INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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1 Mr. Richard Barter, Principal Telephone: (310) Fax: (310) Website: INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE The staff at Oak Street School continues to work hard to provide our students with a well-instructed quality program. We strive to improve the academic achievement and test scores of our students while providing them with a culturally enriched, nurturing, safe, learning environment. We encourage our parents and community to participate in a variety of school activities and welcome suggestions of how we can improve our school. I have thoroughly enjoyed my fourth year at Oak Street Elementary School. Respectful students, supportive parents, and knowledgeable teachers, can easily be found. The staff and I are looking forward to working with our sixth graders once again this school year. It will give our students another year to mature before entering the junior high setting. MENSAJE DE LA DIRECTORA El personal de la Escuela Oak Street continua trabajando fuertemente para proveer a nuestros estudiantes con una programa bien instruido de educación bilingüe para todos los estudiantes. Luchamos para superar el progreso académico y los resultados de los exámenes de nuestros estudiantes mientras les proveemos con un enriquecimiento cultural, que los alimentara con un ambiente seguro de educación. Impulsamos a los padres de familia y la comunidad a participar en como debemos desarrollar nuestra escuela de una mejor manera. El personal y yo estamos ansiosos de trabajar con los estudiantes de quinto grado del año pasado quienes continuarán como de sexto grado este año escolar. Esto les dará otro año a nuestros estudiantes para madurar antes de entrar a la escuela secundaria. SCHOOL PROFILE Current Enrollment: 945 Oak Street School is located in west Inglewood, three miles northeast of Los Angeles International Airport, and serves over 100 K-6 students on a schedule. It is close to the 405 Freeway and directly under Los Angeles International Airport s flight path. These conditions contribute to noise and traffic, but the student population has and progress despite these factors. Parents are most involved at the primary level. The parent community attends programs and school-sponsored events. The economic levels vary from high poverty to working class. Many parents are products of the Inglewood Unified School District and are former Oak Street School students. Oak Street is very much a community school, with the vast majority of students residing in the area. Much of the parent population consists of monolingual Spanish speakers. The OAK STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADE K-6 Year Round Calendar 633 S. Oak Street Inglewood, California School Code: School Accountability Report Card Annual Report to the Community school makes every possible effort to communicate with parents in their home language, gearing programs to the cultures represented at the school. Oak Street School is a part of the Inglewood Unified School District. The District consists of nineteen school sites: four high schools, one middle school, one junior high, three K-8 schools, six K-6 schools, and four K-5 schools. Oak Street is one of many schools in the District. The majority of Oak Street students will attend Crozier Junior High School and Inglewood High School. The District provides support for the Open-Court Reading Program, limited training through the curriculum department in other content areas, and standardbased instruction. The most significant staff development occurs at the school site. The District houses the Child Development Center, a preschool program that meets the needs of special education students. Some children entering kindergarten at Oak Street School have benefited from attending Head Start Pre-School Programs in the City of Inglewood. A few students attend private pre-schools through religious or community organizations. The majority of students enrolling in kindergarten at Oak Street have never attended pre-school and are English Learners. Therefore, a kindergarten program has been provided to meet students needs. Oak Street has an after-school Jump Start program, instructed by Oak Street teachers, two days a week. The program involves parents. It has been very successful in preparing students for kindergarten and developing language skills for English Learners. The student population at Oak Street School consists of 84.6% Latino, 13.2% African American, and 2.2% other (Fillipino, Arabic, White, and Asian). Languages represented include Spanish, Tagalong, Arabic, and English. Second language learners comprise 57.5% of the student population. The majority of these students are in the primary grades (K-3), with a large number of students being re-designated in the fourth grade. The school is sensitive to the needs of second language learners, and has developed programs to facilitate language development and monitor progress. All communication with parents is in both Spanish and English, thereby making translations readily available. EL PERSONAL DE LA ESCUELA Oak Street, tiene la populación latina más grande del Distrito de Educación de la ciudad de Inglewood. La mayoría de nuestros estudiantes hablan el español como su primera lengua. El estudio étnico de la escuela nos indica que un 86% de los estudiantes es Latinos, 12% son Afro-Americanos y el 1% de otra raza.

