1. Welcome Back to Beadle Lake!
School Improvement, Title I and Focus Parent Meeting

2. Our School Day Breakfast 8:25-8:40 School Day 8:45-3:40 Transportation
Bus- Transportation Department (Stacy Hendon)
Parent Drop-off and Pick-up
Changes to transportation- PLEASE send a note. If you have a same day change, please call before 2:30.
Please make sure your child is on time and does not leave early.
Elementary Handbook posted on website and available in office.

3. Before and After School Care
Morning (begins at 6:30)
Afternoon (ends at 6:00)
Programming includes work completion time, reading time, centers (crafts and unique themes), music, physical activity
Staff- Coursework in education, friendly and familiar
Cost- $20/wk before care, $40/wk after care
Includes breakfast and afternoon snack

4. School Improvement Plan
Strategies for growth in all areas:
Increasing Family Involvement
Differentiated Reading and Math Blocks
Writing Across the Curriculum
Experiential Learning Opportunities with Families
Empower Hour Interventions- all subjects
Extended School Year- Edventure Camp
Technology

5. School Wide Title I
Beadle Lake is a School Wide Title I building. That means that we receive additional money from a federal grant from No Child Left Behind.
The amount of money we receive from the grant is based on our percentage of students who receive free or reduced price lunch. The state reported our percentage at about 60%.
The money is used to help students who need additional support to make grade level goals.

6. School Wide Title I
Students are identified for needing extra support through assessments.
Once identified, students receive interventions that match their “need areas” to support learning.
You will be notified if your child qualifies for intervention support.
Students are monitored frequently to make sure they are making accelerated progress.

7. School Wide Title I Interventions Offered
Leveled Literacy Intervention
Strategic Reading Groups
Math Recovery
Strategic Math
Phonics
Phonemic Awareness
Prompt and Content Writing
Writing in Response to Reading
Edventure Camp

8. What is a Focus School
Focus Schools are schools with the largest achievement gaps, defined as the difference between the average scale score for the top 30% of students and the bottom 30% of students (using MEAP/MStep data).

9. What does this mean?
Some students at Beadle Lake scored very high on the MEAP/MStep. Some students scored very low.

10. What are we doing? For students who need extra support:
Empower Hour Interventions
EdVenture Summer School
For all students:
Differentiated Instruction
Collaborative Learning
Adult to Child Ratios

11. What can you do?
Attendance!!!! Make sure your child attends school everyday.
If your child is offered an intervention slot before school or during the summer, make sure they attend.
Be involved in your child’s education as much as possible. Simply showing them that you care about their education is very powerful!

12. Enrichment What if my child is performing above grade level?
Empower Hour- Genius Hour Project Based Learning
Smaller groups to support the capabilities and need for challenge in advanced students
Collaboration with peers at their level
At least 50 minutes daily
Differentiated enrichment throughout the day

13. Communication Website: http://ble.harpercreek.net/
Facebook:
Youtube Channel:
Monthly newsletters from both the office and classroom.
BLI group phone calls and personal phone calls
Conferences twice per year
Report Cards 3 times per year
Open door- call us anytime!!!! (269)

14. Involvement Opportunities
PTA
School Improvement Team
Classroom Volunteers
Special Event Volunteers
Join us at family events like Math Night, Literacy Night, Family Fun Nights (PTA), VIP Day, Career Day
Parent Involvement Policy- located on the website and available in the office.

15. Questions?