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James A. Garfield High School 5101 E. Sixth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90022 (323) 268-9361

Fax (323) 268-4957

Home Page: www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Garfield_HS/

Principal Lupe Paramo District Los Angeles Unified School District

Local District 5 Grade Configuration 9-12

Calendar 3 Tracks, Concept 6 Superintendent Roy Romer

Local Superintendent Rowena Lagrosa Board of Education David Tokofsky

State Senate Gloria Romero Assembly Fabian Nunez Congress Grace Napolitano

Supervisor Gloria Molina

Local Feeder Middle Schools

Belvedere Middle School (AVID) David W. Griffith Middle School (AVID)

Robert Louis Stevenson (Non-AVID)

School Description and Demographics

Our Mission Statement: James A. Garfield High School is committed to providing the highest quality instructional program for all students through collaboration, accountability, and powerful teaching. Our Vision Statement: All students at Garfield High School will participate in an academic program that will prepare them to enter a four-year college or university. Upon graduation, all students will be proficient or above in the English Language Arts and Math standards as measured by the California Standards Test. Our Beliefs: ▪ We believe that all staff, students and community are life-long learners and that all graduates can be effective communicators, self-directed learners, community participants, effective technologists and collaborative workers. ▪ We believe in providing all individuals with equal opportunities to pursue excellence and to achieve their maximum potential, while continuing on their path to life-long learning. ▪ We are committed to providing all individuals with the tools to become competitive in a global economy and to become concerned, involved citizens in our democratic society, and to instill in our students respect for others and the environment. Overall School Demographic Information: Garfield High School, a comprehensive three-track grade 9-12 high school, provides services for 4,822 students with an ethnic population of 99% Hispanic or Latino, and less than 1% each of all other ethnicities. Of the total Garfield High School student population, 1.9% are AVID Program students. (92 students of 4,822 are in the AVID Program.) They are currently enrolled in four (4) sections of AVID. For comparison purposes, 8% of all students are Gifted Program students, 40% are English Learners (EL), 8% are migrant students, 22% are from families receiving CalWorks services, and 96% of all students receive free/reduced price meals. Garfield students are from lower to middle class income families where Spanish is often the primary language. Parents participate in school-related committees, but are not involved to a high degree in the education of their teenagers. Based on the most recent parent survey, the Average Parent Education Level is 1.62 based on the average of all responses where “1” represents “Not a high school graduate” and 5 represents “Graduate school.” The AVID Program’s Mission Statement: Garfield High School’s AVID Program is designed to increase school wide learning and performance. We are committed to ensuring that all students, especially the least served students who are currently doing C-average work and who would like to attend a four-year university, succeed in a rigorous curriculum, undertake mainstream activities at school, increase their enrollment in four-

year colleges, and become educated and responsible participants and leaders in a democratic society. The AVID Program’s Objectives: (1) To provide academic instruction and other support to students and to prepare them for eligibility to four-year colleges and universities; (2) To give students college-level entry skills; (3) To motivate students to seek a college education; (4) To increase our students’ levels of career awareness; (5) To prepare the students for a professional career; (6) To encourage the students to participate in extracurricular and community activities. In addition, we strive to maintain a well-developed AVID Program that will improve and increase school-wide standardized test scores, advanced-level course enrollments, and the number of students attending college. Finally, we hope to have 100% of our AVID graduates enroll in colleges and universities, and have them graduate with a baccalaureate degree. The AVID Program’s Student Selection Criteria: Students who have the potential and the desire to attend a four-year college and have: (1) Appropriate classroom behavior, (2) Between a 2.0 and 3.5 grade point average, (3) Have a good attendance record, (4) Have good work habits, (5) Are willing to commit themselves to a minimum of two hours of homework each night, and (6) Are willing to commit to enrollment in a rigorous college preparatory sequence of courses. We recruit 8th grade students who are in the academic middle. In other words, we recruit those students who are averaging Bs, Cs, and occasionally Ds. We also take into consideration standardized test scores, absences, tardies, teacher commentaries, interviews, student questionnaires, and our application forms to determine who will be admitted to the program. As is the case with most of our student population, the students we select may be the first in their families to attend college, and most are from low-income or minority families. Our AVID Site Team: Our team, which is lead by the principal, the assistant principal, and the AVID Program Site Coordinator, is made up of fifteen members. Of the fifteen members, three are currently teaching four sections of AVID. We also have three counselors working on three tracks. The other six members of our team are future AVID section teachers and current support team members. Our team members are:

1) Lupe Paramo, Principal 2) Laura Alvarado, Assistant Principal 3) Alfonso M. Gil, AVID Program Site Coordinator 4) Cindy Cumbess, Track A AVID Counselor 5) John Miller, Track A (AVID 9) 6) Jennifer Fuentes, Track A 7) Michael Rocha, Track A 8) Rosanna Carosa, Track B AVID Counselor 9) Anne Braeff, Track B (AVID 9)

10) Kathy Yamamoto, Track C AVID Program Counselor 11) Ruby Millard (Retired) Track C 12) Zoe Souliotis-Foley, Track C (AVID 9) and (AVID 10) 13) Luis Isais, Track C 14) Larry Solomon, Track C 15) Adriana Diaz, Track C

Because interest in our AVID Program is increasing dramatically here at Garfield and because we will increase the number of AVID classes we offer, our team will grow in the coming months. The AVID Program Matrix: Our AVID Program is on all tracks (A, B, and C). We currently offer four sections of AVID:

Period Track A Track B Track C 1 2 AVID 9AB

John Miller 23 Students Female = 13 Male = 10

3 AVID 9AB Anne Braeff 21 Students Female = 15

Male = 6

4 AVID 9AB Zoë Souliotis-Foley

23 Students Female = 13 Male = 10

5 AVID 10AB Zoë Souliotis-Foley

25 Students Female = 12 Male = 13

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I. Demographic Information for the Entire School, 2004-2005:

Grade Level Enrollment AVID Enrollment Grade 9 1424 67 Grade 10 1332 25 Grade 11 1109 0 Grade 12 957 0 Total Enrollment 4822 92

II. Racial Ethnic Analysis for the Entire School, 2004-2005: African-

American Amer. Indian

Asian- American

Filipino- American

Hispanicor

Latino

Pacific Islander

White (Not

Hispanic)

Total Enrollment

15 or

.2%

7 or

.1%

10 or

.2%

3 or

.1%

4774 or

99.0%

0.0 13 or

.3%

4822

III. Racial Ethnic Analysis for AVID Program Student Population, 2004-2005: African-

American Amer. Indian

Asian- American

Filipino- American

Hispanicor

Latino

Pacific Islander

White (Not

Hispanic)

Total Enrollment

0 or

0.00%

0 or

0.00%

0 or

0.00%

0 or

0.00%

92 or

100.0%

0 or

0.00%

0 or

0.00%

92

IV. Graduates who have Passed Course Requirements for University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) Admission The percentage of graduates is the number of graduates who have passed course requirements for UC and/or CSU admission divided by the school’s California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) total graduates for the most recent year. Number of Graduates Number of Graduates Who

Have Passed Course Requirements for UC and/or CSU Admission

Percentage of Graduates Who Have Passed Course Requirements for UC and/or CSU Admission

500 218 43.6 All 92 AVID students are enrolled in courses required for UC and CSU Admission. Every four week grading period, our Site team, which includes AVID Program counselors, reviews student grades and credit progress.

V. Most Recent SAT Data for the Entire School

2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003Grade 12 Enrollment 554 538 463 Percent Taking SAT 59.03 60.97 66.09 Avg. Verbal Score 390 388 399 Avg. Math Score 402 402 418

VI. Number of AVID Students who were Enrolled in Honors Courses in Fall, 2003-2004 (First year of AVID; 1 Section) Number of AVID Students in Fall, 2003-2004

Number of AVID Students in Honors Courses in Fall, 2003-2004

28 10 VII. Number of AVID Students who were Enrolled in Honors Courses in Spring, 2003-2004 (First year of AVID; 1 Section) Number of AVID Students in Spring, 2003-2004

Number of AVID Students in Honors Courses in Spring, 2003-2004

28 9 VIII. Number of Honors and Advanced Placement Courses taken by AVID Students in Fall, 2004-2005 (Second year of AVID; 4 Sections) Number of AVID Students in Fall, 2004-2005

