[WardFive] Fwd: Great Things Are Happening at Hugh M. Browne Education Campus

Great things happening at Browne EC!  Take a look below.

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From: "Samuels, Andre (DCPS)" <Andre.Samuels@dc.gov>

Subject: FW: Great Things Are Happening at Hugh M. Browne Education Campus

Date: November 9, 2013 10:52:24 PM EST

To: Ward Five Council on Education <ward5coe@gmail.com>

 

Greetings Neighbors and Community Supporters:

 

We are excited about the academic progress of our students and the instructional changes made by our staff.  It is amazing what can happen when students take ownership of their learning!

 

Reading Progress:

72% percent of our struggling readers in middle school increased their reading scores by 20 or more points with just 2 months of instruction.  Ever hear students talk about their new reading scores during recess and lunch?  No?  Well, stop by one day and enjoy the experience.

 

Highest growth by grade:

6^th:  316 to 630.  This student is our 1^st to move from the tier 3 reading intervention program (Scholastic System 44) to our tier 2 reading program (Scholastic READ 180)!

7^th: 217 to 789. 

8^th: 1123 to 1325 

 

Look out DC Public High Schools, 25 of those students were our 8^th grade scholars!!!!  We are coming for you!

 

Next:  All students will meet with staff to map their reading goals and select an independent reading book for the month aligned to their new reading level and interest.

 

 

Attendance:

Last school year, Browne EC had the lowest student "in seat attendance" (ISA) rate of all DC Public Education Campuses.  This year, we partnered with the Brookland/Edgewood Family Support Collaborative (http://www.ebfsc.org/), the Flamboyan Foundation, and established an attendance committee to address the school's truancy issues.  Phone calls, attendance support plans, and home visits are working!  We are happy to report:

·         2% increase of ISA for elementary school students as of the final 12-13 attendance report

·         4% increase of ISA for middle school students as of the final 12-13 attendance report

·         126 students have perfect or improved attendance for the first advisory

 

Next: 

A celebration of course.  We will honor our students and parents during a reception on Friday, November 15, 2013.

 

 

International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme (Primary Years and Middle Years):

Our IB coordinators, Ms. Ayasha Ware and Mr. Luther Sewell facilitated an engaging presentation for members of the Ward 5 Education Council, including President Faith Hubbard, Ms. Shenita Burney of the DCPS Office of Family and Public Engagement, and other Ward 5 DC Public School principals.  Our steering committee and instructional staff have been working arduously to incorporate the 10 IB Learner Profiles into their daily instruction.  Our goals is to make Browne Education Campus the 1^st DC Public School with a Primary Years and Middle Years Programme on one campus. 

 

·         The IB Primary Years Programme, grades K-5, focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.

·         The IB Middle Years Programme, grade 6-8, provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and become critical and reflective thinkers.

 

Next: 

IB School Beautification Service Project in partnership with the Brookland/Edgewood Family Support Collaborative:  Saturday, November 23, 2013 (9:00 am -3:00 pm). 

IB presentation to Browne EC families: Monday, November 18, 2013 (2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00)

 

 

Highly Effective Educators!

A Standing Ovation for DC Teachers, hosted by DC Public Education Fund, is the highlight of a year-round initiative, to celebrate and reward DCPS' most effective educators.  On Monday, November 4, 2013 DC community members, business leaders, and civic leaders gathered at the Kennedy Center to applaud great DCPS teachers.

 

Honored Browne EC Educators:

·         Ms. Julia Davis, English as a Second Language (ESL)

·         Ms. Marcia Cole, Instructional Specialist

·         Ms. Maneesha Maingot, System 44-Eading Intervention

·         Ms. DeAngela Rich, PK-4-Early Childhood

·         Ms. Catherine Chu, 3^rd Grade

·         Ms. Freddie Temoney, Dean of Students

·         Ms. Ashley Jacquier, 5^th Grade Math

·         Ms. Inga Hailstorks, Social Worker

·         Ms. Elease McCants, Business Manager

·         Ms. Sylvia Campbell, Paraprofessional

·         Ms. Dionne Charles, Paraprofessional

·         Ms. Michael Troxler, Librarian

·         Ms. LaShawn Reynolds, Paraprofessional

·         Dr. Shirley Turner, Instructional Coach

 

 

Thank you all for your continued support!

 

 

Respectfully,

 

Andre Samuels

Principal

Hugh M. Browne Education Campus

850 26th St. NE  I  Washington, DC 20002

Phone: (202) 671-6210  I  Fax: (202) 724-1530

 

Visit on online:

Website:  www.BrowneEC.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrowneEC

Twitter: @BrowneEC

 

Education..is painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning, by praise, but above all-­by example – John Ruskin

 

 

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