Potlatch Elementary School

School Report Card 2005-06

Principal: Hugh Maxwell

Enrollment: 234

Address: 130 Sixth Street Potlatch Idaho

Phone: 208-875-1331

Fax:208-875-0559

Website: www.potlatchschools.org

OUR MISSION

“Educating Students Now and For the Future” Potlatch Elementary School embraces the concept that all students must learn now and for the future. To that end we will:

Ø Educate all students to their fullest

Ø Provide a safe learning environment

Ø Respect and care for and about one another

Ø Embrace the concept that the entire staff shares the responsibility for all students

KEEPING YOU INFORMED

This report is a summary of some indicators of the performance of our school. No single report can tell the whole story of our school’s educational program or the people who work and learn here. We encourage you to find out firsthand by visiting our school. If you are a parent of one of our students, we invite you to take an active role in your child’s learning because studies show that when parents are involved, students do better in school.

HOW WE ARE IMPROVING

We are improving ISAT performance. We have a newly implemented parent advisory council for 2005. We are in our third year of an after school homework club.

OPTIONS FOR PARENTS

We have the parent advisory council, PTO, Volunteering, and chaperones.

WHAT WE CELEBRATE

We celebrate student achievement in testing, attendance, accelerated reading, knowledge bowl and academic areas.

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Many factors, such as how often a child attends school, moving frequently, and English language experience, influence school achievement. Measuring these characteristics helps us understand our students’ needs.

ABOUT OUR STUDENTS
0%	Who participated in programs to learn English
51%	Who qualified for free or reduced-price lunch
4%	Who participated in gifted and talented programs
1%	Who took the Idaho Alternative Assessment

Our school values the involvement of parents and we thank all parents who are able to visit the school during the year.

ABOUT OUR PARENTS
78%	Who attended parent teacher conferences
27%	Who volunteered their time

We are committed to ensuring that highly trained and qualified teachers instruct our students. Parents are welcome to request information about the qualification of their child’s teachers at anytime. In addition, if the need arises for your child to be taught by a teacher without complete qualifications for more than four weeks, we will notify you.

ABOUT OUR TEACHERS
100	Percent who are highly qualified teachers
0	Percent who are teaching as an approved consultant specialist
0	Percent who are teaching with a letter of authorization
0	Percent of classes not taught by highly qualified teachers
4	Number who are special education teachers

ABOUT AVERAGE CLASS SIZES
Grade	Our school
Kindergarten	14
First	18
Second	15
Third	15
Fourth	14
Fifth Sixth	22 19.5

OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Our goal is to provide a place for students to learn without distractions and concerns for safety. We closely monitor activities on our campus and offer comprehensive programs to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse. As required by state and federal laws and rules, we collect, monitor, and report on crimes and substance abuse incidents on our campus and at school activities. A complete report of this information about our school and district is available at: www.sde.state.id.us/ipd/reportcard/ or by contacting Superintendent Joe Kren in our school district office.

OUR STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

ABOUT OUR STUDENTS’ TEST RESULTS

Included with this are “Adequate Yearly Progress Assessment Reports.” These reports provide information about the academic performance of our students on state reading, math, and language usage tests.

ABOUT OUR SCHOOL’S PROGRESS

The results from these tests also are used to measure the progress of our school toward state and federal goals. The report called “Adequate Yearly Progress Indicators” details which goals our school met and those we may have missed.