JAMES F. DOUGHTY SCHOOL

HIGHLIGHTS: 2018-2019

Academic Excellence for All

Scholastic Reading Inventory:  

1. 50% Proficient/Advanced Level – Increase of 10%

               Spring                                                                        Fall

  36 Students – Advanced Level (9%) 1                   7 Students – Advanced Level (4%)

155 Students – Proficient Level (41%)                136 Students – Proficient Level (36%)

 

     2.  45% Economically Disadvantaged meeting proficiency/Advanced level 

                         Fall Testing – 68 Proficient/Advanced

                         Spring Testing – 76 Proficient/Advanced

                        (12 students moved from Below Basic/Basic to Proficient/Advanced)

EOY Math Assessments:  Students scoring above 80%

                              Grade 6: 57%

                             Grade 7: 66% 

                             Grade 8: 70% 

 Accelerated Classes:

1. Grade 6 – 29% Enrolled in one or more accelerated classes. 

                         130 Students

                          Accelerated Math: 30 = 23.08% 

                          Accelerated ELA:   25 = 19.23%

                        # Of Accelerated Courses per student:

                         1 Course 22 = 16.92%

                         2 Courses 16 = 12.31%

                       # Of students taking 1 or more accelerated courses:

                                                                38= 29.23%

 

2.      Grade 7 – 37% Enrolled in one or more accelerated classes.

                        118 Students

                       Accelerated Math: 36 = 30.51% 

                      Accelerated ELA:   26 = 22.03%

                      Accelerated Science: 26 = 22.03%

                      Accelerated S.S.: 29 = 24.58

                    # Of Accelerated Courses per student:

                      1 Course 15 = 12.71%

                      2 Courses 5 = 4.24%

                      3 Courses 4 = 3.39%

                      4 Courses 20 = 16.95%

                   # Of students taking 1 or more accelerated courses:

                                                                  44 = 37.29%

3.           Grade 8 – 54% Enrolled in one or more accelerated classes.

                            127 Students

                             Accelerated Math: 41 = 32.28% 

                             Accelerated ELA:   21 = 16.54%

                             Accelerated Science: 32 = 25.20%

                             Accelerated S.S.: 27 = 21.26%

                             Foreign Language: 52 = 40.94%

                           # Of Accelerated Courses per student:

                            1 Course 25 = 19.69%

                            2 Courses 16 = 12.60%

                            3 Courses 4 = 3.15%

                            4 Courses 11 = 8.66%

                            5 Courses 12 = 9.45%

                          # Of students taking 1 or more accelerated courses:

                                                                         68 = 53.54%

Grades 6-8    150/375 = 40%

• • During the 2018-19 school year, 61 Students received trophies at the Academic Awards Ceremony.
  • 20 Students attended the American Mathematics Competition held at EMCC.

 

• Students had multiple opportunities to SKYPE with the authors of school wide reads.

 

• 20 Students attended the MLTI conference at the University of Maine. 
• Several student artists had their artwork selected to be part of the Our Student Art Exhibit at the Bangor Mall.

Professional Excellence

Highlights

 

The professionalism, versatility and ability of our teachers continue to be a strength of our school.

• 87% of the faculty holds advanced college/university degrees.
• James F. Doughty faculty continued their professional development enrolling in summer courses as well as completing classes during the first and second semesters.
• Doughty teachers, guidance, and administrators completed many hours of training, then successfully implemented and administered the Maine Educational Assessments both in reading and mathematics.

JFDS took part in the Community of Kindness Challenge & provided students and teachers alike opportunities to recognize kindness throughout the school. 

• JFDS parents re-established the JFDS Bulldog Boosters, meeting monthly and becoming a regular presence at school events.
• Mrs. O’Reilly, school counselor, represented the Bangor School Department at the Second Step Leadership Institute in Seattle, WA. The BSD was awarded a federal STOP grant to fund the Second Step for Middle School curriculum — a social and emotional learning program designed to develop executive-function skills for self-regulation and social-emotional competence.
• Mrs. Kennedy was 1 of 18 educators from across America to have been selected to participate in Memorializing the Fallen. This program is sponsored by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum. She will attend lectures, participate in discussion, and research a service member who never returned.  Mrs. Kennedy will venture to Europe for three weeks to “tell the story” of a veteran during World War I.
• 100% of content area teachers implemented the use of the Read Aloud in class.
• Several faculty and Staff were recertified in CPR and First Aid 

Environment for Success

Student and Program Recognitions

 A variety of commendations were received by students and school groups during 2018-19, one indicator of the Environment for Success.

• C & L Aviation donated 100 jackets and delivered them to JFDS.  CEO Chis Kilgour & Company also sponsored 20 families for Thanksgiving meals and baskets.
• JFDS Chorus visited Vine St. School and sang several songs honoring Veterans Day.
• JFDS hosted a dinner for 80 parents/students involved with the school-wide read of “The Trail”. Two guest speakers discussed their adventures of walking and climbing the Appalachian Trail (both of which went to Bangor High School) and skyped with the author of the book, Mexica Hashimoto.
• The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Bangor School Department on a day long tour of Chamber member businesses.  The goal of the trip was to inform and excite students about their future and the career opportunities available in our community.

• The JFDS Field Hockey Team attended a BHS varsity field hockey to lend support and cheer the team to victory.
• Mrs. Wright & Mrs. O’Reilly took 10 students on a “Beauty Day” to the Empire Beauty School.  The students were thrilled and full of cheer and happiness.

• Maine Space Day provided astronaut educator, Brian Ewerson, who presented an assembly titled “Living and Working Together on the ISS” to all students. It covered the challenges and benefits of working on the ISS with partners from 16 nations.
• JFDS practiced 10 fire drills, 4 lockdowns, 1 drop, cover and hold, and 1 evacuation drill to ensure safety procedures and protocols were in place and understood by the students and staff. 

Quality Instructional Program

• The CASE Team worked endlessly on monitoring absenteeism.  They monitored a group of 38 students. 50% of the students made attendance gains, including two students who made gains of more than 30 days each.
• Mobility Rate – 46%   (New 93 – Moved 83; 176 Students)
• Curriculum Development          
• Grade 6 students attended the Challenger Learning Center.
• Teachers from JFD/Cohen continued work on a Science & Social Studies
• Multiple teachers revised the Math Universal Screening Tool.

Next Steps

• Implementation of the Elevate Science series Grade 6-8
• Economically disadvantage students will demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in proficiency (SRI) by June 2020 when compared to October 2019 performance.
• Decrease the percentage of students not achieving proficiency on the District Math Fluency Assessment by 10% when comparing the Fall 2019 Assessment with the Spring 2020 Assessment.
• 80% of students will score 3 or better on the End of Year Writing Assessment.
• 100% of JFDS teachers will be trained and use best practice in literacy.
• 100% of JFDS teachers will implement the language Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning where appropriate in their content area.
• JFDS will meet or exceed the 2019-2020 daily average attendance mark of 95%.