2 African- American 13.2% Ethnic Breakdown Other 2.2% Latino 84.6% SCHOOL VISION AND MISSION The mission of Oak Street School, an ethnically and linguistically diverse K-6 learning community, is to achieve academic success, develop a desire for continued learning, and excel to their highest potential through a diverse and challenging curriculum, which utilizes effective instructional practices, and infuses state-of-the art technology into all curricular areas, in a nurturing, safe and clean environment supported by parents and community. DECLARACON DE LA MISION La misión de Oak Street una escuela de Kindergarten a 5 to grado multilingüe, de cuatro periodos, con ano escolar durante todo el ano es para asegurar que nuestros estudiantes lleguen a ser compasivos y miembros productivos de la comunidad global adquieran progreso académico, desarrollen un deseo de aprendizaje continuo y sobresalgan a su mayor potencial y enriquecimiento, curriculums diversos y desafiantes, los cuales incluyen educación bilingüe y tecnología moderna, utilizando excelencia en la enseñanza, en ambiente que los nutria y de seguridad con el envolvimiento de los padres de familia y la comunidad. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Parents are encouraged to play a positive role in our school curriculum. We have monthly parent meetings and classes for parents. Our School Site Council (SSC), English Language Advisory Council (ELAC), and School Advisory Council (SAC), all guarantee that we have parental input into our school practices and procedures. Oak Street Elementary School once again has an active PTA. A special thanks to our PTA officers for their parental input into our school practices and procedures. PARTICIPACION DE LA COMUNIDAD Los padres de familia están animados a jugar un papel positivo en el currículo de nuestra escuela. Tenemos Reuniones de Padres de Padres de Familia cada mes y clases especiales para los padres de familia. Nuestro consejero (SC), El consejo bilingüe (BAC) y El Consejero de la Escuela (SAC) todos garra usan que tengamos la participación de los padres de familia dentro de nuestras practicas y procedimientos. ATTTENDANCE Actual Attendance by Grade Level (Average based on 9 th Months) Kindergarten 1 st Grade 2 nd Grade 96.63% 3 rd Grade 4 th Grade 5 th Grade STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Stanford Achievement Test (CAT-6) CAT-6 Total Enrollment on First Day of testing: 578 Total Number Tested: 577 Total Number Tested in Selected Subgroup: 577 National Percentile 50% Grade Reading Language Math Spelling 1 st nd rd th th Stanford Achievement Test (CAT-6) Total Enrollment on First Day of testing: 691 Total Number Tested: 691 Total Number Tested in Selected Subgroup: 691 National Percentile 50% Grade Reading Language Math Spelling 1 st nd rd th th th California Standards Tests - CST (All Students) Total Enrollment on First Day of testing: 708 Total Number Tested: 708 Total Number Tested in Selected Subgroup: 708 Percent (%) of students achieving at the Proficient or Advanced level SUBJECT SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE English-Language Arts Mathematics Science History-Social Science California Physical Fitness Test - CPFT Data reported are the percent of students meeting fitness standards (scoring in the healthy fitness zone on all six fitness standards) for the most recent testing period. The CPFT is administered to students in grades 5, 7, and 9 only. Grade School District State Level Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male DISTRICT SUPPORT Cost Per Student: $7,232 CLASS SIZE REDUCTION All kindergarten through 3 rd grade classes have a 20 to 1 student-to-teacher ratio. Fourth grade through sixth grade have a 33 to 1 student-to-teacher ratio. TAMANO DE LAS CLASES Al comenzar el mes de Julio de 1997, todos los estudiantes de kindergarten hasta 2 do. Grado deben tener un radio de 20 estudiantes por cada profesor. Esperamos expandirlo hasta el 3er. Grado y posiblemente hasta el 4to. Grado en un futuro muy cercano. Por el momento del 3ro. Al 5to. Grado permanecerán en un radio de 33 por 1. TEACHER ASSIGNMENTS All teachers at Oak Street School teach within their credentialed subject areas. Oak Street Elementary School School Accountability Report Card Page 2

