OCEAN BAY ELEMENTARY 950 International Drive Myrtle Beach, SC PK-5 Elementary School

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1 OCEAN BAY ELEMENTARY 950 International Drive Myrtle Beach, SC Grades Enrollment PK-5 Elementary School 1,107 Students Principal Nancy Ward Superintendent Dr. Cynthia Elsberry Board Chair Will Garland THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ANNUAL SCHOOL 2011 REPORT CARD RATINGS OVER 5-YEAR PERIOD YEAR ABSOLUTE RATING GROWTH RATING 2011 Excellent Excellent 2010 Excellent Excellent 2009 Excellent Good 2008 Good Below Average 2007 Good Average DEFINITIONS OF SCHOOL RATING TERMS Excellent School performance substantially exceeds the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision Good School performance exceeds the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision Average School performance meets the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision Below Average School is in jeopardy of not meeting the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision At-Risk School performance fails to meet the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision SOUTH CAROLINA PERFORMANCE VISION By 2020 all students will graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to compete successfully in the global economy, participate in a democratic society and contribute positively as members of families and communities.

2 Percent of Student PASS Records Matched for Purpose of Computing Growth Rating Percent of students tested in whose test scores were located 92.4 ABSOLUTE RATINGS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS LIKE OURS* Excellent Good Average Below Average At-Risk * Ratings are calculated with data available by 11/09/2011. Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) English/Language Arts Mathematics Met Not Met Science Social Studies Met Not Met Writing Met Not Met Our school Elementary schools with Students Like Ours * Elementary schools with Students Like Ours are elementary schools with poverty indices of no more than 5 above or below the index for the school. Definition of Critical Terms "" means the student demonstrated exemplary performance in meeting the grade level standard. Met "Met" means the student met the grade level standard. Not Met "Not Met" means that the student did not meet the grade level standard.

3 School Profile Our School Change from Last Year Elementary Schools with Students Like Ours Median Elementary School Students (n=1,107) First graders who attended full-day kindergarten No Change Retention rate 1.4 Up from Attendance rate 95.2 No Change Served by gifted and talented program 26.5 Up from With disabilities other than speech 4.8 Down from Older than usual for grade 0.5 Down from Out-of-school suspensions or expulsions for violent and/or criminal offenses Teachers (n=68) 0.2 Down from Teachers with advanced degrees 48.5 Down from Continuing contract teachers 88.2 Up from Teachers returning from previous year 86.3 Down from Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from Average teacher salary* $48,678 Up 4.5 $48,426 $46,773 Professional development days/teacher 17.2 days Up from 15.9 days 9.6 days 10.5 days School Principal's years at school 4.0 Up from Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Up from 19.5 to to to 1 Prime instructional time 88.3 Up from Opportunities in the arts Good No Change Good Good SACS accreditation Yes No Change Yes Yes Parents attending conferences 99.8 Up from Character development program Excellent Up from Good Excellent Excellent Dollars spent per pupil** $7,475 Down 3.9 $6,923 $7,447 Percent of expenditures for instruction** 68.6 Up from Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries** 64.3 Up from * Includes current year teachers contracted for 185 or more days. ** Prior year audited financial data are reported.

4 Report of Principal and School Improvement Council OBE turned five years old this school year! Our enrollment surpassed 1100 students and reached our highest enrollment of 1114 students at the end of year! OBE full-time staff includes 75 certified professional staff, 25 instructional support staff, and seven administrative support staff members. In addition, we have four part-time intervention specialists, three itinerant specialists, and numerous parent volunteers who provide instructional support! The district technology initiative equipped our remaining instructional spaces with Smart Boards. This has allowed all classrooms to have access to a Smart Board for instruction this year. The PTO sponsored several family events during the year Hawaiian Family Luau to kick off the year, First Annual Monster Mash in October, OBE Faculty Follies and Basket Auction in February, and annual field days for students at the end of the year. The SIC continues the effort to engage and inform our parents as learning partners. Activities included a New Parent Night in September to address questions and concerns of parents who are new to our school, OBE Parent University workshops during the month of October to introduce parents to the instructional curricular programs and academic expectations so that they can support their children s academic growth, and Parent Conference Week in November to encourage all parents to establish a learning partnership with the school. Also, the Ocean Bay Elementary and Middle School SIC s co-sponsored an Internet Safety workshop for parents. Our Grade 3 teachers implemented a new core reading program to extend the literacy curriculum initiated last school year. Teachers developed and provided literacy-based work stations to support their students in developing their individual reading skills. Teachers also provided small group targeted instruction in math. Students participated in daily problem solving and hands-on math activities in addition to the Everyday Math instruction. Elementary students enhanced their content knowledge in Social Studies and Science through note-booking and content emersion days. The OBE Technology club participated in the second annual HCS Technology Fair receiving 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards. Students also participated in many extra-curricular activities Art Club, Family Art Night and OBE Art Show, OBE Troupe which included all of our drumming performance teams, our choral group and our drama team, Good News Club, and Myrtle Beach Family Fun Run. We started two new student clubs for our elementary students Yearbook Club which created our first student-published yearbook and the Civic Club which sponsored a year-end field study to Washington, D.C. for its members as a culmination to a semester study of citizenship and government. Our Media Specialist offered several reading programs for our students during the year to promote the love of reading. We celebrated reading goals each semester with school-wide reading days. Ocean Bay Elementary was again recognized by the state with the Palmetto Gold Award for academic achievement and recognized for the first time with the Palmetto Gold Award for closing the achievement gap! Nancy Ward, Principal Nils Rauhut, SIC Chairperson Evaluations by Teachers, Students and Parents Teachers Students* Parents* Number of surveys returned Percent satisfied with learning environment Percent satisfied with social and physical environment Percent satisfied with school-home relations * Only students at the highest elementary school grade level and their parents were included.

5 No Child Left Behind School Adequate Yearly Progress This school met 18 out of 21 objectives. The objectives included student performance, graduation rate or student attendance, and participation in the state testing program. Definition: As required by the United States Department of Education, Adequate Yearly Progress specifies that the statewide target is met for "All Students" and for the following subgroups: Racial/Ethnic, Subsidized Meals, Disability, and Limited English Proficiency in the areas of English/Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as meeting the statewide target for "All Students" for attendance or graduation rate. School Improvement Status NO School Improvement Key NI CSI CA RP R DELAY HOLD Newly Identified-The school missed adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two years. Sanction: Offer school choice. Continuing School Improvement-The school missed AYP for three years. Sanctions: Continue school choice and implement supplemental services. Corrective Action-The school missed AYP for four years. Sanction: Continue school choice and supplemental services. The school district takes a corrective action. Plan to Restructure-Sanctions: Continue school choice and supplemental services. Develop a plan to restructure. If the school misses AYP the next year, the school implements the restructuring plan. Restructure-The school missed AYP after two years of corrective action. Sanctions: Implement the restructuring plan. Continue school choice and supplemental services. The school met AYP in all subgroups and the indicator for one year, thus the delay provision applies. The school remains in the same status as last year and is referred to as in "Delay." The school made progress for one year in the subject area that identified the school for school improvement. The school remains in the same status as last year and is referred to as in "Hold." Teacher Quality and Student Attendance Our District State Classes in low poverty schools not taught by highly qualified teachers Classes in high poverty schools not taught by highly qualified teachers Our School State Objective Met State Objective Classes not taught by highly qualified teachers No Student attendance rate ** Yes * Or greater than last year

6 PASS Performance By Group Enrollment 1st Day of Testing Tested Not Met Met School Met or * District Met or * State Met or * Performance Objective Met Participation Objective Met English/Language Arts - State Performance Objective = 79.4 (Met or ) All Students Yes Yes Gender Male N/A N/A Female N/A N/A Racial/Ethnic Group White Yes Yes African American Yes Yes Asian/Pacific Islander I/S I/S Hispanic I/S I/S American Indian/Alaskan 4 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Disability Status Disabled No Yes Migrant Status Migrant N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A I/S 68.9 N/A N/A English Proficiency Limited English Proficient I/S I/S Socio-Economic Status Subsidized meals Yes Yes Mathematics - State Performance Objective = 79.0 (Met or ) All Students Yes Yes Gender Male N/A N/A Female N/A N/A Racial/Ethnic Group White Yes Yes African American No Yes Asian/Pacific Islander N/AV N/AV N/AV I/S I/S Hispanic I/S I/S American Indian/Alaskan 4 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Disability Status Disabled No Yes Migrant Status Migrant N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A I/S 77.6 N/A N/A English Proficiency Limited English Proficient I/S I/S Socio-Economic Status Subsidized meals Yes Yes * Adjusted to account for natural variation in performance.

7 PASS Performance By Group Enrollment 1st Day of Testing Tested Not Met Met School Met or District Met or State Met or Science All Students Gender Male Female Racial/Ethnic Group White African American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan 3 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Disability Status Disabled Migrant Status Migrant N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A I/S 42.9 English Proficiency Limited English Proficient Socio-Economic Status Subsidized meals Social Studies All Students Gender Male Female Racial/Ethnic Group White African American Asian/Pacific Islander N/AV N/AV N/AV Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan 2 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Disability Status Disabled Migrant Status Migrant N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A I/S 53.8 English Proficiency Limited English Proficient Socio-Economic Status Subsidized meals

8 PASS Performance By Group Enrollment 1st Day of Testing Tested Not Met Met School Met or District Met or State Met or School Attendance Rate District Attendance Rate Writing All Students Gender Male Female Racial/Ethnic Group White African American Asian/Pacific Islander 3 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Hispanic 7 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S American Indian/Alaskan 3 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Disability Status Disabled Migrant Status Migrant N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A I/S 40.5 N/A 97.8 English Proficiency Limited English Proficient 8 I/S I/S I/S I/S I/S Socio-Economic Status Subsidized meals

9 PASS Performance By Grade Level Grade Enrollment 1st Day of Testing Tested Not Met Met Met or English/Language Arts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Mathematics N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Science N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

10 PASS Performance By Grade Level Grade Enrollment 1st Day of Testing Tested Not Met Met Met or Social Studies N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Writing N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 N/A N/AV N/A N/A N/A N/A