REVISED 3-13-06
2005-2006 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program
U.S. Department of Education
Cover Sheet Type of School: (Check all that apply) X Elementary ___ Middle __ High __ K-12 __Charter
Name of Principal Mr. Charles Holland______
(Specify: Ms., Miss, Mrs., Dr., Mr., Other) (As it should appear in the official records)
Official School Name Victoriano Elementary School______
(As it should appear in the official records)
School Mailing Address 25650 Los Cabos Drive______
(If address is P.O. Box, also include street address)
Moreno Valley, CA 92551______
City State Zip Code+4 (9 digits total)
County Riverside______State School Code Number* 33-75242-6108047______
Telephone ( 951 ) 485-6245 Fax ( 951 ) 490-0395
Website/URL valverde.edu E-mail
I have reviewed the information in this application, including the eligibility requirements on page 2, and certify that to the best of my knowledge all information is accurate.
Date______
(Principal’s Signature)
Name of Superintendent* Dr. C. Fred Workman______
(Specify: Ms., Miss, Mrs., Dr., Mr., Other)
District Name Val Verde Unified Tel. ( 951 ) 940-6100
I have reviewed the information in this application, including the eligibility requirements on page 2, and certify that to the best of my knowledge it is accurate.
Date______(Superintendent’s Signature)
Name of School Board
President/Chairperson Mrs. D. “Shelly” Yarbrough______
(Specify: Ms., Miss, Mrs., Dr., Mr., Other)
I have reviewed the information in this package, including the eligibility requirements on page 2, and certify that to the best of my knowledge it is accurate.
Date______
(School Board President’s/Chairperson’s Signature)
*Private Schools: If the information requested is not applicable, write N/A in the space.
PART I ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION
[Include this page in the school’s application as page 2.]
The signatures on the first page of this application certify that each of the statements below concerning the school's eligibility and compliance with U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) requirements is true and correct.
1. The school has some configuration that includes grades K-12. (Schools with one principal, even K-12 schools, must apply as an entire school.)
2. The school has not been in school improvement status or been identified by the state as "persistently dangerous" within the last two years. To meet final eligibility, the school must meet the state’s adequate yearly progress requirement in the 2005-2006 school year.
3. If the school includes grades 7 or higher, it has foreign language as a part of its core curriculum.
4. The school has been in existence for five full years, that is, from at least September 2000 and has not received the 2003, 2004, or 2005 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools Award.
5. The nominated school or district is not refusing the OCR access to information necessary to investigate a civil rights complaint or to conduct a districtwide compliance review.
6. The OCR has not issued a violation letter of findings to the school district concluding that the nominated school or the district as a whole has violated one or more of the civil rights statutes. A violation letter of findings will not be considered outstanding if the OCR has accepted a corrective action plan from the district to remedy the violation.
7. The U.S. Department of Justice does not have a pending suit alleging that the nominated school, or the school district as a whole, has violated one or more of the civil rights statutes or the Constitution's equal protection clause.
8. There are no findings of violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in a U.S. Department of Education monitoring report that apply to the school or school district in question; or if there are such findings, the state or district has corrected, or agreed to correct, the findings.
PART II DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
All data are the most recent year available.
DISTRICT (Questions 12 not applicable to private schools)
1. Number of schools in the district: __12_ Elementary schools
___3_ Middle schools
_____ Junior high schools
___3_ High schools
___2_ Other
__20_ TOTAL
2. District Per Pupil Expenditure: ___$6,939 ____
Average State Per Pupil Expenditure: ___$7,525 ____
SCHOOL (To be completed by all schools)
3. Category that best describes the area where the school is located:
[ ] Urban or large central city
[ ] Suburban school with characteristics typical of an urban area
[ X ] Suburban
[ ] Small city or town in a rural area
[ ] Rural
4. 4.5 Number of years the principal has been in her/his position at this school.
If fewer than three years, how long was the previous principal at this school?