Number of Honors Courses Taken by AVID Students in Fall, 2003-2004

Number of A.P. Courses Taken by AVID Students in Fall, 2003-2004

92 89 3 IX. Number of AVID Students who are Enrolled in Honors and Advanced Placement Courses in Fall, 2004-2005 (Second year of AVID; 4 Sections) Number of AVID Students in Fall, 2004-2005

Number of AVID Students Taking Honors Courses in Fall, 2003-2004

Number of AVID Students Taking A.P. Courses in Fall, 2003-2004

92 50 3

X. Advanced Placement Program Courses, Teachers and Periods, 2004-2005

Course # of

Students

Number Teacher A.P. Course Period Enrolled Track A 1122 Cardona, SL Eng Lit 3 34 1117 Combe, JW Eng Lang 3 22 0051 Frias, ML Span Lang 2 24 0149 Lopez, DG Span Lit 2 30 0050 Span Lang 4 30 0237 Salem, R. Calculus AB 1 9 1318 Miller, J Physics B 5 22 1449 Yoshizaki, ST Env Sci 2 29 0219 Woessner, T US Hist 4 23 0220 Eur Hist 5 23 Track B 2074 Chavez, T Govt & Pol 3 31 2389 Davis, A Eng Lit 5 22 2088 Robles, AA Span Lang 4 25 2097 Span Lang 5 32 0269 Wicks, JL Env Sci 1 34 2074 Chavez, T Govt & Pol 3 31 2091 Smith, DA US Hist 3 35 Track C 3018 Harris, S Studio Art 2D 1 30 3026 Studio Art 2D 6 37 3286 Callahan, A Env Sci 2 22 0478 Bennett, J Govt & Pol 2 39 3478 Govt & Pol 3 29 0671 Leal, MC Calculus AB 4 20 3159 Marquez, A Span Lang 4 30 3425 McIntire, S Weld Hist 3 24 0237 Salem, R Calculus AB 1 9 3160 Soto, MD Span Lang 6 28 3276 Sanchez, E.J. Physics 1 15 3269 Romero, L Biology 1 13

3137 Talamantez, E Eng Lang 1 23 3430 Eng Lit 3 18 3528 Tantee, S Micro Econo 2 12 3526 US Hist 3 16 3525 US Hist 4 16 Track A Classes = 10 Track B Classes = 7 Track C Classes = 17

XI. Honors Program Courses, Teachers and Periods, 2004-2005

Course # of

Students

Number Teacher Honors Course Period Enrolled

Track A 1118 Buchman, M Am Lit 3 27 1190 Aguilera, V Algebra 2 28 1502 Hough, AM English 9 5 21 1307 Martin, EM Chemistry 1 11 1120 Am Lit 5 12 1449 Pierson, JW English 10 3 35 1227 Salem, R. Geometery 2 17 0337 Yoshizaki, ST Physiology 5 3 1321 Biology 6 41 Track B 2483 Branham, LM Am Lit 2 31 2049 Chavez, T WHG: Mod WL 2 30 2248 Chavira, A English 9 4 9 2250 English 9 5 15 2263 Crosland, AM Am Lit 2 25 2247 Cross, SC English 9 2 15 2147 Gazarian, K Algebra II 6 17 2482 McGonigle, L Am Lit 2 31 2508 Am Lit 5 23 2497 Nielson, K English 10 5 33 2142 Oceguera, F Geometry 4 31

2146 Ornelas, M Geometry 5 14 2262 Ramey, D English 10 1 33 2062 Rojas, C US Hist 3 39 2139 Silva, C Algebra I 3 22 2589 Walgenbach, M English 9 5 19 2437 Smith, DA WHG: Mod WL 2 36 2296 Wicks, JL Chemistry 3 10 2288 Biology 4 22 Track C 3494 Adams, JW WHG: Mod WL 3 33 3294 WHG: Mod WL 4 23 3073 Barrell, LA English 9 5 21 3074 English 9 6 21 3411 Bennett, J US Hist 3 23 3273 Barker, M Chemistry 1 35 3146 Carey, C Am Lit 4 22 3196 Diaz, A English 9 3 16 3204 Duarte-Thompson, A English 9 6 17 3532 Isais, L WHG: Mod WL 3 23 3076 Konzelman, C English 10 2 34 3195 Am Lit 4 3100 Leavy, M Am Lit 5 20 3421 Millard, R English 10 4 36 3197 Murillo, M English 9 1 21 3239 Munoz, A Biology 3 12 3240 Romero, LB Biology 3 29 3471 Sandoval, M English 10 2 33 3099 Soul.-Foley, Z Am Lit 3 16 Track A Classes = 9 Track B Classes = 19 Track C Classes = 19

