Bridges Before &After School Programsat Guilford Elementary

September 21, 2009

Agenda1. Bridges Grant

2. Program Overview

3. Who are Bridges Students?

4. Year End 08-09

5. GES Staff Rocks

6. Bridges Students in the Classroom

7. Before & After School Program

8. Before School Tutoring

9. After School Programs

10.Session Dates

11.Help Wanted

12.Ways You Can Help

13.Questions

Bridges GrantGuilford’s Bridges Program is made possible through a three-year grant from the Maryland Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center Program

• No Child Left Behind Dollars• Funding goes to MDSDE• HCPSS Applies for the 21st CCLC grant• Guilford is one of 17 HCPSS schools with

Bridges program--looks different at each site.

Who Are GES Bridges Students?Last School Year

2nd - 5th Graders 318 students eligible 85 students (Title I Priority List) 27% of the student body

– 59% male, 41% female• 48% African American• 20% Hispanic• 15% White• 14% Declined to Choose

– 58% FARMS – 9% Special Education– 15% ELL

Year End Report 08-09Percentage of GES BRIDGES Students Who Scored

Proficient or Advanced on MSA 2009, by grade and subject

GES Staff Rocks96% Staff Surveys Returned

Number of Students

Number of surveys completed Response Rate

Cohort

BOWL 211 73 35%

Columbia 287 216 75%

Cradlerock 90 45 50%

East County 434 259 60%

Elementary Schools

Bryant Woods Elementary 40 2 5%

Cradlerock School - Lower 48 29 60%

Deep Run Elementary School 78 47 60%

Guilford Elementary School 85 82 96%

Laurel Woods Elementary 58 26 45%

Phelps Luck Elementary School 138 108 78%

Running Brook Elementary 52 43 83%

Stevens Forest Elementary 64 26 41%

Middle Schools

Cradlerock School - Upper 41 16 39%

Mayfield Woods Middle 75 59 79%

Murray Hill Middle School 113 103 91%

Wilde Lake Middle School 30 8 27%

High School

Long Reach High School 43 19 44%

Reservoir High School 67 5 7%

Wilde Lake High School 89 20 22%

Bridges to the Daily ClassroomPercentage of all BRIDGES students whose classroom behavior improved,

declined, did not change, or did not need to improve in the 2008-09 school year.

Survey Question Number

of students

Significant, slight or moderate decline

Slight, moderate, or significant

improvement

No change

Student did not need to improve

To what extent has student changed their behavior in terms of:

Completing homework to your satisfaction.

591 7% 65% 15% 13%

Participating in class. 592 4% 71% 17% 7%

Being attentive in class. 592 8% 60% 17% 15%

Behaving well in class. 590 9% 40% 17% 33%

Coming to school motivated to learn.

590 6% 56% 21% 17%

Getting along well with other students.

592 5% 37% 21% 36%

Before & After School Program

Daily ScheduleTuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

• Tutoring 8:00-9:00 a.m.• Breakfast 9:00 a.m.• School Day 9:10 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.• HW/Recreation 4:00-5:30 p.m

Before School Tutoring

• By Invitation Only (3rd-5th Graders)• 8:00-9:00 a.m.• Bus Transportation Provided• Math/Reading Instruction Daily

– Do The Math– FASTT Math (Computer Based)– Vocabulary

• Breakfast Provided

After School Program

• Open to All Students– 125 students (about 70 Bridges students)– Bridges Rate is $40 v. $180 for Non-Bridges– No student denied participation for financial

reasons

• 4:00-5:30 p.m.• 45 minutes of Homework• 45 minutes of Recreation• Snack Provided• Bus Transportation Home

Session DatesSession IStaff Begins Week of 10/610/13/09-12/10/09No Bridges week of 11/23/09

Session IIStaff Begins Week of 1/51/12/10-3/4/10No Bridges week of 2/8/10

Session IIIStaff Begins Week of 4/134/20/10-5/27/10No Bridges 4/22/10

Help Wanted• Morning Tutoring 1-2 Spots Open

– Flexible on Grade– Both Math/Vocabulary each day– Must work all three days

• Afternoon HW/Recreation Help– Flexible on Grade for HW help– Recreation is space dependent– Can pick day(s) of the week

Ways you can help• Help expedite Bridges paperwork• Assign homework; reinforce use of

agenda books--HW assignments should be posted in classroom.

• Invite me to KidTalk when appropriate.

• Complete any necessary surveys--typically only one at year end.

Your Questions

Site Coordinator

Kris Woodson

Kris_Woodson@hcpss.org

410-880-5930

http://ges.hcpss.org/