Annual Performance Report
Our School
Ordway Elementary School is one of three K-4 public schools on Bainbridge Island. During the 1999-00 school year, enrollment averaged 470 students. We have 19 regular classrooms, plus specialist classes in the areas of music, art, physical education (PE), and library. We also serve as the “host” school for the district’s special education preschool and functional skills programs.
Ordway strives to provide “the personal touch” to each student and family. We stress excellence in learning and respect for self and diversity. Our reputation as a friendly and welcoming school is evidenced by strong parental and community involvement. Parents serve as members of the site council, and as officers/members of the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). They also participate in other district and school committees, councils, and interview teams. Many parents and community members volunteer on a regular basis to help in classrooms and other school programs.
We have formal partnerships with the Island Grill Restaurant, the Pizza Factory, Bainbridge High School, and Bainbridge Education Support Team (B.E.S.T.). Our partnerships are designed to support learning, reinforce student behavior, and promote positive community-school relationships.
At Ordway, we strongly believe in participatory decision-making. The site council, with PTO and staff representation, plays a key leadership role. Efforts to coordinate decisions and decision-making bodies are foremost. Our “bottom line” is to provide the best possible educational experience for each student in our school.
Our Mission and Belief Statements
Mission: Ordway Elementary is a safe environment where all children will be successful students and responsible citizens.
Belief Statements:
• A positive learning environment includes tolerance and respect for
self and others.
• Education incorporates academics, the arts, and life skills.
• Students have the primary responsibility for their own learning. Staff and parents have the responsibility to guide and support the process.
• Children learn in a variety of ways, and learning is a lifelong process.
• Children need to feel safe in order to take risks when learning.
• Learning occurs when students are actively engaged and experience
personal satisfaction.
We hope you find this special report about Ordway Elementary School useful and interesting. All of us - home, school, and community -
engage in a partnership to educate children. Communication is one of the important ways to make connections effective. If you have questions about any of this information, please call the school office, (206) 842-7637.
The Mission of the Bainbridge Island School District is to help all students become successful
learners, caring individuals, and responsible citizens.
The school district depends on the community to help it meet the needs of each student with a modern and effective education program. We appreciate that student needs are not only educational, but personal, economic and social as well. We will work together to develop and implement programs that ensure students’ success.
• All grade levels receive instruction from specialists in art, choral music, physical education (PE), and library/media programs. On a rotating schedule, every student has specialist instruction daily.
• Special needs students receive a full range of support from special education staff members.
• Our school counselor provides direct student support by working with individuals, small groups, and whole classes. Second-Step, a conflict resolution program, is taught at every grade level.
• Field trips, assemblies, artists-in-residence, and other activities enrich basic education programs.
• Ordway offers a one-week, 1/2 day Summer Institute to students for a nominal fee. During the summer 2000 session, over 100 students participated in a wide variety of enrichment classes taught by Ordway staff members.
• The Ordway web site at www.bainbridge.wednet.edu/ordway/ features a great deal of information, including school-wide technology projects.
• 4th graders participate in a two-night, off campus, outdoor education program.
• Students in grades 1 and 3 had two-week sessions of swimming lessons as part of their physical education (PE) instruction.
• As part of a successful pilot program, 1st grade students received instruction in Spanish. It is anticipated that this will be continued at the 2nd grade level.
• Supplemental activities available to students include PTO-sponsored science and foreign language and programs outside of school hours. Math Olympiad and Odyssey of the Mind programs are also available.
Our Staff (#s reflect full and part-time staff)
Certificated: #
• Classroom teachers 24
• Other support staff 12
• Administrators 1
Classified:
• Paraeducators 24
• Support Staff 8
• Volunteers 300+
Ordway Elementary School extends an invitation to all members of the community to join in our partnership efforts - providing voluntary support to students, classrooms, and programs. Please call the school office anytime during school hours, 842-7637, to ask about opportunities.
