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Transforming Achievements at Lewis-Palmer Middle School Through Community Reflection

This Capstone Project report for EDLS 643 at Regis University highlights the strengths and weaknesses of Lewis-Palmer Middle School’s community, focusing on culture, discipline, achievement, and parent engagement. It emphasizes the importance of building a cohesive school culture, ensuring academic achievement for all students, and addressing the needs of special populations. Recommendations include implementing effective academic enrichment strategies and enhancing communication among staff, students, and parents to foster growth and improve overall student outcomes.

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Transforming Achievements at Lewis-Palmer Middle School Through Community Reflection

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  1. Capstone ProjectRegis UniversityEDLS 643Lewis-PalmerMiddle School “By reflecting as a community on where we have been and what we have accomplished, we can transform something strong into something superb.” Nichole Murphy

  2. CULTURE Strengths: • We have one! • Laughter Conversations Collegiality • People make a point to share with teachers how respectful, kind, polite our kids are. Weaknesses: • It could crumble at any time. • New leader needs time to get to know the school, staff, students, parents, individuals. • Student groups have difficulty meeting • Few teams make time for team-building activities

  3. PARENTS Strengths: • They are in the building • Highly educated Weaknesses: • Entitlement of some • 8th Grade Continuation needs to be scaled down

  4. BUDGET Strengths: • Haven’t had to say no to staff requests • Staff requests are reasonable • Good stewards Weaknesses: • State • “Dog on a Bone” • Idea of making sure to “spend what we get so it doesn’t get taken • Special Education Staffing

  5. DISCIPLINE Strengths: • Teach mutual respect of staff and students • Hold all to a very high standard • Developmentally appropriate • Not “out to get” kids • Very few referrals • SWISS data Weaknesses: • PBiS • Staff buy-in • Consistency • Highest number (25%) of all major and minor referrals occur from 1:55-2:34 during Academic Enrichment Period

  6. ACHIEVEMENT Strengths: • Extremely high achieving • Only MS in this District Accredited with Distinction • Ranked among Top 5 MS in the state • John Irwin Award (7 yrs.) • Consistently earn top rankings in local, regional, state, and national Weaknesses: • Special populations – ELL, Spec. Ed., etc. • Math • Special Education staffing continually gets cut by the Board of Education

  7. SMART GoalsImprove Student Achievement Through Effective Academic Enrichment Period • By the end of the 2012-2013 school year, 80% of special population students (IEP, ILP, ELL) at Lewis-Palmer Middle School will be at the state average or higher for growth. • (By the end of the 2012-2013 school year, 100% of academic teachers will conduct a quarterly academic enrichment period targeting student weaknesses through pre-screening measures to help increase achievement on school and state standardized tests.)

  8. ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Weaknesses • Inconsistent use of time by teachers • No standards as directed by school leadership • Numerous disruptions by student groups, teachers, office announcements • No accountability for students Recommendations • Pre-screening of students to determine their weaknesses • Placement of students quarterly determined by pre-screening • New weekly schedule for this period • Possibility of going “off-team” during this time • Work student groups into this period

  9. PRE-SCREENINGStudent Needs AssessmentStaff Strengths Assessment ACADEMIC • Math Remediation • Reading Remediation • Writing Remediation • Spelling/Vocabulary • TAG Enrichment/ALP Goals • Technology Skills • Other Content Area Skills as needed (measurement in Science; map reading in Social Studies; etc.) BEHAVIORAL • Organizational Skills • Study/Test-Taking Skills • Work Completion • Peer Interaction • Motivation • Character Ed • PBiS Lessons • Goal Setting • Other Behavioral Area Skills as determined by staff

  10. “WHAT ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO DON’T NEED REMEDIATION?” CLUBS/STUDENT GROUPS • StuCo • Builder’s Club • NJHS • Science Olympiad • Geography/Spelling Bee • Sports Statistics • Chess INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTS • National History Day Project • Multi-Media • Exploratory Areas (stipend for teachers)

  11. SCHEDULE Monday-Wednesday-Friday Remediation/Enrichment based on pre-screening Tuesday Exploratory pull-out for students on an as-needed basis determined by exploratory teachers Thursday Team-Building activities determined by individual teams

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