Walter C Polson Upper Middle School

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76-52 Page 2Average Class Size School District State Enrollment in Selected High School Level CoursesGrade 5 N/A N/A N/A Percent of Grade 8 School District StateGrade 7 22.4 22.4 20.5 Students TakingMathematics 50.0 50.0 34.2World Language 96.9 96.9 49.0Required Hours of Instruction Per Year in Selected Subject AreasGrade 8 School StateArt 22 33Computer Education 22 15English Language Arts 168 229Family and Consumer Science 0 13Health 22 24Library/Media Skills 0 6Mathematics 168 152Music E 0 24Physical Education 68 53Science 168 144Social Studies 168 143Technology Education 0 23World Languages 134 77E Elective hours also offeredSpecial Programs% of K-12 Students in Bilingual Education Program or ReceivingEnglish as a Second Language Services% of Identified Gifted and/or Talented Students Who ReceivedServices% of Special Education Students Attending This School Who SpentOver 79% of Their Time with Their Non-Disabled PeersWorld LanguageFormal instruction (at least 1 hour perweek) in French and Spanish starts inGrade 7 in this school. Statewide, 71.3%of elementary and middle schools thatserve Grade 7 start world languageinstruction by this grade.LunchAn average of 25 minutes is provided forlunch during full school days.SchoolMiddle/Jr. High SchoolsDistrict State0.5 0.5 3.70.0 N/A 69.993.9 93.9 76.8LIBRARY ANDCOMPUTERSFree on-line access toperiodicals, newspapers,and other resources isavailable to allConnecticut schoolsthrough the ConnecticutDigital Library atwww.iconn.org.Instructional Computers and Library School Middle/Jr. High SchoolsMaterialsDistrict State# of Students Per Computer 3.3 3.3 2.6% of Computers with Internet Access 100.0 100.0 99.4% of Computers that are High or Moderate 100.0 100.0 97.0Power# of Print Volumes Per Student* 16.8 16.8 21.0# of Print Periodical Subscriptions 21 21 28*Because a certain number of volumes are needed for a library of adequate breadth and depth, asmall school may need a higher number of volumes per student.
76-52 Page 3SCHOOL STAFFFull-Time Equivalent Count of School StaffGeneral Education: Teachers and Instructors 45.40Paraprofessional Instructional Assistants 0.00Special Education: Teachers and Instructors 7.30Paraprofessional Instructional Assistants 10.81Library/Media Specialists and/or Assistants 2.00Administrators, Coordinators, and Department Chairs 3.00Instructional Specialists Who Support Teachers (e.g., subject area specialists) 0.00Counselors, Social Workers, and School Psychologists 3.50School Nurses 1.00Other Staff Providing Non-Instructional Services and Support 11.41In the full-timeequivalent count, staffmembers workingpart-time in theschool are counted asa fraction of full-time.For example, ateacher who workshalf-time in a schoolcontributes 0.50 to theschool’s staff count.Teachers and InstructorsSchool Middle/Jr. High SchoolsDistrict StateAverage Number of Years of Experience in Education 9.9 9.9 14.0% with Master’s Degree or Above 80.0 80.0 75.8Classroom Teacher Attendance, 2007-08: Average # of Days 10.6 10.6 9.0Absent Due to Illness or Personal Time% Assigned to Same School the Previous Year 85.0 85.0 86.7HOME AND SCHOOL COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORTTeacher E-Mail Addresses: All teachers at this school have been issued e-mail addresses.Online Homework Information: A portion of the school's website is devoted to homework pages.The following narrative about how this school promotes and supports parental involvement was submitted by this school.The Madison Public Schools and the Walter C. Polson Middle School are committed to a strong school–homecommunication with parents and families.The Madison Public Schools Infoline and the Walter C. Polson Infoline are designed to electronically communicateinformation related to district and school news and events including emergency school closures, delays, and earlydismissals. Parents sign up annually through the district website. Additionally, the Polson Infoline is used to keepparents informed and to recruit volunteers for a variety of school sponsored activities.The district and the school are committed to making school-home communication an ongoing process and not anevent. The results have been very positive. At Polson each teacher is encouraged to create their own website whichcan be accessed from the school website. This allows parents and students to preview upcoming classroom eventsand assignments. During 2008-2009 a very high percentage of the Polson teaching faculty had their own website.Each teacher is equipped with a teacher computer and an e-mail account which they can access from home. E-mailhas been the communication tool of choice for most parents and teachers. Additionally, each teacher is given avoice mailbox that they can access from school and home to receive and respond to parent messages.Additionally, to strengthen school–home communication, progress reports are sent at the midpoint of each trimesterand report cards are sent home every twelve weeks. Polson also hosts evening events for parents in the fall and inthe spring, PTO meetings are held monthly with the principal in attendance, the school website serves as aninformational center for parents (the Polson PTO has a link from the school’s homepage) and parent mailings aresent on a regular basis. Parents are encouraged to join a variety of PTO sub-committees on a voluntary basis. Astrong school–home communication plan is a priority for the Madison Public Schools and the Walter C. PolsonMiddle School.
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