5. Number of students as of October 1 enrolled at each grade level or its equivalent in applying school only:
Grade / # of Males / # of Females / Grade Total / Grade / # of Males / # of Females / Grade TotalPreK / (10) / (13) / (23) / 7
K / 41 / 41 / 82 / 8
1 / 36 / 54 / 90 / 9
2 / 32 / 39 / 71 / 10
3 / 47 / 50 / 97 / 11
4 / 55 / 41 / 96 / 12
5 / 55 / 45 / 100 / Other
6
TOTAL STUDENTS IN THE APPLYING SCHOOL ® / 536*
*Based on CBEDS data 10/5/06
[Throughout the document, round numbers to avoid decimals.]
6. Racial/ethnic composition of 12 % White
the students in the school: 29 % Black or African American
50 % Hispanic or Latino
8 % Asian/Pacific Islander
1 % American Indian/Alaskan Native
100% Total* *Based on CBEDS data 10/5/05
Use only the five standard categories in reporting the racial/ethnic composition of the school.
7. Student turnover, or mobility rate, during the past year: __28__%* *Oct. 2004-June 2005
[This rate should be calculated using the grid below. The answer to (6) is the mobility rate.]
(1) / Number of students who transferred to the school after October 1 until the end of the year. / 120(2) / Number of students who transferred from the school after October 1 until the end of the year. / 89
(3) / Total of all transferred students [sum of rows (1) and (2)] / 209
(4) / Total number of students in the school as of October 1 / 748
(5) / Total transferred students in row (3) divided by total students in row (4) / .279
(6) / Amount in row (5) multiplied by 100 / 28
8. Limited English Proficient students in the school: 25%
132Total Number Limited English Proficient
Number of languages represented: 7
Specify languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Filipino (Tagalog), German, Samoan, and all Other*
*Based on Language Census, Spring 2005
9. Students eligible for free/reduced-priced meals: 57%
Total number students who qualify: 306* *Based on State Report 10/31/05
If this method does not produce an accurate estimate of the percentage of students from lowincome families or the school does not participate in the federallysupported lunch program, specify a more accurate estimate, tell why the school chose it, and explain how it arrived at this estimate.
10. Students receiving special education services: 9%
48 Total Number of Students Served
Indicate below the number of students with disabilities according to conditions designated in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Do not add additional categories.
____Autism 1 Orthopedic Impairment
____Deafness 1 Other Health Impaired
____Deaf-Blindness 28 Specific Learning Disability
____Emotional Disturbance 18 Speech or Language Impairment
____Hearing Impairment ____Traumatic Brain Injury
____Mental Retardation ____Visual Impairment Including Blindness
____Multiple Disabilities
11. Indicate number of fulltime and parttime staff members in each of the categories below:
Number of Staff*
Full-time Part-Time
Administrator(s) ___1______
Classroom teachers __21______
Special resource teachers/specialists ___2______2___
Paraprofessionals ___2______6___
Support staff ___6______9___
Total number __32______17___
*Based on CBEDS data 10/5/05
12. Average school student-“classroom teacher” ratio, that is, the number of
students in the school divided by the FTE of classroom teachers: __26__
13. Show the attendance patterns of teachers and students as a percentage. The student dropout rate is defined by the state. The student drop-off rate is the difference between the number of entering students and the number of exiting students from the same cohort. (From the same cohort, subtract the number of exiting students from the number of entering students; divide that number by the number of entering students; multiply by 100 to get the percentage drop-off rate.) Briefly explain in 100 words or fewer any major discrepancy between the dropout rate and the drop-off rate. Only middle and high schools need to supply dropout rates and only high schools need to supply drop-off rates.
2004-2005 / 2003-2004 / 2002-2003 / 2001-2002 / 2000-2001Daily student attendance / 95% / 95% / 93% / 92% / 92%
Daily teacher attendance / 93% / 94% / 95% / N/A / N/A
Teacher turnover rate / *24% / *50% / 11% / N/A / N/A
Student dropout rate (middle/high) / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A
Student drop-off rate (high school) / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A
* We are a rapidly growing district and our high turnover rate is due mainly to boundary changes.
