Nellie Stone Johnson
State of the School Meeting
November 14, 2023
Accountability,
Innovation, and
Research
Agenda
Nellie Stone Johnson: WHO WE ARE
Mission and Vision
OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
TITLE I
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Nellie Stone Johnson: �Who We Are
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Who We Are
Mission
We are a community of learners that focuses on a climate of cooperation, academic excellence, and social-emotional-competence to support students to reach their full potential
Vision
Today’s risk takers tomorrow’s leaders
Values
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School Stats
Demographics
Serving PK—5th Grade
Total Enrollment: 280
Advanced Learners: 4.3%
English Language Learners: 25.4%
Identified as Homeless or Highly Mobile: 14.3 %
Receiving Special Education Services: 11.4%
Nellie Stone Johnson is located at 807 27th Avenue North in Minneapolis. We are lucky to serve amazing students and families! At Nellie Stone Johnson, we take time to get to know our community and ensure we provide high-quality academic instruction and social emotional learning. To do this, we partner with three amazing community partners!
About us
Nellie Stone Johnson is located at 807 27th Avenue North in Minneapolis. We are lucky to serve amazing students and families! At Nellie Stone Johnson, we take time to get to know our community and ensure we provide high-quality academic instruction and social emotional learning. To do this, we partner with three amazing community partners!
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Demographics
Serving Pre-K-5th Grade
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ELL | 24.9 |
Advanced Learners | 4.3% |
Students Receiving Special Education Service | 15.1% |
Homeless and Highly Mobile (HHM) | 16.5% |
Total | 285 |
African American | 54.4% |
American Indian | .01% |
Hispanic | 25% |
Asian | .02% |
White | .07% |
Two or More Races | .10% |
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Our Current Reality
Strengths
•Strong intervention support for reading and math
•Grade level collaboration around instructional planning
•Social emotional Learning supports in place ( SEL); Zones of regulation, Breath balance and & Believe room
•Strong partnerships with NAZ, Beacons, Reading corps and Groves Academy
Challenges
[•Attendance
•Student engagement
•Many students with extreme needs that have to be met
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Our School Improvement Plan
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Our school improvement plan:
Every Minneapolis Public School is required to develop, implement, and monitor a school improvement plan.
What’s a School Improvement Plan?
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Our School Improvement Plan
Goal:
Spring 2024: K-1 students proficient will increase from 15% to 27% on FAST earlyReading.
Spring 2024: 2-5 students proficient will increase from 5% to 15% on FAST aReading.
Strategy to achieve our goal:
MTSS-Short term planning
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Our School Improvement Plan
Goal:
Spring 2024: K-1 students proficient will increase from 45% to 50% on FAST earlyMath.
Spring 2024: 2-5 students proficient will increase from 8% to 18% on FAST aMath.
Strategy to achieve our goal:
MTSS
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Our School Improvement Plan
Goal:
Spring 2024: Students that agree or strongly agree with the statement, “I feel accepted by other students at school” will increase from 77% to 82% as measured by the student survey.
Strategy to achieve our goal:
SEL, BBB, CRT
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How We Measure Student Progress
Assessments help us answer questions such as:
Some of the assessments our students will take this year are:
FAST
MCA
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We want to make sure our students are learning as much as possible, so we use state and district assessments to determine their strengths and areas for growth. The results of these assessments help us figure out how we can better support our students in the classroom.
Throughout the year, we’ll share information with you about how your student is doing in the classroom.
We’ll do it in the following ways:
How We’ll Share Student Progress with You
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Title I
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What is Title I?
Title I supports our School Improvement Plan, and the funding we receive helps us reach our goals.
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Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to help them ensure all children have an equal opportunity to get a high-quality education and achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments.
For this school year, we received $240,589 in Title I funding, which makes up 5% of our school budget.
We are required to use Title I funding to improve the academic achievement of all students and engage YOU, our families, in that process!
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Nellie Stone Johnson is a schoolwide Title I program, which means all our students are able to benefit from the services we provide with our Title I funding.
How We’re Using our Title I Funding
Curriculum and Instruction Support
Family Engagement
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As a family member in a Title I School, you have the right to…
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Opportunities for Families to be Involved!
We want your input on our:
You can find all these documents on our school website!
We’d love to see you at the following school events:
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Site Council parents can get information about what is going on at NSJ, give input into decision making and be an advocate for your Scholar’s education. Site Council meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month @4:30 PM
School Staff Information
Principal
Assistant Principal(s)
Family Liaison
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We appreciate you!
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