XII. AVID Students in Honors Classes, Fall 2003-2004 (First Year of AVID; 1 Section of 28 Students)

Number of Students in Honors Classes 10

XIII. AVID Students in Honors Classes, Spring 2003-2004 (First Year of AVID; 1 Section of 28 Students)

Name of Students in Honors Classes 9

XIV. AVID Students in Advanced Placement and Honors Classes, Fall 2004-2005 (Second Year of AVID; 4 Sections with a total of 92 Students)

Number of Students in A.P. Classes

Number of Students in Honors Classes

3 50 XV. Standardized Scores for AVID and Entire School Population, 2003-2004

California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)

James A. Garfield High School All Students (2004)


CAT/6 Reading 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 1562 / 23 1186 605 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 5 % / 8 % 6 % 11 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

18 % / 43 % 22 % 27 %

% Scoring Above 25th NPR 37 % / 73 % 43 % 54 %

CAT/ 6 Reading Scores for All Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%

9th Grade 9th GradeAVID

10thGrade

11th Grade

% Scoring Above 25th NPR% Scoring At Or Above50th NPR% Scoring Above 75th NPR

California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) James A. Garfield High School

All Students (2004)

CAT/6 Language 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 1562 / 24 1186 605 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 6 % / 4 % 8 % 10 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

23 % / 50 % 23 % 28 %

% Scoring Above 25th NPR 46 % / 88% 46 % 56 %

CAT/ 6 Language Scores for All Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%


10thGrade

11th Grade

% Scoring Above 25th NPR% Scoring At Or Above50th NPR

% Scoring Above 75th NPR


All Students (2004)

CAT/ 6 Mathematics Scores for All Students 2003-2004

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40%

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100%

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9th GradeAVID

10thGrade

11th Grade


CAT/6 Mathematics 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 1613 / 24 1225 641 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 9 % /16 % 11 % 9 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

24 % / 54 % 29 % 28 %




CAT/6 Science 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 1588 / 23 1195 628 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 5 % / 8 % 7 % 10 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

24 % / 56 % 25 % 28 %


CAT/ 6 Science Scores for All Students 2003-2004

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80%

100%

120%


10thGrade

11th Grade


% Scoring At Or Above50th NPR



Male Students (2004)


16 % / 46 % 20 % 26 %


CAT/6 Reading Scores for All Male Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%


10thGrade

11th Grade




CAT/6 Language 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 829 / 13 648 283 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 5 % / 7% 7 % 11 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

18 % / 53 % 21 % 23 %


CAT/6 Language Scores for All Male Students 2003-2004

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

9th Grade

9th GradeAVID

10thGrade

11th Grade




CAT/6 Mathematics 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 855 / 13 671 302 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 9 % / 23 % 11 % 11 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

23 % / 61 % 30 % 32 %


CAT/6 Mathematic Scores for All Male Students 2003-2004

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11th Grade





26 % / 69 % 30 % 31 %


CAT/6 Science Scores for All Male Students 2003-2004

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40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

9th Grade

9th GradeAVID

10thGrade

11th Grade

% Scoring Above 25th NPR% Scoring At OrAbove 50th NPR% Scoring Above 75th NPR


Female Students (2004)


21 % / 40 % 25 % 28 %


CAT/6 Reading Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%


10thGrade

11th Grade




CAT/6 Language 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 733 / 9 536 322 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 7 % / 0 % 9 % 10 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

29 % / 55 % 25 % 34 %


CAT/6 Language Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%


10th Grade 11th Grade


% Scoring At Or Above50th NPR




CAT/6 Mathematics 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 758 / 11 554 339 % Scoring Above 75th NPR 8 % / 9 % 11 % 7 % % Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR

24 % / 45 % 27 % 24 %


CAT/6 Mathematic Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

9th Grade 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade

% Scoring Above 25th NPR% Scoring At Or Above 50th NPR% Scoring Above 75th NPR




21 % / 36 % 19 % 26 %


CAT/6 Science Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

9th Grade

9th GradeAVID

10thGrade

11th Grade




CST English-Language Arts 9th Grade/AVID


Number of Students tested 1626 / 24 1232 648 % Advanced 2 % / 4 % 2 % 2 % % Proficient 10 % / 16 % 8 % 13 % % Basic 28 % / 75 % 30 % 31 % % Below Basic 30 % / 0 % 34 % 26 % % Far Below Basic 30 % / 0 % 26 % 29 %

CST English-Language Arts Scores for All Students 2003-2004

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%

% Advan

ced

% Proficie

nt

% Basic

% Below Bas

ic

% Far Belo

w Basic

9th Grade9th Grade AVID10th Grade11th Grade


All Students (2004)

CST Algebra 1 9th Grade/AVID


Number of Students tested 1418 / 23 668 86 % % Advanced 0 % / 0 % 0 % 0 % % Proficient 2 % / 13 % 1 % 1 % % Basic 12 % / 43 % 10 % 7 % % Below Basic 56 % / 43 % 60 % 67 % % Far Below Basic 31 % / 4 % 30 % 24 %

CST Algebra 1 Scores for All Students 2003-2004

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% Advan

ced

% Proficie

nt

% Basic

% Below Bas

ic

% Far Belo

w Basic

9th Grade9th Grade AVID10th Grade11th Grade



CST Biology/Life Sciences 9th Grade/AVID


Number of Students tested 775 / 24 141 147 % Advanced 0 % / 0 % 1 % 0 % % Proficient 6 % / 8 % 1 % 7 % % Basic 33 % / 33 % 21 % 14 % % Below Basic 33 % / 41 % 34 % 36 % % Far Below Basic 29 % / 8 % 44 % 43 %

CST Biology/Life Science Scores for All Students 2003-2004

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ced

% Proficie

nt

% Basic

% Below Bas

ic

% Far Belo

w Basic

9th Grade

9th Grade AVID

10th Grade

11th Grade


James A. Garfield High School Female Students (2004)

CST English-Language Arts 9th Grade/AVID


Number of Students tested 771 / 11 560 343 % Proficient and Above 13 % / 18 % 12 % 14 %

CST English-Language Arts Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%


10thGrade

11thGrade

% Proficient and Above



CST Algebra 1 9th Grade/AVID


Number of Students tested 647 / 11 285 38 % Proficient and Above 1 % / 0 % 0 % 3 %

CST Algebra 1 Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%1%1%2%2%3%3%4%






CST Biology/Life Sciences 9th Grade/AVID


Number of Students tested 394 / 10 58 7 % Proficient and Above 5 % / 0 % 0 % *

CST Biology/Life Science Scores for All Female Students 2003-2004

0%

20%

40%

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100%

11th Grade

% Proficient and Above 5%0% 0%


James A. Garfield High School Male Students (2004)

CST English-Language Arts

9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade

Number of Students tested 855 / 13 671 305 % Proficient and Above 10 % / 30% 8 % 15 %

CST English-Language Arts Scores fo All Male Students 2003-2004

0%5%

10%15%20%25%30%35%





James A. Garfield High School Male Students (2004)

CST Algebra 1 9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade Number of Students tested 771 / 13 383 48 % Proficient and Above 2 % / 23% 1 % 0 %

CST Algebra 1 Scores for All Male Students 2003-2004

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10%

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25%


10thGrade

11thGrade




The information and data on these pages was compiled from the James A. Garfield High School Accountability Report, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s School Profile for James A. Garfield High School, the school’s Single Action Plan, the school’s IIUSP Report and other sources. We regret any mistakes or errors on these pages.

CST Biology/Life Sciences

9th Grade/AVID 10th Grade 11th Grade

Number of Students tested 381 / 13 83 7 % Proficient and Above 7 % / 16% 2 % *

CST Biology/Life Sciences Scores for All Male Students 2003-2004

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11th Grade

% Proficient and Above7% 16% 2%

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