Site
Data
Enrollment
(October 1, 2006)
|
215
|
| Male |
45.1% |
| Female |
54.9% |
| Classroom
Teachers |
12
|
| Average
Years of Teaching Experience |
17.2
|
| Teachers
with at least at Master's Degree |
66.7% |
| Average
Daily Attendance |
95.45% |
| Students
Bused |
99% |
| Ethnicity
: White |
94.4% |
| Hispanic |
1.4% |
| Asian |
0.5% |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native |
0.6% |
| Percentage
Free/Reduced Lunches
(May 2007) |
20.5% |
Students
in Special Education
(May 2007) |
14.5% |
WASL Two Year Testing Trends
| |
Nine
Mile Falls
|
State
Average
|
05/06 |
06/07 |
05/06 |
06/07 |
| Third
Grade |
| Reading |
90.0% |
75.9% |
68.3% |
70.7% |
| Math |
83.3% |
75.9% |
64.2% |
69.4% |
| Fourth
Grade |
| Reading |
86.2% |
86.8% |
81.2% |
76.4% |
| Math |
51.7% |
63.2% |
58.9% |
57.9% |
| Writing |
72.4% |
63.2% |
60.4% |
60.1% |
| Fifth
Grade |
| Reading |
85.2% |
76.3% |
76.3% |
71.7% |
| Math |
70.4% |
62.7% |
55.8% |
59.3% |
| Science |
66.7% |
49.2% |
35.7% |
36.4% |
|
|
Dear
Community,
Nine
Mile Falls Elementary wants to thank each and every one
of you for the support you have shown the school this
year in the absence of our principal, Mr. Len Mortlock.
He, Mr. Mortlock, also wants to be sure that you know how
much he has appreciated your continued thoughts and prayers
as his family went through a most traumatic school year.
The
staff at Nine Mile kept themselves involved in professional
growth through many activities this school year. Our
regular Thursday morning collaborative
times were spent in a variety of activities. We spent several days working
on writing and hope to see a continued rise in our writing
assessment scores. We
had several collaborative meetings that were held with the staff at Lake Spokane
Elementary. In these meetings, the primary staff was working to align the reading
curriculum between the schools, while the intermediate staff was working on
math.
 |
The
new FOSS Science Kits are proving to be very valuable
in helping our students to experience science in
their daily life, and we are seeing a positive carryover
effect into the area of math. Further, in the areas
of math and science, we were able to bring in some
guests to help with our students’ understanding.
We had an assembly entitled “Math Magic,” and
another assembly by the “Reptile Man.” Both
of these assemblies were entertaining as well as
educational. The Science Fair, that only involved
fourth and fifth grade students this year, helped
to show us how well our students understand the scientific
process. |
The
PTG remained very active at Nine Mile and provided many
fun activities for students and for families. Our annual “Breakfast with Santa” was
a success, as were “Fun Day” and “Bingo Night.” The PTG
sponsored a “Fund Run” in which it was their goal to raise money
to purchase document cameras for some of our classrooms. Thanks to our community’s
generosity they surpassed their fund raising goal.
We
would also like to thank Lake Spokane Elementary for “loaning” us
Mr. Lefler and Mrs. Lake to help with the extra fifth grade students who
were bussed to Nine Mile because of the overcrowding at Lake Spokane Elementary.
Finally,
a huge THANK YOU to the Nine Mile community for supporting
the bond issue that was passed in May. The improvements
that you will be seeing in
the next few years will help to make your schools more safe and provide
a better
learning environment for your children in the coming years. Sincerely,
Brad Lundstrom, Interim Principal |
