Cumberland+Hill+Elementary

__**School descriptions:**__ ** “ **** We believe… **

· ** All students have the ability to learn and achieve **.

· ** That a safe and secure school is the best environment for teaching and learning. **

· ** It is necessary for students and staff to feel supported and be encouraged to take risks in their learning **.

· ** School, parents and community are partners in providing opportunities for students to become responsible citizens **.

· ** Decision making is a shared endeavor among partners. **

· ** Emerging technologies and supporting resources should be available to the entire learning community. ** (“John J. McLaughlin Cumberland Hill School | Cumberland School Department,” n.d.) Above is the beliefs of John J McLaughlin elementary school. the beliefs show that the school is dedicated to making sure all students can achieve their goals by providing save environments for teaches and students so that they can all be productive members of the community. This school is a public elementary located in the Cumberland school district. I hope to inform the residents of Cumberland about the teachers, the test scores and the safety of the J.J.M. elementary school. with this information they can make an informed decisions on what they think this school would do for their family.


 * teachers:**

The teachers at JJM are all highly qualified and none of them have emergency certificates. This is different than the state average witch 1% of teachers have emergency certificates and 3% of teachers are not highly qualified. (“InfoWorks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting - RIDE.ri.gov,” n.d.) According to no child left behind 2005 fact sheet. a highly qualified teacher has a bachelors degree has passes all state tests for certificates and is proficient in the subject areas they teach. (“New No Child Left Behind Flexibility,” 2005 ) The teacher student ratio is one teacher for every thirteen kids, which is slightly higher than the teacher ratio for the state which, is one teacher for every eleven kids. This allows for the teachers to spend more time with kids individually because there is more teachers per student. Overall the teachers at JJM are very qualified to teach. (“InfoWorks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting - RIDE.ri.gov,” n.d.) The table above is from the info works website and states the percentage of proficient students on the NECAP in each subject area and how that percentage compares to the state. the NECAP is a common assessment given to students to gauge how well the school is doing. JJM is above the state percentages in all areas except for 5th grade writing. There highest percentile is 3rd grade reading which is 95% of the students are proficient in reading. this compared to the state average of 70% of students are proficient in reading. (“InfoWorks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting - RIDE.ri.gov,” n.d.)
 * test scores:**
 * || ** Year ** || ** % Proficient School ** || ** % Proficient State ** ||
 * 3rd Grade Math || 2012-13 || 75% || 60% ||
 * 3rd Grade Reading || 2012-13 || 95% || 70% ||
 * 4th Grade Math || 2012-13 || 80% || 65% ||
 * 4th Grade Reading || 2012-13 || 82% || 69% ||
 * 4th Grade Science || 2011-12 || 66% || 45% ||
 * 5th Grade Math || 2012-13 || 78% || 62% ||
 * 5th Grade Reading || 2012-13 || 80% || 72% ||
 * 5th Grade Writing || 2012-13 || 41% || 59% ||  ||

**school safety:** 95% of students feel save in school and 80% feel safe walking outside school this is from a survey that the student directly took so therefore this information is how the students feel. 7 % of student have been robbed at school as opposed to the 16% in the state of students that have been robbed at school. 10.9% of students reported getting into a fight this year and 13.7% is the state average for students fighting amongst them self’s. in the school year 2011-2012 there were no suspensions at JJM elementary school but there was 2916 suspensions state wide. This info leads me to believe that this is a safe school compares to the rest of the state there fore the students can focus on learning instead of focusing on there safety. (“InfoWorks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting - RIDE.ri.gov,” n.d.) the information in this report touches on just some areas of J.J.M. Cumberland Hill elementary school's environment. the teachers at J.J.M are all highly qualified and there is also a lower student to teacher ratio at this school. the school id doing better than the state on the NECAP in all topics except for fifth grader writing. Almost all of the students feel safe in the school and there are also not many suspensions in this school. with this information I hope that you and your family's can uses it to make the correct choice for your young students and where the best school for them is.
 * summary:**
 * Works cited:**

InfoWorks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting - RIDE.ri.gov. (n.d.). //info works//. Retrieved October 28, 2013, from []

John J. McLaughlin Cumberland Hill School | Cumberland School Department. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2013, from [] New No Child Left Behind Flexibility: Highly Qualified Teachers. (2005, December 19). Pamphlets. Retrieved November 8, 2013, from []