Great Things Happening Report

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Great Things Happening Report 2012‐13 

 

Empowering Excellence   Through Education 

www.ogdensd.org 

STRATEGIC PLAN

Vision Empowering Excellence Through Education

Mission Maximizing educational opportunities for all students, in a safe, nurturing environment.

Values Instruction:

Each individual has the right to be appropriately challenged through a variety of academic and extra-curricular opportunities. All students have access to high quality instruction and are supported in their effort to exceed the basic standards.

Partnerships:

We partner with business, community, and parent organizations in furthering and advancing the mission statement of the district. We promote student participation through community service learning.

Involvement:

We value, encourage, and expect family involvement in our schools. We seek to provide clear, accurate, and effective communication to all stakeholders.

Innovations:

We seek professional development and technology to bring innovative education to our students. We commit the best use of our resources to increase technological advancements

in the educational process. Respect:

We call for respect from all individuals for our students, our employees, our learning environment, and our diverse community.

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GUARANTIES, STANDARDS, & ATTITUDES Our Guaranties: A Guaranty is an undertaking or commitment to answer for the performance of another. We are willing to undertake to answer for the performance of our students to each other, our students, the public, and future students. 1.

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Achievement: a. For the 2012 and 2013 CRT testing years, the district average and school scores will be above the state proficiency average for language arts, math, and science. b. By the 2014 CRT testing year, Ogden will have the highest CRT proficiency scores of districts on the Wasatch Front. c. Every student enrolled in the district for a minimum of 160 days will make at least one year's growth as measured on state CRT exams beginning with the 2012 CRT scores. d. 90% of high school graduates will complete at least two years of post-secondary college or career training beginning in May 2015. e. 95% of Kindergarten through third grade students will be at grade level in reading by May 2013. Attendance: Each school will maintain an average attendance above 93% beginning in the 2011-12 school year. Graduation Rate: The district cohort graduation rate, as calculated by the state, will exceed 90% by the 2012-13 school year. Enrollment: Student/parent choice in-district enrollment will exceed out-district enrollment by the 2013-14 school year. Participation a. 90% of students will participate yearly in some form of extra-curricular activity or performance by 2014. b. All students will participate in community service yearly by May 2013.

Our Standards to Achieve these Guaranties: A Standard is a conspicuous object to mark a rallying point during battle. 1.

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80% of students will master concepts during tier one instruction. a. Lesson objectives will be clearly indicated. b. Formative assessments will be used to measure mastery. c. Lessons will be intentionally designed to assure 80% student mastery during initial instruction. d. Students will be engaged in instruction. Engagement will be monitored and reported. Students not mastering concepts during initial instruction will participate in tier two interventions. a. A minimum of 15% of students will master the concepts as a result of tier two interventions. b. Diagnostic assessments will be administered in reading and math to all students not at grade level. All students will participate in non-fiction writing a minimum of 20 minutes daily.

We are committed to these fundamental precepts: In rallying to our Standard and fulfilling our Guaranties, we are committed to fundamental precepts about the manner in which we function. 1. 2.

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Our Guaranties and Standards are neither negotiable nor discretionary. Every student can learn, succeed and excel in our schools. a. Intelligence, ability, and desire are independent of race, income, or other demographic factor. b. Improved instruction by teachers and improved leadership by principals and by district leaders can improve outcomes for students. We will make no excuses for student performance. We are committed to rigorously reviewing, evaluating, and improving our performance. We will not use poverty, race, funding, morale, or prior history to excuse things within our control. We will fully engage in a new birth of commitment and educational excellence in our District. We know this will take courage, hope and steadfastness. We know that history is not destiny.

Our district is on the move to substantial and permanent improvement of student achievement. Our mission includes a trifecta of proven strategies to fundamentally alter and improve student achievement.

SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE

The first of these strategies is an intense focus on school leadership. Leadership rather than management matters in improving student achievement. Our principals are devoted to increasing student achievement and making professional collaboration result in positive outcomes for students. The second aspect of our fundamental change is a focus on high quality instruction. Research demonstrates that high quality instruction is the single most important factor in student achievement. Improving our instruction to meet the particular needs of our students is essential. Insuring that solid Tier 1 instruction occurs, meaning that eighty percent of children achieve mastery during Tier 1 teaching and re-teaching is an essential measure of success. Because the teachers of this district are masters at instruction, these expectations are achievable. Finally, the third strategy is assessment and analysis. Effective use of assessment data is essential. Until our district obtained a system to monitor and collect data, much of our data collection efforts were wasteful, redundant, and not useful to classroom teachers. In order to be meaningful, assessments must be tied to the rigor expected on end of level tests. When I became superintendent, the routine talk was about a state takeover of Ogden City School District. Because of the substantial improvements we are experiencing, such talk no longer occurs. When I became superintendent, Ogden School District was widely reported as the lowest performing school district in Utah. Ogden School District is no longer in that position. Indeed given the work that teachers, administrators and staff members are performing, at present Ogden School District may be the fastest growing school district, in terms of instructional and student achievement outcomes, and also is well on its way to meeting our guarantie in being the highest performing school district on the Wasatch front for the 2014 assessment season. It is exciting to work with all of you and to be part of these changes.

Ogden is a beautiful city in the heart of Weber County, situated between the spectacular Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Great Salt Lake to the west.

ACCOUNTABILITY

The Ogden area has been recognized nationally as one of the best places to live and raise a family. This metropolitan city is a hub for academic, cultural, and recreational activities. The spirit of cooperation, caring, and hard work that connected the transcontinental railroad here in the late 1800's is the same spirit found in the Ogden City School District today.

Student-Teacher Ratio

Number of schools • • • • •

Elementary Schools Junior High Schools High Schools Alternative High School Youth in Custody School

14 3 2 1 1

• • •

Elementary Junior High High School Total  

7,316 2,610 2,603 12,529

1:25 1:26 1:29

Student Ethnic Population

Student Enrollment Count • • • •

Grades K Grades 1-3 Grades 4-12

• • • • • •

American Indian/Alaskan Native 1.05 % Asian/ Pacific Islander 1.13 % Black 1.27 % Hispanic/Latino 48.21 % Caucasian 46.40 % Multiple Races 1.94 %

SCHOOLS Elementary 737-8900 737-8100 737-7500 737-8000 737-7550 737-7600 737-8200 737-7650 737-8400 737-8300 737-8150 737-8350 737-8950 737-8450

N 1400 North 8 1100 North

5 2nd Street 4 14

Eccles

490 Gramercy 550 22nd Street 1270 Gramercy 373 S. 150 W. 130 N. Eccles 1300 Ninth Street 2563 Monroe 550 E. Canfield Dr. 375 Goddard 2615 Polk 4911 S. 1500 E. 3295 Gramercy 2130 Taylor 3370 Polk

Gramercy

Bonneville (1) Dee (2) Gramercy (3) Heritage (4) Hillcrest (5) Horace Mann (6) James Madison (7) Lincoln (8) Odyssey (9) Polk (10) Shadow Valley (11) T.O. Smith (12) Taylor Canyon (22) Wasatch (13)

15 7th Street

20

325 Gramercy 1396 Liberty 3260 Harrison

3 15

19

High Schools

Harrison Blvd.

737-7900 737-8700 737-7400

Grant Ave.

1080 9th Street 2828 Harrison Blvd. 455 28th Street

Washington Blvd.

20th Street

Wall Ave.

Ben Lomond (17) Ogden (18) Washington (19)

6

12th Street

737-7700 737-7800 737-8600

Monroe Blvd.

Highland (14) Mound Fort (15) Mount Ogden (16)

17

9th Street

Junior High Schools

2 22nd Street

Youth in Custody Mill Creek (20) 790 W. 12th Street Project Surpass (21) 455 28th Street

7

26th Street

625-8775 737-8250

10

28th Street

21

Adult Education

Polk

737-8281

12

Gramercy

32nd Street 9

16 13

36th Street Jackson

Adult Education (21) 455 28th Street

18

11

SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERNS

Ben Lomond High School

Highland Junior High

Bonneville

Ogden High School

Mount Ogden Junior

Mound Fort Junior High

Horace Mann

James Madison

Shadow Valley

Heritage

Dee

Odyssey

T.O. Smith

Hillcrest

Gramercy

Polk

Wasatch

Lincoln

Taylor Canyon

Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier. - Charles F. Kettering

SCHOOL INFORMATION

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CREDIT The Ogden School District shall offer differentiated diplomas to secondary students and adults to include: International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (27 credits) All minimum state core requirements as well as successfully passing all requirements of the IB high school diploma as outlined by the International Baccalaureate organization. This diploma will only be earned at Ogden High School. Required Honors Program Diploma

