School LAND Trust Program

This question is not applicable.

Funds were held over from 2006 for a significant purchase in textbooks and
supplies.

We will continue to use the biggest portion of the money for
our

"Paraeducators" in the classrooms.  We will also work with
Professional

Development  and update our "Home Library" and reading
centers

constantly.

 If programs or in need of being updated with texts
and materials in these

three areas we will review that with the committee.

We  purchased books and paid teachers to help remediate students. Students who
are identified as having major math skill deficiencies were given the
opportunity to participate in a second math class during their regular school
day  to evaluate their basic skill deficits and work to remediate them. 
Supplies for these remedial classes were  purchased with Trust Land funding and
provided hands on materials for applying math concepts. Some money was also
spent to purchase new math materials/books to facilitate a broader teaching
strategy and broader approaches to learning math across several math levels.

Working towards the NCLB goals along with the state of Utah report
card

U-PASS.  We have done very well so far in these areas and we need
to

continue with this progress and be ready for achieving at a higher level
in

the upcoming years.  We need to stay at the above average level for
our

national testing scores.

On our goal to improve student problem solving in math, students gained an
average of 2-5% on the math CRTs in Pre-Algebra, ElementaryAlgebra, and
Geometry. Student performance matched the district average in Problem Solving in
Pre-Algebra and exceeded the districtaverage by 1% in Elementary Algebra and 3%
in Geometry.On our goal to improve student ability to write persuasively, grade
11 students demonstrated a 2 point overall gain on a 30-point scale on the
Direct Writing Assessment. The most improvement on the six traits that make up
DWA scoring was in Conventions where students gained an average of .65 points on
a 5-point scale.Student vending purchases of healthy snacks increased by 39%
while purchases of unhealthy snacks decreased by 14% providing evidence that we
have made progress on our goal to have students demonstrate an understanding of
wellness.  We also provide a physical education class that students attend to
increase physical activity, support wellness, and increase their social
skills.Writing Rubrics were established and essential grammar skills(i.e.correct
puncutation, and writing formats) were established. Students were required to
rewrite any work that did not meet the writing rubrics established.Advisory
Period (Why Try) successfully worked to closely align with community
intervention agenicies who work with 'At-Risk' Youth. (i.e. Drug court,
probation departments, community trackers, and Davis Behavioral Health systems,
etc.)and to help students identify and resolve their personal at riskness.

The council will review scores and talk to teachers and paraeducators
about

programs and students in the school. They will be able to review the
Dibels

testing scores constantly.  Our scores for our school will be posted
in the

building so that members of the community and the council can review
the

assessment in our school at any time.

On end of year CRTs in math, science, and language, students have steadily
gained in the average percent correct moving from 2-5 percentage points below
the district average to 2-3 points above the district average on all CRTs at all
levels.Students in grades 10 &11 who were not proficient on the Language Arts
CRT and who scored below the 23rd percentile on the IOWA Test of Basic Skills
were scheduled into reading intervention classes. Stanford Diagnostic Test
Results show that students have gained an average of 1.25 grade levels in
reading.The Direct Writing Assessment shows an overall gain in persuasive
writing of 3 points on a 30 point scale.

We will work in the areas mentioned.  That will probably be the driving
force for this grant.  The report cards that we receive from the National
and State level will drive this grant money for our school.

We paid for tutors to work on an even more individualized basis with our
students and  purchased  another/more computer programs to help our students.

This plan will reflect the ideas and goals of our school improvement
committee and also the mission statement that our District has for
excellence in education.  The testing and goals will be a reflection of the
Core and assessing that we do in the classrooms.  We will use this
committee
to update our goals and help in analyzing our data.