CAMERON OPEN HOUSE 2014-2015 Your Principals • Mr. Harden, Principal • Ms. McDonald, Asst. Principal • Ms. Mercado, Asst. Principal Agenda 5:00-5:25 – State of the School 5:30-5:55 - Classroom Session 1 6:00-6:30 - Classroom Session 2 6:30 - Refreshments in the Large Lunchroom Don’t forget to sign-up for a committee by the Main Entrance! Your Teachers Pre-K Ms. Alacio, 011 Ms. T. McDonald, 013 2nd Ms. Robinson, 208 Ms. Marchand, 200 Ms. Rodriguez, 211 K Ms. Osmolski, 100 Ms. Anderson, 102 Ms. Rodriguez, 109 Ms. Meehan, 111 3rd Ms. Dedecker, 310 Ms. Jackson, 311 Ms. Roszkowski, 312 1st Ms. Martinez, 104 Ms. Spellacy, 106 Ms. Canji, 206 4th Ms. Cline, 301 Ms. Turner, 302 Ms. Sykes, 308 Your Teachers 5th 6th - 7th Ms. Cygan, 306 Ms. Mangual, 307 Mr. Kaufman, 309 Ms. Gills, 400 Mr. Bardhi, 402 Ms. Bunkowski, 409 Ms. Lameka, 411 Specialists Alysia Marro, 201 Amanda Georgiou, 212 Vanetta Roy, 300 Theresa Knierim, 303a Andrea Williams, 304 Deadre Newson, 405 Tony Caponigri, 408 Elisa Marquez, 410 7th - 8th Ms. Watson, 403 Ms. Addington, 404 Ms. Thompson, 406 Ms. Mateescu, 407 Enrichment Adam Lewis, 107 (Art) Colleen Byrne, PE Jose Riesco, PE Rhea Escudero, Library Art Fuerte, 207 (Music) Other Key People to Know Role Name John Casey Counselor/Case Manager Karen Love MTSS Coordinator Ms. Velazquez and Ms. Pullum Clerks Hilario Rodriguez Security Supervisor Tashawna Franklin Conflict Resolution Elgin Irizarry High Schools, Records Our Mission Our mission at Daniel R. Cameron Elementary is to ensure that students are college and career ready by meeting their needs academically, socially, and emotionally. Nuestra misión en la escuela elemental de Cameron es to ensure that students are college and career ready by mediante el desarrollo de sus necesidades académicas, sociales, y emocionales. 7 Our Vision We envision an engaging and safe environment where students are inspired to take ownership of their education and become active citizens. We will promote mutual respect, individuality, and continuous learning for all students, staff, and community members. Nuestro enfoque crea un lugar seguro donde los estudiantes se inspiran para hacerse responsables de su educación y convertirse en ciudadanos activos. Vamos a promover el respeto mutuo, la individualidad, y el aprendizaje continuo para todos los estudiantes, personal y miembros de la comunidad. 8 How did we do last year? Are we making progress toward being the best school on the West Side of Chicago? 9 Last Year’s Attendance = 94.9% (Yellow, but up from 94.4%) SQRP SCORE 5 4 3 2 10 Making Your Goal – We’re #5 of 29 schools in Network 5! SQRP SCORE 5 4 3 2 11 MAP Reading Growth = th 80 Percentile!!!! Growth Percentile SQRP SCORE 5 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 99 99 98 97 4 95 93 92 91 86 83 80 3 80 78 75 71 69 69 2 64 50 50 48 45 43 40 36 34 17 15 10 MAP Math Growth = 80th Percentile!!!! Growth Percentile SQRP SCORE 5 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 99 4 99 84 83 2 3 1 80 70 67 66 60 53 50 42 39 39 37 36 31 30 27 26 23 22 15 14 10 8 6 5 2 MAP Reading Attainment Attainment Percentile SQRP SCORE 5 4 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 99 3 2 1 79 67 58 55 53 47 43 39 36 36 34 33 31 28 26 25 24 21 21 21 19 14 5 5 5 4 4 1 14 MAP Math Attainment Percentile Attainment Percentile SQRP SCORE 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 5 99 93 4 83 2 3 1 77 63 63 55 52 50 50 49 37 37 33 31 25 23 23 22 20 18 15 15 15 10 9 3 2 1 Overall Rating = #5 school in our Network of 29!!! SQRP TIER 1 2 3 4 5 This year’s goals… • Priority 1: Improve Reading scores for all students • Priority 2: Improve Math scores for all students • Priority 3: Improve Science scores for all students • Priority 4: Attendance better than 95%! • Priority 5: Close the gap for our students with disabilities • Priority 6: Make Cameron the place where students feel loved, supported, and challenged! 20 Cameron-Parent Compact If your children remain Cameron students and you (parents) ensure that your children are present and support the school by requiring your children to behave reasonably and do homework, we will pledge that your children will meet or exceed standards before 8th grade graduation. 21 Cameron-Padres De Familia Promesa Si su hijos/as continua siendo un estudiante en Cameron y ustedes como padres de familia aseguran que sus hijos/as están asisten diariamente y apoyan, a la escuela exigiendo hagan la tarea y su comporten responsablemente, nosotros como escuela prometemos que su hijos/as estarán cumpliendo o excediendo las normas antes de su graduación de 8º grado. 22 How we can work together… Ways to get involved! Volunteering HW Help Attend conferences/meetings Stay in contact w/teachers Doing great is required – rewards tied to grades and behavior! How we can work together… Parent Groups CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS: Work regularly in a classroom to support teacher and students PARENT PATROL: Before and/or after-school, outside of building SET UP/DECORATION: Help set up for big events COMMUNICATION: Call parents or pass out flyers after school REFRESHMENTS: Prepare refreshments for events FUNDRAISING: Help us fund raise through Scholastic book fair, flea market, other ideas, etc. Parent Groups CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS: Work regularly in a classroom to support teacher and students PARENT PATROL: Before and/or after-school, outside of building SET UP/DECORATION: Help set up for big events COMMUNICATION: Call parents or pass out flyers after school REFRESHMENTS: Prepare refreshments for events FUNDRAISING: Help us fund raise through Scholastic book fair, flea market, other ideas, etc. Upcoming Events Celebrating Hispanic Heritage 9/15-10/15 “!Si Se Puede!” [“Yes We can!”] 1st Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting: Wednesday, September 24th at 8:45a 1st Bilingual Advisory Council (BAC) Meeting: Friday, September 26th at 8:45a High School Fair: Thursday, October 9th Progress Reports: Go home on Friday, October 10th Report Card Pick-up: Wednesday, November 12th Family Literacy Night I: Wednesday, November 19th Our website: Cameron.cps.edu Keep up on Facebook!