Demographics
Enrollment
Total # of students: 487 (*Apr. ‘00 enrollment data)
Average class size (based on June ‘99 enrollment data)
Kindergarten: 20.25
1st Grade: 22
2nd Grade: 21.6
3rd Grade: 26
4th Grade: 26.2
Student ethnicity % # of students (*)
American Indian: 2.5 12
Asian 6.1 30
Black 2.5 12
Hispanic 3.9 19
White 85 414
Supplementary programs # of students (*)
Highly Capable (Grade 4) 23
Limited English (ESL) 5
Special Education 91
Title 1/Learning Assistance Program 76
Students with 10 or more unexcused absences:
1999-00: 0%
Suspensions/Expulsions
1999-00 1 (1 day only)
Retention Rate
June 2000 .05%
Weapon Related Incidents 1999-00 0
District Per Pupil Expenditures,
1998-99
Expenditure per student - $5,897
Expenditures span the following categories: employee salaries and benefits; supplies and materials; instructional materials; contractual services ( such as utilities, service contracts, etc.); travel; and capital outlay.
Ordway Sources of Discretionary Funds, 1999-00, were used for staff development, supplies, instructional materials, and equipment.
District Allocation $59,540
Eisenhower Professional Development $ 1,893
Year 4 Allocation
Gifted and Highly Capable $ 3,400
Multicultural $ 2,300
Title VI $ 1,880
How To Reach Us
Communicating directly with parents and the community is very important to us. Every classroom and workstation is equipped with INTERNET access, electronic mail and a telephone. To contact a staff member via e-mail, please address messages as follows: first initial last name@bainbridge.wednet.edu (please be advised that the name is limited to eight characters). For example, Ordway Principal Bruce Colley’s e-mail address is bcolley@bainbridge.wednet.edu You can reach any staff member using this same format. Our web address is www.bainbridge.wednet.edu/ordway. (See phone numbers at the bottom of the next page.)
During the past year, the state funded three Learning Improvement Days for staff development. The Ordway staff spent one of the days working on school climate, and student behavior/expectations issues. Another day focused on strategies to better meet the needs of highly capable students. The final day was spent working on improving our ability to teach writing skills with our guest “poet-in-residence.”
Learning Improvement Days
Other Funds
Funding from the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and Bainbridge Education Support Team (B.E.S.T.) was coordinated to support instructional goals, such as a building-wide technology project and a “writer in
Test Scores
The school district administered a variety of assessments at the elementary level, including the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), and the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The Washington State Assessment Program requires the ITBS and WASL. Students take the ITBS in third grade and the WASL in fourth grade. The Iowa tests were given for the first time in the state in the spring of 1999 at grades three, eight and eleven. The state schedule now calls for these tests at grades three, six and nine.
Washington Assessment of Student Learning is the state assessment tool developed under the 1993 school improvement act. All schools and students are now required to meet clear and challenging academic standards. The WASL is a performance-based test in which student scores are compared to a performance standard set by the state. At the elementary level, 4th grade students are assessed. The first required results were from the test administered in the spring of 1997. Scores indicate the percent of students meeting the standard.
% of 4t % of 4th grade students meeting the standard.
Subject Ordway State Ordway State Ordway State Ordway State
Math 42 21 54 31 68 37 60 42
Reading 77 48 80 56 75 59 84 66
Writing 37 43 42 37 54 33 56 39
Listening 80 62 90 71 88 71 88 65
Ordway Office 206/842-7637
Ordway Attendance Line 206/780-1075
Ordway FAX 206/780-1560
School District Main Office 206/842-4714
or 780-1880 (voice mail system)
District Community Relations Office 206/780-1398
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were given to 3rd grade students in the spring. Scores are in National Percentile Rank (NPR). These tell the percent of students in the norm group who obtain lower scores. For example, if a student earns a percentile rank of 70 on a particular test, it means the student scored better than 70% of students in the norm group.
Frequently Called Phone Numbers
ITBS/3 Ordway District State Ordway District State
Reading 75 79 55 77 77 56
Language 72 69 * 74 71 *
Math 81 80 60 80 79 63
Core Total 78 77 * 79 76 *
*Not required by the state.