PART III SUMMARY
Victoriano Elementary School’s vision is the continual enrichment of our collaborative learning community, using a data-driven, standards-based approach, to ensure ongoing success for all students and staff. Our mission is to provide a safe and disciplined learning environment where our students learn to read with comprehension, write with clarity, and compute with accuracy.
We are a K-5 elementary school located in the suburbs of Moreno Valley near Riverside, California. We are in a residential area where the majority of our students walk to school. We opened in 1989 with approximately 500 students, grew to over 1,000, and currently serve 534 students who speak 11 different languages. We are also home to 40 Head Start and State Preschool students. We have exceptionally high expectations for all of our students and we are extremely proud of their success; success that is a testament to the collaborative nature of the Victoriano staff and the entire community.
In 2001-02, we had an API of 674 and entered our first year of being a Program Improvement School. Over the next two years we exited Program Improvement, raised our API 68 points, far exceeding our API and AYP targets. Last year we raised our API to 780 and received our first Title I Academic Achievement Award. This year we will repeat that accomplishment and we qualified to apply for California Distinguished School.
Our success is the product of the extraordinary efforts of all the stakeholders in the Victoriano community. We are a standards-based, data-driven school working as an interdependent collaborative team on a mission of continuous improvement. We are aided and supported by a PTA, ELAC, and SSC that expects no less and continuously contributes to that end. Our PTA is extremely active and provides our students with assemblies, bussing for field trips, and books for our library through a wide range of community partnerships.
All decisions made at Victoriano are based on the needs of the students as determined by the data. We expect all students to attain proficiency and provide them multiple avenues and opportunities to achieve that. We pride ourselves on the use of technology but have not lost sight of the power of the pencil as we focus on the importance of teaching our students to write with clarity and compute with accuracy. All of our students, regardless of their home language, are provided each and every support necessary for them to acquire the language of learning. We provide an extensive intervention program before, during, and after school that involves almost 200 students. Our teachers employ a wide range of researched-based instructional strategies to meet the academic and language needs of all learners. All staff members participate in ongoing staff development to ensure they maintain the highest level of expertise and collaborate on the most effective implementation of that knowledge for the benefit of all students.
We provide all students with a comprehensive support system to identify and address the needs of the whole child, including students with disabilities, health issues, and emotional needs. We provide an excellent Student Success Team, Special Education, and access to community resources. To help ensure that our students are connected to both the school and the community, we offer a wide range of extracurricular activities including softball, basketball, track, soccer, chess club, band, percussion, music, and choir.
We continually strive to improve, never resting on our laurels or settling for yesterday's successes. We know that if we lose focus for a second, that is where our students will finish. We build tomorrow as we focus on today, always clear on why we’re here— the children. Our incredible staff sees challenges as opportunities and is totally committed to the success of all children. It is not just what we do at Victoriano, it is who we are.
PART IV – INDICATORS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS
1. Assessment Results: Victoriano Elementary School is implementing the district curriculum. The curriculum is the content standards the district has adopted, which are the same as the state adopted content standards in Reading Language Arts and Mathematics. Our school’s assessment results are directly aligned to the content standards. Our school participates in the State Testing and Reporting Program (STAR) and the results are used to monitor students’ progress toward meeting grade level proficiency. Our school also uses district assessments that are aligned to the standards by grade. The results of assessments are used to monitor our students’ progress and to identify areas for improvement in both instructional programs and instructional strategies.
The results of our assessments are also used to monitor disparities that may exist among subgroups of students at the school. A close examination of the percent of our students who are proficient in each of the subgroups indicates that the disparities among our subgroups are closing. Victoriano has not only met all state and federal accountability requirements, we have shown considerable increases in the percent of students school wide who are scoring proficient or advanced over the past four years in both math (from a base score in 2002 of 35% to 62% proficient in 2005) and ELA (from a base score in 2002 of 19% proficient to 45% proficient in 2005).