessa Sotelo (Student).

Absent:Jamin Capulong (Student),Vanessa Sotelo (Student), Alexandria Flores (Student).

  1. Call to Order - G. Herrera

Mr. Herrera called meeting to order.

  1. Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting: September 29, 2011

Mr. Herrera invited everyone to review the minutes from last meeting. Motion to approved minutes was made by Sandra Lucero and seconded by Mr. George Herrera.

  1. School Accountability Report Card

Information will be uploaded to our website. This is last year’s information.

  1. STAR Data (AYP and API)

It has been increasing. 56 points gained last year. Thanks to all the teachers, parents, and staff.

Also attendance was high last year.

This year we have 70 more students. Students want to be here.

Mrs. Canales said that, it is very evident that teachers are very focused, and that there is a good connection between teachers and students. Students want to participate; they feel they’re part of the school. We are all on the same page.

Mr. Herrera continued to explain the charts

  1. CST: Clusters, subjects, grade level

AYP – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Percent Proficient

YEAR / GIANO / HISPANIC / EL / SOC. DIS. / AYP TARGET
2009 / 36.5 / 36.5 / 23.7 / 33.6 / 46
2010 / 36 / 34.5 / 21.7 / 33.3 / 56.8
2011 / 45.3 / 43 / 32.1 / 43.1 / 67.6

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

7TH Grade / 8th Grade
Far below basic / 5% / 8%
Below basic / 14% / 20%
Basic / 43% / 34%
Proficient / 27% / 28%
Advanced / 11% / 10%

6th GRADE ELA CLUSTER SCORES

Percent Correct

GIANO / R.U.S.D. / STATE
Word Analysis / 61 / 72 / 74
Reading Comprehension / 53 / 61 / 59
Literary Response & Analysis / 59 / 67 / 67
Writing Conventions / 61 / 70 / 70
Writing Strategies / 53 / 62 / 57

7th GRADE ELA CLUSTER SCORES

Percent Correct

GIANO / R.U.S.D. / STATE
Word Analysis / 68 / 73 / 73
Reading Comprehension / 66 / 72 / 71
Literary Response & Analysis / 65 / 70 / 70
Writing Conventions / 59 / 67 / 65
Writing Strategies / 52 / 60 / 54
Writing Applications / 81 / 83 / 82

AYP MATHEMATICS

Percent Proficient

GIANO / HISPANIC / EL / SOC. DIS. / AYP
2009 / 39.4 / 38 / 30.1 / 37.2 / 47.5
2010 / 45.3 / 43.4 / 38.6 / 43.5 / 58
2011 / 48.8 / 47.3 / 39.8 / 47.7 / 68.5

MATHEMATICS

7th GRADE / 8th GRADE
Far Below Basic / 9% / 7%
Below Basic / 26% / 17%
Basic / 33% / 34%
Proficient / 25% / 27%
Advanced / 7% / 15%

6th GRADE MATH CLUSTER SCORES

Percent Correct

GIANO / R.U.S.D. / STATE
Ratios, Proportions, Percentages, Negative Fractions / 53 / 65 / 63
Operations & Problem Solving with Fractions / 58 / 68 / 68
Algebra & Functions / 59 / 70 / 72
Measurement $ Geometry / 63 / 63 / 58
Statistics, Data Analysis & Probability / 55 / 65 / 61

7th GRADE MATH CLUSTER SCORES

Percent Correct

GIANO / R.U.S.D. / STATE
Rational Numbers / 52 / 57 / 58
Exponents, Powers, and Roots / 58 / 59 / 59
Quantitative Relationship / 61 / 62 / 64
Multistep Problems, Graphing / 56 / 62 / 64
Measurement & Geometry / 51 / 57 / 58
Statistics, Data Analysis / 56 / 64 / 71

ALGEBRA I

Proficient25%

Below Basic 4%

Advanced 71%

ALGEBRA I – CLUSTER SCORES

Percent Correct

GIANO / R.U.S.D. / STATE
Number Properties, Operations, and Linear Equations / 79 / 59 / 70
Graphing & Systems of Linear Equations / 81 / 50 / 56
Quadratics and Polynomials / 87 / 50 / 60
Functions & Rational Expressions / 78 / 41 / 43
  1. CELDT Data – AMAOS

CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE

DEVELOPMENT TEST (CELDT)

Beginning1%

Early Intermediate8%

Intermediate35%

Early Advance47%

Advanced 9%

AMAO 1 and AMAO 2

GIANO / STATE TARGET
AMAO 1 / 67.8 / 54.6
AMAO 2 / 32.2 / 51.21
  1. Supplemental Educational Services

Outside companies, about 94 vendors will be here during a vendor fair on Nov. 4th, and Nov. 8th.

Ms. Robles shared experience about a parent and a vendor not being so good and/or effective.

Ms. Benavides recommended to interview vendors, get as much as information as possible.

We also provide tutoring in our school in any subject area Monday through Thursday from 2:40pm to 3:40pm.

  1. Looking ahead:
  • Parent conferences: Nov. 3, 2011
  • Supplemental Educational Services Fair: Nov. 4th and Nov. 8th
  • Next SSC Meeting: Nov. 17, 2011
  1. Public Comments and Questions

Everything is moving in the right direction, and it shows. The morale of the school is good. Each AYP point means a lot of work.

Ms. Benavides would like to invite parents to schedule observation in Math, English and Apple 1 to 1 classrooms.

We will have 6th Grade visits next month, as these students come to Giano as a field trip, they will be walked through classrooms and office. We would like to do rotation for students in action. Teachers liked that idea.

Ms. Robles mentioned that she likes to get teacher’s feedback in regards to her son’s homework. Agenda books are great tools as well to monitor the student’s homework.

  1. Public Comments and Questions

With no further questions and/or comments meeting was adjourned at 3:45pm

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