Welcome to Ontario High School Home of the Tigers

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Ontario High SchoolMission Statement

• Ontario High School provides all students with
  a quality education that develops capable and
  responsible community members.

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OUR BELIEFS

• As a school community, we believe that we have
  the responsibility of producing a graduate who
  possesses a positive self- image, relationships
  with others based upon respect, and the ability
  to make a meaningful contribution to the world
  around him/her.

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2005 Staff

• Educational services are provided by a staff of
  forty-nine full-time and part-time teachers.
• Seventy-one percent of our teachers have master's
  degrees or higher.
• They average sixteen years of experience.
• OHS employs twenty-six classified and support
  personnel, with a majority having education
  beyond high school.

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2005 Staff (continued)

• We are led by four and one-half administrators
  one Director of Secondary Education shared with
  the Middle School, two and one-half associate
  principals and one activities director.
• Our administrators all have acquired master's
  degrees and average 22.3 years of experience in
  education.

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2005 Student Body

• The school currently serves a student body of
  760.
• Freshmen 236
• Sophomores 188
• Juniors 186
• Seniors 156

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Demographics
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Percentage of OHS Students Receiving Free or
Reduced Lunch
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2004-2005 Percentage of OHS Students Receiving
Special Education Services(OHS Total Includes
5th Year Above Students)
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Other 2004 OHS Demographic Data

• 136 students graduated with an OHS diploma last
  year.
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for graduation was
  met for our Hispanic, Special Education,
  Economically Disadvantaged, and White students.
• 61 students graduated last year with a diploma
  and a Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM).
• 25 of our students are in ESL programs.
• We tested 98.3 of our 10th graders.

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Student Opportunities

• Dual Credit for college classes via Col-Cred
  (with TVCC) and 22 program where the students
  receive free college credit for approved
  agriculture and business classes taken at OHS.
• Honors Classes in English, US History, American
  Government, Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Math
  (Analysis and Calculus).

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Student Opportunities

• A comprehensive computer technology program and a
  variety of business classes.
• Vocational/technical programs that include auto
  mechanics, agriculture, woodworking, welding, and
  drafting.

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Student Opportunities

• Bilingual classes in math, social studies and
  science ESL and Sheltered English classes.
• An alternative education program. Malheur Academy
  with classes during the day and after school for
  remediation and credit recovery.

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Student Opportunities

• Over 500 students participate in numerous
  co-curricular organizations, including FFA,
  SMILE, COLORS, Student Senate, Leadership,
  National Honor Society, FBLA, Snow Club,
  Paintball Club, Art Club, Orchestra/Band/Choir
  Club, Flag Corps, and Japanese Club.

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Student Opportunities

• A diverse athletic program, including soccer,
  cross country, track, golf, tennis, softball,
  volleyball, football, basketball, baseball,
  wrestling and cheerleaders.
• Marching band, concert band, jazz band, choir and
  orchestra.

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Site Council

• School improvement issues are discussed by the
  school Site Council that meets weekly, generally
  on Tuesday mornings.
• Meetings are open and officially composed of one
  administrator, five teachers, two classified
  staff, one parent, one community member and one
  student.

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Where We Have Been

• Last year, we focused on reading.
• 2001-2004 Reading Goal
• The percentage of Ontario High School
  sophomores who meet or exceed the benchmark
  standard in reading will increase by two
  percentage points over the previous year's
  results.

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Total Reading And Literature2001-2004 10th
GradersGoal Improve By 2 Each Year.
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Reading Knowledge and Skills2001-2004 10th
GradersRIT Scores in () in Legend
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Comments Regarding Last Years Testing Data

• This was the first year we took the CIM tests on
  TESA, which spread the test out over a long
  period of time as individual homerooms were
  brought in one at a time to the career center
  computer lab.
• Also, teachers of the specific disciplines being
  tested werent able to prep their students as in
  previous years when everyone tested at the same
  time.

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Comments Regarding Last Years Testing Data
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• We feel students lacked and/or failed to
  recognize important differences regarding how the
  test would be administered compared to the more
  traditional paper/pencil test. For example,
  students were not allowed the freedom to go back
  and check/adjust their responses on the computer
  administered test like students would have been
  able to if the test was paper/pencil.

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Where We Are Going

• Although we believe we have remained steady
  with our reading scores in spite of the new TESA
  testing and our diverse demographics, we are
  still not meeting AYP for our Hispanic, Special
  Education, and Economically Disadvantaged
  students at OHS. We feel like we have addressed
  these issues in our action plans.

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2004-2005 Reading Goal

• Each year, the percentage of Ontario High
  School sophomores who meet or exceed the
  benchmark standard in reading will improve the
  differential between reading scores and the state
  average by 2 from the 8th grade to the 10th
  grade.

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What Will The New Goal Look At?Example Using
Last Years NumbersTotal Reading and Literature

• Looking at the
• same students

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2004-2005 Reading Goal Measurement

• Scores on OSAT
• 2003 8th graders meet/exceed State benchmark was
  57, and the State average was 63(a difference
  of -6)
• 2004-2005 goal is a difference of a -4

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Reading Action Plans

• All faculty are reading teachers. CIM prep
  lessons in reading will be presented in homeroom
  every Tuesday and Thursday.
• All teaching staff will have one performance goal
  related to reading instruction for the school
  year.
• Professional development regarding our
  economically disadvantaged students will be
  provided.

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Reading Action Plans (continued)

• Professional development regarding the cultural
  awareness of our ESL students and instructional
  strategies for ESL students will be provided.
• Reading classes are offered for all students as a
  curriculum option.
• ESL reading classes are provided as an option for
  our ELL students.

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A New Element to the OHS School Improvement Plan
Addressing Mathematics in 2004-2005
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OHS Total Mathematics Data 2001-2004 10th
Graders
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Total Mathematics2001-2004 10th Graders RIT
Scores in () in Legend
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2004-2005 Math Goal

• Each year, the percentage of Ontario High
  School sophomores who meet or exceed the
  benchmark standard in math will improve the
  differential between math scores and the state
  average by 2 from the 8th grade to the 10th
  grade.

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What Will The New Goal Look At?Example Using
Last Years Results Total Mathematics

• Looking at the
• same students

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Math Goal Measurement

• Scores on OSAT
• 2003 8th grade meet/exceed State benchmark was
  48, and the State average was 61 (a difference
  of -13)
• Goal differential -11

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Mathematics Action Plan

• Staff Development for all Math Teachers.
• One performance goal by each OHS teacher.
• Staff awareness of students math teachers and
  access to progress in individual math classes.
• Math testing during class by instructors.
• Math vocabulary added to CIM Prep program.

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Where Did We Get The Numbers?

• LaVelle Cornwell provided the site council with
  the Middle School report card data and the free
  and reduced lunch data.
• Margaret Gabica provided the special education
  numbers.
• All other numbers were taken from the Ontario
  High School 2003-2004 Report Card
• (Included in the handout you will be given)

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