Jefferson Elementary School Overview and Achievements

SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4599 Summit Point Road Charles Town, WV 25414 Keri Mahoney, Principal

LSIC MEMBERS School Members Community Members Keri Mahoney (Ex Officio) Jodi Payne (Co-Chair) Kristin Weitnauer (Co-Chair) Brandy Allinger Tracey Brinson Kelli Fort Kathy Lane Camden Palmer Pamela Shearer Jane Strom Amanda Johnson Ali Moody Karisma Neely Dawn Rodgers

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS Serving 436 Students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Enrollment Demographic Distribution Ethnicity 4% 7% 9% African American Hispanic or Latino Multi-Racial Caucasian 80%

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS Serving 436 Students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Enrollment Demographic Distribution Poverty Rate 34% Low SES Non-Low SES 37% 66%

ACHIEVEMENT SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL West Virginia General Summative Assessment 2021 Reading Percent Proficient (%) 70% 60% 50% 40% 61% 30% 58% 44% 20% 38% 39% 37% 38% 34% 34% 32% 29% 27% 10% 0% Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 West Virginia Jefferson County Schools 2019 South Jefferson Elementary School 2021

ACHIEVEMENT SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL West Virginia General Summative Assessment 2021 Mathematics Percent Proficient (%) 70% 60% 50% 40% 62% 30% 53% 42% 20% 39% 38% 37% 34% 34% 32% 29% 27% 26% 10% 0% Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 West Virginia Jefferson County Schools 2019 South Jefferson Elementary School 2021

ACHIEVEMENT SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL West Virginia General Summative Assessment 2021 Science Grade 5 Percent Proficient (%) 35% 30% 25% 20% 33% 26% 15% 27% 10% 5% 49% 0% West Virginia Jefferson County Schools South Jefferson Elementary School

SCHOOL CLIMATEAND BEHAVIOR SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Misconducts by Ethnicity - 2021 School with Programmatic Level Comparison 2 Caucasian (349) 65 0 Multi-Racial (39) 11 0 Hispanic or Latino (32) 0 0 African American (15) 11 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 South Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson County Elementary Schools (Elementary)

ATTENDANCE SOUTH JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL School with Programmatic Level Comparison December 31, 2021 Percent (%) 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 95.05% 93.91% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 20.74% 10.00% 10.25% 0.00% Chronically Absent Daily Attendance South Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson County Schools (Elementary)

PARENT INVOLVEMENT South Jefferson is grateful for our community and parent involvement. Our community is a strong partner and a tremendous part of South Jefferson s success. PTO Monthly PTO meetings, via ZOOM and in person Pictures with Santa (free for all students) STEAM Lab donation Spirit Nights $5,000 donation towards the purchase of additional devices at SJES Sponsored our Read-A-Thon Parent/Caregivers: CANVAS support and participation Remote learning our families rose to the challenge of remote learning and have adapted well Read-A-Thon participation Volunteers

STRATEGIESFOR IMPROVEMENT ACADEMIC: SJES has the highest percentage of trained Orton Gillingham staff in the County K-2 teachers are also Heggerty trained Data review with our grade levels and Instructional Coach, Mrs. Brinson Targeted/intensive intervention and support (Teachers, Interventionist and Instructional Coach) Increase in the use of Number Talks as a school, across all grade levels OT/PT/Speech Effective Communication and Early Intervention SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: Staff book studies on trauma, social skill development, etc. (Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners; Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice) Weekly supports and meetings with Air National Guard members Weekly supports and meetings with our assigned social worker Continued work with Youth Advocacy Services for students at risk

ATHLETICSAND WELLNESS Calming Corners with sensory boxes in our classrooms Our counselor, Mrs. Rebecca Cavanuagh, leads social skills groups, as well as facilitates one-on-one counseling opportunities for those in need Weekly therapy sessions with our social worker, Mrs. Emily Cintron Weekly yoga group with our counseling intern, Mrs. Bethanne Arthur Morning meetings each day in every classroom to begin our day on the right foot Incorporating mindfulness and self-regulation techniques into our classrooms The Growth Mindset as a tool in our school We held a socially-distanced Field Day last year Brain breaks throughout the day Two recesses per day for our students in K-2 The update and use of our outdoor classroom with waterfall, benches, plants, awnings and tables

FACILITIES HVAC Concerns (Cafeteria, Kitchen, Rooms 112, 113, 114, 115, 11, 12, 23, 22, Library and 25, Gym---these areas have consumed 90% of our maintenance requests and affect the entire population of our school. While Mr. Caton and Southern Air have been diligent in working out the issues, it is a LONG-STANDING concern and has been the #1 facility request for years. With a fifty year old building and the theft of all of our HVAC units in February 2012, it has been a longstanding and complicated issue )

CHALLENGES Substitute/Teacher Shortages Consistent Math and Reading Intervention programs/supports in the County School to Special Education Department communication pipeline

REQUESTSFOR SUPPORT 1. Academic: Consistent conceptual math curriculum and intervention program in the County Other: Continuing with assigned substitute program at our schools 2.

PRIDE We are proud of our evolution as a staff and school, in terms of our trauma-informed practices, our relationship building within our community and classrooms and the strong communication links between our caregivers and our school. We consider our team a strong and unified one. We emphasize a strong growth mindset among our students and staff and believe that this has been a key to surviving and thriving during the last year. Our school has received many grants in the last year (from Donor s Choose, the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) and the TAC Teaching Arts Creatively group) which is directly impacting the library, music and various student art installations around the building. We finally have our STEAM lab up and running! SJES parent and WV Extension Agent, Mrs. Johnson has led STEAM lessons throughout the year and assisted us with making our dream a reality. Our school had the highest number of participants in the Orton Gillingham training this year. Our PTO has sustained us through this pandemic and has been extremely supportive. Our Instructional Coach, Tracey Brinson, has facilitated and supported every aspect of CANVAS with our staff. Our use of technology, as a school, has increased dramatically. We held Spirit Days throughout our virtual learning and our students remained connected to us. We raised over $15,000 with our first Read-A-Thon. Our library checkouts are up 25% and over 300 new books have been purchased for our library. Because we deem the library as the heart of our school, we are excited about our new media specialist (Mrs. Moody) and her enthusiastic revitalization of the space.

APPRECIATION Thank you to the Board of Education for providing long term, assigned substitutes to our school. They have been utilized every day. Thank you to our community and caregivers for supporting us through the last two years, both through remote participation and their flexibility and understanding during our stressful school years. Thank you to our PTO for their support in purchasing devices, providing library books and supporting the development of our staff wellness room. Thank you to Dr. Gibson-Learn and the Jefferson Leadership Team for the Recruitment and Retention package, as well as the creation of the Service Senate. Thank you to the Technology Department for securing devices for every student at SJES, as well as devices for teachers and support personnel. Thank you to the SOMO team for helping us create a staff wellness room and a student calming room. Thank you for Curriculum and Instruction for supporting our CKLA pilot. Thank you to our Instructional Coach, Mrs. Tracey Brinson, for her technology support and instructional support. Thank you to the Charge and Pandemic Nurses and our own fantastic school nurse, Mrs. Danielle Tuitele, for all the guidance, contact tracing and support during this pandemic. Finally, thank you to our amazing SJES staff, who have been flexible, dedicated and steadfast in their care and instruction of our students.

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