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Update Nov 6 2008

1st Quarter SIP - School Improvement Plan - updates:

SIP leaders will attend SIP training at Fort Bragg, NC later this month. They will share latest SIP progress at our next session.

School-Home-Community Partnership:
The SHCP found out that we cannot locally obtain school-logo magnets. SHCP is entering the planning phase for a Career Day

Data Committee:
This committee is identifying pertinent available school data as well as working with Peach City personnel to ascertain which data should be included in our SIP.

Professional Development:
This committee’s main goal is to coordinate with other committees to plan and facilitate our staff development and training. In preparation they have already sent out a questionnaire and are awaiting responses. They are discussing surveying students and creating a student focus group but haven’t yet decided if this is desirable or not. They have already generated several ideas for training but are waiting for our questionnaires before coming to a final decision.

Communications:
Each committee member is meeting monthly with other committee leaders to provide a summary of each committee’s activities.

Update June 11 2008

Please click the link below to read our 2008 end-of-year report

The School Wide Data Committee Overview

January 18 2008 Update

Please visit the links provided below to see what the Environmental Scan committee members are working on to help all students and staff at WT Sampson reach our SIP Goals:

  1. Article scan re 'flattened education':
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  2. Article scan re 'Flatpack' interactive activity:
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  3. Wiki page summarizing Education in Flattened World...
         http://flatworlded.wikispaces.com/

  4. Book website: Growing Up Digital, Rise of the Net Generation:
         http://www.growingupdigital.com/

  5. Videos at TeacherTube - (viewing from home may be faster than @ school):

      a. Did You Know? (~7 minutes)
          http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6c08179393d1beaf1860

      b. Pay Attention (~7 minutes)
          http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=40c570a322f1b0b65909

      c. Digital Kids @ Analog Schools (~7 minutes)
          http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b5c8973ade16764156be

      d. Ain't Gonna Hold Us Back (Winning Video for Digital-K-5) (~3 minutes)
          http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c611904a467b4892806a

November 26 2007 Update

Faculty committees formed at the start of the school year continue the School Improvement Plan!

Please see the following SIP Goals' Progress Reports.

NCA Goal 1 Action Plan as of 2007: All students will improve reading comprehension across the curriculum.

NCA Goal 2 Action Plan as of 2007: All students will increase their ability to solve problems across the curriculum.

We encourage you to browse to the links provided below to see a representative sample of the future skills and knowledge that are projected to be needed for success:

Environmental Scans Committee Links:
    1. Partnership for 21st Century http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
    2. 16 Trends for Honors - Powerpoint Presentation
    3. 16 Trends for NCA - Powerpoint Presentation
    4. Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm
    5. CollegeBoard Careers (search:  future jobs): http://www.collegeboard.com/splash/
    6. Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence:
         http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0635.html

March 2 2007 Update

As part of our School Improvement Plan, the School Community Home Partnership committee of W.T. Sampson School, challenged the community of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to become “Millionaires” by reading at least a million minutes. The project began with a kickoff which was announced on “Open Line”( the base wide call in radio program). The Commander, Capt. Mark Leary, was on board from the very beginning! The community wide tally began October 14th and was to end at the end of January. It was extended to coincide with the birthday of Dr. Seuss and the Read Across America program.

The community rose to the challenge by reading over 1,065,000 minutes! Forms were turned in from not only school children and their families, but from the various commands on base as well, including JTF, the Fire Station and even the Navy Exchange! The local Morale Welfare and Recreation agency, led by the base librarian, joined the efforts by collecting forms at the base library and planning a celebration to announce reaching our goal! And what a celebration it was!

A Backyard Birthday Bash was held to commemorate Dr. Seuss’ birthday, and reaching the million minute mark. The high school drama department entertained everyone with skits and puppet shows. Children were read to by volunteer readers from the community. Art students painted faces of the happy attendees. We are indeed a community of millionaires, rich with readers!

Accreditation for W.T. Sampson continues! 

The following is excerpted from the March 20, 2006 NCA Final Evaluation Report on W.T. Sampson School:

"The visiting team is pleased to notify the Department of Defense State Committee that W. T. Sampson Unit School has met the NCA CASI requirements regarding school improvement." 
Read the entire NCA Final report on Accreditation for W.T. Sampson (pdf format, 11 pages)

The following is excerpted from the comprehensive W.T. Sampson School Profile, compiled in 2004 from many sources of data about the educational processes and student outcomes at our school:

"The analysis of the data indicated a need to improve reading comprehension and problem solving skills across the curriculum. The staff worked diligently to research appropriate interventions and to develop an action plan for meeting our goals."
Read the entire School Profile report - 28 pages (pdf format)