Honors Diploma (27 credits) Students earning this diploma will meet all minimum state core requirements as well as math proficiency of pre-calculus, equivalent or higher, with a grade B or better; completion of Level 2 foreign language with a grade of B or better; completion of at least six Honor classes (grades 10-12) in the following areas of study: two English/Language Arts; two science and/or social studies, and two Honors elective classes, with a grade B or better in all six Honor classes. Students at Ben Lomond and Ogden High Schools are eligible for this diploma.

Curriculum/subjects Language Arts

4

Mathematics

3

Science Social Studies



Financial Literacy

Fine Arts Health Physical Education



3 2.5 .5 1.5 .5 1.5

Computer Tech

.5

Career/Technical Education

1

Electives

Additional Requirements over and above the TRADITIONAL High School Diploma include:

Units Class of 2013 and beyond

Foreign Language Required credits for graduation

7 2 27

Math Proficiency of Algebra 2 equivalent or higher – with a grade of B or better • Completion of two full years of a foreign language with a grade of B or better (grades 9-12) • Completion of at least 6 Honors classes (grades 10-12) in the following areas of study: • • •

2 English/Language Arts, 2 Science and/or Social Studies and 2 Honors Elective classes – with a grade of B or better in all 6 honor classes

Note: The following course categories will qualify under the Honors Diploma requirements: • Honors • AP - Advanced placement • Concurrent Enrollment • Ed Net • IB – International Baccalaureate

SCHOOL INFORMATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CREDIT (cont.)

Traditional Diploma

Traditional Diploma (27credits) This diploma is currently offered in our two comprehensive high schools. When the district was on the trimester/six period schedule, a student had to earn 30 credits in order to graduate. Now that we have shifted to the A/ B eight period block schedule, a transition period will be put into place to gradually move the students to the 27 credit requirement. Students earning this diploma will meet all minimum state core requirements as well as nine electives.

Curriculum/subjects Language Arts

4

Mathematics

3

Science Social Studies



Financial Literacy

Fine Arts Health Physical Education

Curriculum/subjects

Required Units Class of 2013 and beyond

Language Arts

4

Mathematics

3

Science Social Studies



Financial Literacy

Fine Arts Health Physical Education

3 2.5 .5 1.5 .5 1.5

Computer Tech

.5

Career/Technical Education

1

Electives

6

Required credits for graduation

24

3 2.5 .5 1.5 .5 1.5

Computer Tech

.5

Career/Technical Education

1

Electives

9

Required credits for graduation

Basic Diploma

Required Units Class of 2013 and beyond

27

Basic Diploma (24 credits) This diploma is currently being offered at Washington Alternative High School, and through a transition period, will also be available to students at Ben Lomond and Ogden High Schools who are seniors that will not have enough credits to graduate with the amount needed for a “Traditional” diploma. Students earning this diploma meet all minimum state core requirements as well as six electives.

SCHOOL INFORMATION

Junior High School Activities • • • • • • • • • •

Math, Engineering & Science Achievement (MESA) Ski & Snowboard Chess Club Academic Bowl Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Family, Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Peer Leaders Boys & Girls Soccer, Basketball, Cross Country, and Track Boys Football, Wrestling, and Baseball Girls Volleyball, and Softball

High School Activities • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • •

Bagpipers (@ BLHS) Performing Arts, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Dance, Orchestra, Band, Drama Cheerleaders, Bonnie Lassies (@ BLHS), Tigerettes (@ OHS) Boys and Girls Soccer, Tennis, Cross Country, Basketball, Swimming, Track and Field, and Golf. Boys Football, Wrestling, and Baseball. Girls Volleyball, and Softball. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Health Occupations Student Association (HOSA) Future Teachers Association Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) (Skills USA) Key Club National Honor Society (NHS) Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) French, German, Chess Clubs Interact Club (Rotary) (@ OHS) JROTC

Supplemental Services Many of our supplemental services are unique to our district, using existing funding to sustain these positions. •

Licensed Library Media Specialists in all of our schools, with the exception of one elementary who has a certified library media paraprofessional.



