Progress Report

In the last two years, the restructuring of our SID workforce has brought much clarity to the action plan . We were able to achieve our goals and went beyond to improve on them. We also studied our action plan and agreed that it needs improvement as to how each goal was to be addressed. We are still working on improving our data collection. Unlike other schools, Olomana is a school within a school. It is a monumental task to collect data from all sites. This will be our focus next school year. Our vision and mission changed so students can both identify and relate to the mission of our school . Olomana will continue to work on literacy through reading and writing and career planning.

For the year 2004-2007 we rewrote our SID goals, benchmarks and rationale .SID is now in the format of the 6 Images of Success. The vision and mission were revisited on PD day, we worked on an agreement to accept the vision and mission statement. Goal 1- Literacy and Goal 2 Career Planning was reorganized as what to change or implement under the format of 6 images.

This was the final school year for the 3 yr. SID plan. SID plan was rewritten and revised to reflect changes in school focus and goals affecting the school years 2004-2007. The vision and mission were revisited and agreed upon on a PD day. The following is the mission and vision of the school. Olomana School’s Mission is the starfish. (See Olomana School Website) Olomana School’s Vision is: Through a curriculum built on rigor, relevance and relationships students can better connect to real life and its challenges. Olomana School strives to bring a measure of success to a forgotten population by providing opportunities to develop career and life skills through hands-on, project-based learning.

The new SID will reflect a focus on the following: Standards –Based Outcome Goal 1: Literacy through Reading and Writing Standards –Based Outcome Goal 2: Career and Life Skills

The faculty was involved during PD days with SID activities. At subsequent meetings, agreements led to a school wide progress report that aligned with the GLOs.This year, writing across curriculum was promoted through our school newspaper Ka Pana Olomana. It encouraged more students to write. As a result, this year we have had more students who willingly wrote more in this HSA. More students did research and created PowerPoint Slide shows and improved on their tech skills.

Wellness Work Force Action Plan – •Integrate guidance lesson and activities in classrooms. Teachers began training 12/03 in Ohana Based-Management to affect positive discipline and behavior in classrooms. Health Realization in-services and classroom mentoring with HCEC – Hawai’i Counseling Education Center.

Technology / Career Pathways Work Force Action Plan – • In-service teachers and begin school-wide student portfolios. Work force developed format for school-wide portfolios and on planning and collaboration days in-serviced teachers on the types of assignments to be included in the folder. Teachers dialogued and selected one period when all students would be working on “student portfolio” assignments. Technologly skills- more students did research and PowerPoint slide shows and improved their tech skills. Language Arts Work Force Action Plan – •Provide opportunities to improve reading through writing Teachers targeted areas of focus and developed same language writing prompts to display and use in classrooms. Voluntary submissions of articles by students and staff to school newspaper. (Students develop and write stories and articles on their own time and submit it to the newspaper. School librarian works with them for editing and publishing.)

All ESL students were tested and test scores were submitted through EDF to the District and State in a timely manner. The monitoring report was completed and submitted before the deadline. Fine Arts Work Force Action Plan – •Explore opportunities to engage students in art activities and programs. Artists in the Schools Grant Program for incarcerated girls. OYC’s artwork for Artist in the Schools Grant Program on display at Nu’uanu Gallery Sept. 03

CSSS Work Force Action Plan – •Focused articulation to ensure monitoring and continuity of SPED services.Team initiated 1st and 4th Wednesdays as Peer Review meeting days. SSC’s and Admin. monitoring ISPED input and keeping IEP’s and MP’s current. Continuous meeting dates and in-service for staff of SPED concerns.

Examples of Data and Evidence •Olomana received 100% for Child Count in October 2003. •Passed Internal Review in March 2004 •Referrals for Discipline are down by 60% at OYC’s campus. Suspension rate is down by 35%. (No serious fights reported this year.) •Continued improvement on Fab 5 from 60% to 85%. Working on MP’s to reach 100%. ••Improved reading scores based on Accelerated Reading Program and Gates MacGinitie Testing •Improved participation on HAS testing. •Improved writing participation on HAS testing. •Progress report developed and currently in use to reflect learning skills and standards addressed in classrooms. •Behavior Support plans for all affected students in place and in effect.