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Summer School 2017

Tara Nattrass, Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning

November 14, 2017

Program Profile: Course Offerings

Elementary School

• Enrichment: Global Village Summit, Math Academy, Summer Laureate, Spanish Immersion, STARTALK (Arabic and Chinese, grade 5), Outdoor Lab

• Strengthening: Project-Based Learning with math and literacy small-group interventions, Spanish Immersion, Pre-Kindergarten

• Special Education

Middle School

• Enrichment: Google Lit Trips, Democracy in Action, Leadership Academy on Global Issues, Summer Literacy Academy, Introduction to Algebra, Jumpstart toward Algebra, STARTALK (Arabic and Chinese, grades 6-7), Outdoor Lab

• Make-up & Strengthening: Math, English (including HILT/HILTEX), Science


High School

• New Work (including blended Economics and Personal Finance course and Virtual@APS courses)

• Make-up & Strengthening


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Program Profile: Staffing

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School-Based Staff

Elementary Programs Secondary Programs

Site Administrators 6 11

Teachers 272 186.5

Assistants 151 45

Clerical 11 9

2015 2016 2017

All Students5479 students6326 course enrollments

5328 students6226 course enrollments


HILT2470 students

2881 course enrollments

2441 students



Special Education

1248 students


1235 students



Program Profile: Student Enrollment

2015 2016 2017

Enrichment417 Elementary School91 Middle School

606 Elementary School231 Middle School

687 Elementary School203 Middle School

New Work 483 High School 505 High School 449 High School

Make-Up and Strengthening

2826 Elementary School389 MS (700 Enrollments)1289 HS (1777 Enrollments)



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Additional APS Summer Programs

Young Scholars Innovation Academy• 590 elementary students from Title I schools• two one-week sessions (same students in each)

Career Center Enrichment Courses• 116 students (Grades 4-12)

Senior Project • 9 students

AP Summer Bridge at Wakefield and Washington-Lee Intro to Advanced Courses

• 200 AP Summer Bridge students• 19 Intro to Advanced Courses students

SOL Comparison Pass Rate

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SOL Comparison Pass RateMake-Up and Strengthening

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WISE Financial Literacy Certification Pass Rate

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2015 2016 2017

Percent Passed

88.5% 92.8% 96.4%

Number Tested

52 180 195

*New Work for Credit and Make-Up and Strengthening students

Goals

Goal 1: Increase options for students

• Continue expansion of APS developed blended learning

courses for high school students to accelerate learning or

provide additional support

• Continue refinement of successful elementary and middle

school programs

• Integrate middle school offerings with Career Center

enrichment through Summer School catalog to provide more

communication of options for students

• Expand New Work for credit offerings at the high school level

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Goals

Goal 2: Increase student success in make-up and

strengthening courses

• Recruit teachers with a history of success in the courses

offered to teach summer programs

• Refine the process for utilizing data to place students into

appropriate strengthening experiences at the elementary

level

• Provide professional learning at the elementary level in the

use of Project-Based Learning strategies

• Repurpose staff as instructional leads at each elementary

strengthening school site to be responsible for the

organization and implementation of intervention experiences

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Summer School 2017

Tara Nattrass, Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning

November 14, 2017

summer school 2017 · program profile: course offerings elementary school •enrichment: global...

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