A half-time counselor in each elementary school with many schools finding additional funding to ensure full time assistance.



District Elementary Music Specialists work with our children on developing their knowledge of music.



A full-time Resource Officer in each secondary school to assist in safety issues and to provide for a stronger link in police-community relations.



After-school programs are available in many of our schools as an extension of student learning opportunities as well as providing students with a safe alternative for their time after school hours

SCHOOL INFORMATION

High-ability Student Opportunities •

Junior High Honors Program Students at each of the district’s junior high schools may enroll in honors classes. The purpose of this program is to meet the needs of high ability middle-grade students. Students are challenged with a demanding curriculum and learn to think critically and openly. Students are encouraged to become passionate, life-long learners. Honors courses are available in math, science, language arts, and social science.



High Tech High School Ben Lomond High School is a High Tech High School, with funding supplied to enhance the technology in the school. This provides every teacher with an updated educational technology suite, including LCD projectors, student monitors, and Interwrite boards. They also have a video capabilities where teachers are trained to use video production to enhance the students educational experience. The students can create and display their videos. A wireless system is also available so that students can bring their own devises and connect. There are two portable labs in the English dept for writing.



International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme Students in eleventh and twelfth grade may choose to enroll in a rigorous and challenging International Baccalaureate program at Ogden High School (currently in candidate status with IB International). Students can earn college credit for individual courses or can complete the full diploma and receive 30 university credits. The aim of this program is to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring you people who will create a better world.



Earning University Credit: Advanced Placement (AP) and Concurrent Enrollment High school students may enroll in many advanced placement classes offered at both comprehensive high schools. Upon successful completion of a spring assessment, students qualify for university credit accepted at most universities. Students may also choose to enroll in a concurrent enrollment and earn both high school credit and credit at a local university at the same time.



Earning New High School Credit Many high ability students complete required high school classes on-line or demonstrate competency through an on-line assessment in order to free their schedule to take more elective courses such as music, art, AP courses, or seminary. Online courses are available on the web and can be completed at home at no charge. Competency testing is available by appointment through the assessment department at the district office.

Other Secondary Education Programs: Career and Technical Education (CTE) The career technology program is a 9th-12th grade curriculum that includes direct instruction in areas of family/consumer science, business, technology education, automotive, cabinet making, drafting, machining, marketing, and health occupations. Students involved in the CTE program have the option of receiving instruction at either their junior high school, high school, or at the Applied Technology College. Comprehensive High School Reform Smaller Learning Communities (SLCs) / High Schools that Work (HSTW) Model Ben Lomond and Ogden High Schools have placed themselves into “Smaller Learning Communities” (SLCs). These changes are in response to important and consistent research indicating that students stay in school longer and achieve at higher levels if they participate in a school that provides rigor, relevance, and relationships. These communities help to establish the talents, skills, and goals of each individual student and pairs them in classes and projects with students sharing the same talents. For example, Ogden High offers the following SLCs: Applied Science and Technology, BACH—Business, Arts, Computers and Humanities, Health Science and Human Services. Ben Lomond High offers the following SLCs: 10th Grade, Medical & Arts, Human Services & Business, and Technology. These smaller learning communities have been shown to increase student performance, while at the same time decreasing behavioral issues.

GREAT THINGS HAPPENING

Elementary Themed Schools The Ogden City School District sponsors elementary schools with explicit themes:

Odyssey Elementary—This elementary, which opened in 2007, sponsors an aerospace/science/math theme, grades K-6. It also houses our Astro Camp program and features an after school science club for grades 4-6.

Astro Camp. Located at Odyssey Elementary School, Astro Camp’s mission is to create an environment that promotes educational achievement, encourages goal setting, teaches teamwork skills, and builds self esteem by providing unique hands-on learning experiences and positive role models. Ed and Lois Douglas, directors of Astro Camp for the past twenty years, have implemented many great science and space programs for not only our students, but students within our state, other neighboring states, and even students who come from overseas. Astro Camp began in 1988, with an Alpha Lab at Lynn Elementary School built out of PVC pipe and plastic sheets. This Alpha Lab served the students until in 1993, when they moved to one of the former dormitories located at the 20th Street District Campus. In 2006, the district completed Odyssey Elementary and moved Astro Camp to this new facility. They have served 115,000 students over the past twenty-four years, many of whom have gone into the space and science industry as adults.