3 DE ERES DE LOS PROFESORES Todos los profesores de la escuela Oak Street están asignados para enseñar dentro del área de sus credenciales. program. All continuing students are monitored on an ongoing basis to guarantee student success in his/her academic experiences. TEXTBOOKS & INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS The State of California adopts textbooks every eight years. The District follows the State cycle for textbook adoption. All classes have current text materials in academic subjects. Oak Street Elementary School s consolidated budget provides students with classroom supplies, computers, maps, globes, calculators, supplemental reading books, library books and equipment with which teachers and students can make their own books. LIBROS DE TEXTO Y MATERIALSES El Estado de California adopta los libros de texto cada ocho anos. El Distrito sigue el ciclo del estado para la adopción de los libros de texto. Todas las clases tienen materiales de texto y sujetos académicos al corriente. El presupuesto Educacional provee a los estudiantes de la Oak Street Elementary School con computadoras, equipos de ciencia, mapas, globos terrestres, calculadoras, libros de lectura suplementaria. Libros de la biblioteca y equipo con el cual los profesores y estudiantes pueden construir sus propios libros. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES A School Student Study Team consisting of an administrator, psychologist, nurse, teachers, parents and students meet and, through a collaborative process, diagnose student inappropriate behaviors and prescribe redemption. Students and families needing additional services are referred to approved public and community agencies. Oak Street School s Special Day Class (SDC) offers equal access to the curriculum for all students. Based on an Individual Education Plan (IEP), students receive specific, individualized instruction in reading, language arts, science, handwriting, and social studies. The SDC class also mainstreams some students into the regular education classrooms according to their grade levels for socialization. Our Special Education program also offers the Jump-Start program to 3-4-year-old children. Jump-Start helps preschoolers get ready for kindergarten, and also offers parents the chance to learn skills that will help their children have a positive classroom experience. The Resource Specialist Program (RSP) is a tutorial special education service. The students that receive services have been identified as having a normal ability to learn but have not been able to reach their potential due to a specific learning disability. The students enrolled in RSP are in the regular education program for the majority of the school day, but receive specialized instruction from a certified teacher and an instructional aide. Students at Oak Street receive many supplemental educational opportunities through consolidated Special Projects funding. Instructional aides offer small group support and individualized instruction in all primary classrooms. Field trips and performances offer learning and enrichment experiences. A Program Coordinator is employed to ensure that each identified student receives a correct educational placement. Every new student that enrolls in Oak Street is assessed within a week of entering school to determine the proper educational All teachers, parents, and students are fortunate to have the supplementary services provided by the Consolidated Funds. CONSEJERO Y OTROS SERVICIOS PARA AYUDAR A ES- TUDIANTES Un equipo de personas que Estudian la Escuela consiste de un administrador, psicólogo, enfermera, profesores, padres de familia y estudiantes que se reúnen y a través de un progreso de cooperación, diagnostican el comportamiento inadecuado de los estudiantes y prescribe la redención. Los Estudiantes y familiares que necesitan servicios adicionales serán referidos a las agencias publica aprobadas de la comunidad. Día de Clases Especial de Oak Street School ofrece oportunidad de educación bilingüe para sus estudiantes. Basada en un Plan de Educación Individual (IEP), los estudiantes reciben instrucción individualizada especial en lectura, arte de lenguaje, ciencias, escritura a mano y estudios sociales. Además, los estudiantes de habla hispana tienen la oportunidad de practicar el Ingles atreves de el programa ELD. La clase ESD también conduce a todos los estudiantes dentro de la educación regular del salón de clases de acuerdo a su nivel social de clases. Nuestro Programa de Educación Especial también les ofrece el programa de Comienzo Inmediato para nov de 3 a 4 años de edad. El programa de Comienzo Inmediato para pre-escolares los pone en lista para entrar en el kindergarten, y también ofrece a los padres de familia la oportunidad de aprender habilidades que les ayude con sus hijos/hijas para que tengan una experiencia positiva del salón de clases. El Programa de Recursos Especializado (RSP) es un servicio especial de educación tutorías Los estudiantes que reciben estos servios han sido identificados como estudiantes con habilidades normales de aprendizaje pero que no han sido capaces de alcanzar su potencial debido a in habilidades especificas de aprendizaje. Los estudiantes inscritos en este programa están dentro del programa regular de educación por la mayor parte del día escolar, pero reciben instrucción especializada de parte de una ayudante bilingüe. Los estudiantes de Oak Street School reciben muchas oportunidades de educación suplementaria atreves del fondo para Proyectos Especiales Consolidados. Las ayudantes de instrucción bilingüe ofrecen un pequeño grupo de ayuda e instrucción individualizada en todos los salones de clases primarios. Los paseos y presentaciones ofrecen experiencias que enriquecen el aprendizaje. Un coordinador del Programa es empleado para a asegurar que cada estudiante identificado reciba sus lugar correcto de educación. Cada nuevo estudiante que se enrola en Oak Street es examinado durante la primera semana en la que entro a la escuela para determinar el propio programa educacional. Todos los estudiantes son controlados de una manera oportuna para garantizar su progreso educacional en su experiencia académica. Oak Street Elementary School School Accountability Report Card Page 3

4 Todos los profesores, padres de familia y estudiantes son afortunados en tener los servicios suplementarios que provee el Fondo Consolidado. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS The District office provides substitute teachers. However, when substitutes are not available, other staff members cover classes. SUSTITUTOS DE PROFESSORES La oficina del distrito provee con profesores sustitutos. Sin embargo, cuando los profesores no están disponibles. Otros miembros de la facultad cubren las clases. SCHOOL FACILITIES Oak Street Elementary School is located in west Inglewood, three miles northeast of the Los Angeles International Airport and serves 945 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The facilities include a two main buildings with 17 classrooms, a library; a computer lab; a consolidated office; a nurse s office; a psychologist s office; a speech therapist s room; and the administration office; twenty-four (24) selfcontained classrooms on the western edge of the school, and a cafeteria, which also serves as our auditorium. Financial limitations of the District have greatly limited the allocations of personnel and materials devoted to maintaining and keeping the facilities safe and clean. Playground supervision, earthquake and fire preparedness help to ensure campus safety. DESCRIPCION DE LA ESCUELA La escuela Oak Street School esta localizada él es Oeste de la ciudad de Inglewood. La mayoría de nuestros estudiantes hablan el español como su primera lengua. El estudio étnico de la escuela nos indica que un 89% de los estudiantes son latinos. 10% son Afro-Americanos y el 1% de otra raza. Supervisión en el patio de recreo, preparación de temblores e incendios ayudan a conservar la seguridad en el campas. LIMPIEZA Y SEGURIDAD ADECUADA EN FACILIDADES ESCOLARES Limitaciones financieras en el distrito han limitado grandemente la distribución de personal y materiales adiadas al mantenimiento y seguridad de estas facilidades de tenerlas limpias y seguras. SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN Oak Street Elementary School strives to be an enriched learning community where all the students experience high levels of academic success, demonstrated through reading and mathematical skills at or above grade level. In addition, our learning community aims to provide all students with a learning environment free of drugs, violence, and fosters tolerance and mutual respect through peer mediation programs. Our School Safety Plan includes several goals to ensure that our students welfare is our top priority. Our goals are: All students and staff members are provided a safe teaching and learning environment. All students are safe and secure while at school, when traveling to and from school, and when traveling to and from school related activities. District programs and approved community resources are made available to students and parents. Our school will provide the educational environment where students, parents, staff, and community members shall effectively communicate in a manner that is respectful to all cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. Instructional Minutes Grade School State Requirement Kindergarten 36,050 36,000 1 st 51,625 50,400 2 nd 51,625 50,400 3 rd 51,625 50,400 4 th 54,125 54,000 5th 54,125 54,000 6 th 54,125 54,000 Minimum days (Minimum Minutes per day) Grade School State Requirement Kindergarten st nd rd th th th Teachers Salaries Teacher Annual Salarary District Average Sal- State Average Salary Beginning *$41,893 $28,881 Mid-Range $41,897 $45,148 Highest $68,035 $54,603 *Credential Administrator Salaries Position District Average Salary State Requirements Principal $91,998 $71,114 Superintendent $163,700 $105,182 Budget Allocation for Salaries Percent of Total District Allocated to: District Percent State Requirements Teachers 50.08% % Administrators 5.63% 5.24% DAILY SCHEDULE I would like to remind parents of our schedules and programs that make up our curriculum: 8 a.m. - School Starts (Children must be in line at this time, so plan accordingly). 2 p.m. - Dismissal for grades 1 through 3 2:20 p.m. - Dismissal for grades 4 through 6 Kindergarten - A.M. Classes - 8:05 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. P.M. Classes 11:40 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Extra Programs - Mon.-Thurs a.m. & ESL for Parents Mon.-Thurs. 4-7 p.m. For students who must wait for older siblings or parents after school, supervision is provided outside the cafeteria until 3 p.m. If you are going to be later than this, please notify the office so we can make arrangements. Oak Street Elementary School School Accountability Report Card Page 4

5 SCHOOL STAFF Under the supervision of the Principal, there are forty-four (44) regular classroom teachers. The students and teachers are supported by an Assistant Principal, Special Day Class (SDC), a Resource Specialist Program (RSP), a Speech Therapist, a Program Coordinator, a Literacy Coach, and twenty (17) bilingual instructional teaching aides who work with students teaching fifteen (15) hours per week and Oak Street also has a librarian, a computer lab technician, a nurse technician is on site two days a week. Staffing is designed to meet student needs. The administration technician strives to hire certificated teachers with CLAD certification, to meet the instructional needs of the student population. Support staff also reflect the needs of students. Teachers are trained to provide differentiated instruction, and raise achievement across the board for all groups of students, including GATE, Special Education, English Learners, and students at all academic levels. Our front office is staffed by an Office Manager and a Clerk Typist. Two day and two night custodians perform school site maintenance. Two Food Service employees staff the cafeteria. Taylor, our assistant principal, continues to work well with the staff and the community. PERSONAL DE LA ESCUELA Bajo la supervisión de la Directora hay treinta y tres (33) profesoras regulares. Los estudiantes y profesores están respaldados por un Dia de Clases Especial (SDC). Un Especialista de recursos (RSP), un termalita de lenguaje, un Coordinados de Programa y veinte y seis (26) Ayudantes Institucionales bilingües los cuales trabajan con los estudiantes 15 horas semanales. La escuela Oak Street School también tiene una bibliotecaria, una enfermera técnica que esta en la escuela dos veces por semana. Williams Settlement Legislation Senate Bill (SB) 550 The Senate Bill (SB) 550 was signed into legislation on September 29, The (SB) 550 requirements for school districts relate to (1) provides any needed maintenance to ensure good repair. School district are to maintain the condition of the facility in a manner that assures a clean and safe environment, (2) teachers misassignment and vacant teacher positions be addressed/corrected by districts and place certificated employees in a teaching position for which they are authorized by status to hold. And (3) provide for, the availability of sufficient textbooks and other instructional materials for all students. The Williams Legislation requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to: Instructional materials Teacher vacancy or misassignment Emergency or urgent facilities conditions that pose a threat to the health and safety of students or staff To file a complaint regarding the above matters, a complaint form can be obtained at the principal s office and/or district office. ANNUAL LEGAL NOTICE 2005/2006 The Inglewood Unified School District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination, including harassment, with respect to the actual or perceived ethnic group, religion, gender, color, race, ancestry, national origin, and physical or mental disability, age, or sexual orientation. NOTICIA LEGAL ANNUAL Los programas y actividades del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Inglewood deben ser libres de discriminacion, incluyendo acoso, hacia cierto grupo etnico percibido, religion, genero, color, raza, ascendencia, origin nacional, discapacidad fisica o mental, edad, u orientacion sexual. 401 S. Inglewood Avenue Inglewood, CA (310) Oak Street Elementary School School Accountability Report Card Page 5