Shadow Valley Elementary—This elementary, which opened in 2009 sponsors an environmental science theme, grades K-6. The construction of the school, which is LEED certified, as well as the setting of the school provides both an indoor and outdoor learning environment for students to study the environmental sciences.

Bonneville and T.O. Smith Elementary Schools—These two elementary schools sponsor our dual immersion programs, providing students with being instructed in core subjects in Spanish instruction fifty percent of the school day, and the other fifty percent of the day with instruction in core subjects in English.

Taylor Canyon Elementary School—This elementary sponsors the Accelerated Learning Academy, where students from first through sixth grade (one class per grade) receive accelerated studies in core subjects. They also work on special advanced projects and round out their education with the ALA Choir and play performances.

Education must not simply teach work — it must teach life. W.E.B DuBois (American Civil Rights Leader)

SCHOOL INFORMATION

Accelerated Language Learners (ALL) (aka “Newcomers Program”) The Accelerated Language Learning (ALL) program, which is referred to as the “Newcomers Program,” works as a magnet site within a home school to place Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in a drastically different educational climate from that offered by the regular school program. The ALL program operates on the assumption that LEP newcomer students need a period of adjustment educationally and culturally. They need an emotionally-safe educational atmosphere that fosters rapid language learning, acculturation, and enhancement of self-esteem. ALL program sites include: James Madison Elementary, Mound Fort Junior High, and Ogden High. Key features • A specialized curriculum emphasizes rapid English language acquisition and academic content vocabulary. • Support services are provided such as counseling, tutoring, parent workshops, health services, interpreters, and others. • Individualized attention made possible through a low teacher/student ratio. The result is a more intimate setting and closer communication between staff and students, allowing for easier identification of problems and timely intervention. • Specialized teacher training is an ongoing and important feature of newcomer programs. Teachers participate in professional training and collaboration on a regular basis to familiarize themselves with the most up-to-date research and effective instructional methodologies. • Multicultural education is key. All newcomer programs place a high premium on encouraging students to take pride in their native language and culture.

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) AVID is a researched-based program that prepares students in the academic “middle” for post-high college institutions. These stand alone elective classes teach students to take notes, organize papers, schedule their time, retain facts and reason logically. It has a proven track record in bringing out the best in students, and in closing the achievement gap. AVID targets students earning “middle” grades (B, C, and even D students) who aspire to attend college and work hard. Typically, they will be the first in their families to attend college and many are from low-income or minority families. Their introduction to college includes admission criteria, financial aid and student life. It brings in undergraduate tutors and sponsors field trips to local colleges. AVIDs goal is to enroll these students in college preparatory coursework. Program objectives are listed below: · Increase the participation of low income and minority students in college preparatory programs · Increase student achievement as measured by term grades and Utah’s mandated assessments · Increase student attendance rates · Increase student enrollment in post-secondary institutions · Close the achievement gap between ethnic/low socio-economic status students and their peers.

Project Lead the Way (PLW). Project Lead the Way, is a high school Career Technology Education program that sets the pathway for students to move to post-high school education towards engineering and technology degrees. Project Lead the Way is taught at Ben Lomond and Ogden High Schools. The program at Ben Lomond offers all PLW courses while the program at Ogden High offers more limited PLW courses.

ASSESSMENT

The Utah State Office of Education has developed the Utah Comprehensive Accountability System (UCAS) to better determine school performance. UCAS incorporates the following design principles: • Promote progress and achievement of college and career readiness • Value both meeting standards (proficiency) and improving academic achievement (growth) • All schools, including those that serve traditionally low performing students, should have an opportunity to demonstrate success • Strong incentives for schools to improve achievement for the lowest performing students • Growth expectations for non-proficient student are linked to attaining proficiency • Growth expectations for all students, including students above proficiency, should be appropriately challenging and meaningful • Clear and understandable to stakeholders Under the UCAS framework every school can earn a total of 600 points. Of the 600 points, 300 of those points are allocated for achievement and the other 300 points are allocated for growth. The Ogden School District has much to celebrate as success has been realized in areas of achievement and growth. Of particular note are the great strides our students have made in their academic growth as represented in the following graph:

ASSESSMENT

We are also witnessing our students’ growth translate into better proficiency scores as noted below:

Adding growth and proficiency together give us the overall point total for each of our schools.

ASSESSMENT

In addition to the great things that are happening as reported by UCAS 2012, we are experiencing greater numbers of students who are proficient from year to year.

We will continue to see great strides in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead as we all work together for the benefit of our students.

MAXIMIZING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

GRANTS The Ogden School District has benefited by receiving many grants in the past few years that work towards “Closing the Achievement Gap.”

Full Service Community School Grant This grant will mobilize community partners to strengthen families. Located at Mound Fort Junior High School, this grant will integrate school and community based services to address the academic needs of students and families throughout the city. The community center will target basic health needs, mutual respect and collaboration, and community engagement so students have a supportive foundation for academic achievement. GEAR UP Grant The goals of this grant will increase post-secondary participation, academic performance, rate of high school graduation, students’ and families’ knowledge of post-secondary education options, educational expectations and planning activities of project students (this year’s ninth grade students who will be followed through from their seventh grade to the end of the their twelfth grade year). Various required activities will include AVID and My Access tutoring, after school tutoring for core subjects, creation of a teen center hosted by Ogden City School District and the Boys and Girls Club, increase of student participation in Youth Impact, strengthen WSU Student-to-Student partnerships, and develop student extracurricular clubs at teen centers and the Core Subject Summer Academies, etc. School and Community in Ogden Partnering for Excellence (SCOPE) This program will provide seven services to 200 families: early childhood education, community service – service learning, mentoring – youth development, primary health and dental care, parental involvement – family literacy, adult education – ESL instruction, and job training – career counseling. SCOPE will be fun but educational as it builds parental involvement and family literacy incorporating games, speakers, make-and-take nights, and teaching families to play together.

COLLABORATION

Ogden School Foundation The mission of the Ogden School Foundation is to enhance educational opportunities for the students of the Ogden City School District. They accomplish this mission by: • Motivating and providing opportunities for students, District employees, and community members to expand their commitment to education; • Enhancing educational services and opportunities offered by the District through programs including, but not limited to: ♦ Mini-Grants ♦ Incentives of Excellence ♦ Major Grant Projects ♦ Variety of Other Projects; • Soliciting resources from foundations, businesses, individuals and other appropriate sources; • Planning and carrying out fundraising events; and • Understanding the District’s strategic plan and promoting and implementing activities consistent with that plan. Partners in Education • Advantage Realty • All State Insurance • Alliance Credit Union • AR Aluminum • Autozone • Axiom Financial • Beehive Cheese • Blaine’s Plumbing & Heating • Blair’s Chevron • Burton Law Firm • Children’s Treehouse Museum • Caldwell Real Estate • Centennial Bank • COSTCO

Partners in Education (cont.) • Del Taco • Dinner’s Ready • Eastern Winds • EDA Architects • Education 1st Credit Union • Extreme Cleaning • Felt Auto • Gardens Assisted Living • General Growth Properties (Newgate Mall) • Goldenwest Credit Union • Grizzly Graphics • Harmon’s (Harrisville) • Healthy Housekeeping • Hogan & Assoc. Construction • Hughes Construction • Jasoh’s • Ken Garff • Key Bank • Kinko-Fed Ex • Leavett’s Mortuary • Les Olsen • Lindquist Mortuary • Lowe’s • Macey’s • McDonald’s, Ogden • MHTN Architects • No. Utah Surgeons • O.L. Price Trucking • Office Depot • Ogden Nature Center • Ogden Nature Center • Papa Johns • Peddlers Catering • Pepsi-Cola • Pizza Hut • PPC • Premium Creamies • RC Willey’s • Richards Bott Architects

Partners in Education (cont.) • Ridgeview Dental • Sam’s Club • Sources • Stop-n-Shop • Subway • Swanson Foundation • Ted Godfrey, Attorney at Law • The Chiropractic Health Center • Timbermine Restaurant • Total Shirt Imaging • Treehouse Children’s Museum • VCBO Architects • WalMart, Harrisville & Riverdale • Wangsgards • Warren’s Restaurant • Wisebird Bookery • Xerox Community Partnerships • Boys & Girls Clubs • Chamber of Commerce • Deseret News • Eccles Conference Center • Enable Industries • Futures Through Training • Interfaith Works! • Kiwanis Club • Marshal White Center • Ogden Ice Sheet • Ogden Symphony Ballet • Red Cross of Northern Utah • Rotary Club • Salt Lake Tribune • Standard Examiner • Utah Immigration Services • Utah Symphony and Opera • YMCA • Your Community Connection

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” - Marian Wright Edelman

Educational Partnerships Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium (NUCC) • Ogden Area Community Action Program (OACAP) • Ogden Weber Applied Technology College (OWATC) • University of Utah • Utah State Office of Educ. • Weber State University



COLLABORATION

Government Partnerships • Ogden City Corporation • State of Utah • United States Government • Weber County Government Medical/Social Partnerships • Catholic Community Services • Child Abuse Prevention Center • Exchange Club • Family Community Resource Center • Family Support Center • Juvenile Justice Center • Kier Management • Marshal White Center • McKay-Dee Hospital • Mid-Town Health Center • Ogden Housing Authority • Ogden Regional Medical Center • Ogden Rescue Mission • Salvation Army • St. Anne’s Shelter • United Way of Northern Utah • Utah Farm Worker’s Health • Washington Height’s Baptist Church Volunteer Organizations Partnerships • America READS • AmeriCorps • Foster Grandparents • Retired Senior Volunteers • Volunteer Services Advisory Council

Weber State University Partnerships Weber State University and the Ogden School District are in many partnerships which are available to our employees and students:



Educational Talent Search: In partnership with Ben Lomond and Ogden High Schools, and Mound Fort and Mount Ogden Junior High Schools, the project will serve six hundred students. Over fifty percent of the students at these targeted schools are low-income and potentially first-generation college attendees. As a whole, the students have had very limited exposure to the possibility of attending college due to the lack of academic support services, college admission, financial aid information and career exploration which clearly speaks to the need for a Talent Search project in this area. The Educational Talent Search Project will provide these students with support services that represent a real opportunity to complete high school and gain admission and enroll in an institution of post-secondary education and receive financial aid and/or a scholarship.



TAPT (Teacher Assistant Path to Teaching): This partnership allows employees of the school district to go back to school to earn their teaching certificate. The program has a reputation of graduating highly qualified and fully prepared teacher candidates in the areas of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and English as a Second Language.



Lab Schools: Polk, T.O. Smith, Grandview, and Wasatch Elementary Schools host the laboratory school project. These Lab Schools were developed to allow Level 3 students in the School of Education the opportunity to work with experienced teachers and their students. It is a fantastic chance for both the Level 3 students and our teachers to learn from each other while teaching real students in a classroom setting. Elementary teachers help guide and support the Level 3 students. WSU professors observe their students teaching the lessons required as well as their interaction with elementary students.



America Reads: WSU students may apply for a Work Study position that allows prospective educators to be paid for helping elementary students learn to read. These tutors may work from 1620 hours per week depending on their work study account and their university schedule.



WSU Student-to-Student Partnership Since 2003, the Student-to-Student program has been a pipeline partnership between Ogden City School District and Weber State University, serving students in a selected elementary and junior high school, and the two high school’s. Student mentors from the University go to the selected classrooms to present career-oriented information and to tutor. The district students visit the University campus twice a year and participate in two other social activities on campus with their parents. Twelfth grade students from Ben Lomond and Ogden High Schools participate in informational sessions and parent nights offered at the high schools, and visit the WSU campus to familiarize themselves with campus programs and services. The end result of working with the twelfth graders would be to have those students ready to attend the University in the fall following their high school graduations.

Empowering Excellence Through Education 

Board of Education Shane B. Story Jennifer Zundel Don E. Belnap Jeff Harris Steve Marker Jeffrey Heiner Joyce Wilson

President Vice President Board Member Board Member Board Member Board Member Board Member

Brad C. Smith Eugene N. Hart

Superintendent Business Administrator

For more information concerning the Ogden School District, go to www.ogdensd.org

The Ogden School District does not discriminate on the The Ogden School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability.  basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability.