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Harbor City Elementary

School Information

School Name:     Harbor City Elementary
School Address: 1377 Sarno Road
                            Melbourne, FL 32935
School Phone:    321-254-5534
School Fax:        321-242-6468
Principal:          Barbara A. Belanger
Principal email:Belangerb@brevard.k12.fl.us

Demographics

Number of Students:     470
Number Eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch:  60%
Percent of Limited English Proficient:                 4%
Percent of Special Education:                              25%
Racial/Ethnic Percentages:

  • White                                                       69%
  • Black                                                          8%
  • Hispanic                                                     9%
  • Asian/Pacific Island                                   1%
  • Other                                                        13%

 

Present Student Achievement Data at 3 points along a continuum to demonstrate trends.

Please list source of comparison data:

Percent of Students Passing State Assessments (Harbor City/State)

Grade 3
04-05
H.C./FL
05-06
H.C./FL
06-07
H.C./FL
Math
61/68
72/72
75/74
Reading
72/67
82/85
78/69

 

Grade 4
04-05
H.C./FL
05-06
H.C./FL
06-07
H.C./FL
Math
65/64
73/67
71/69
Reading
78/71
73/66
82/68
Writing
60/82
79/76
85/78

 

Grade 5
04-05
H.C./FL
05-06
H.C./FL
06-07
H.C./FL
Math
36/57
51/57
59/59
Reading
63/66
66/67
72/72
Science
ss:302/322
44/35
49/42

** SS-Scale Score - State had not determined leveling criteria. 

Grade 6
04-05
H.C./FL
05-06
H.C./FL
06-07
H.C./FL
Math
39/47
46/53
34/50
Reading
69/56
73/64
61/62


Please comment on any aspect of the data that you believe is particularly significant.

 Harbor City Elementary improved the overall percentage of students achieving high standards in writing by 25% from 2005-2007.  PLC’s throughout the school with emphasis on Continuous Improvement from Kindergarten through 6th grade helped the school view writing as a whole school process. 

              
Please present additional information that indicates your efforts to build a professional learning community have had a positive impact on students and/or teachers.

Harbor City Elementary made a grade of “C” in 04-05.  At the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year, whole school PLC’s were implemented.  A grade of “A” was achieved in 2005-2006.  PLC’s were continued for the 2006-2007 school year.   A grade of “A” and AYP was achieved at the end of 2006-2007. 

 

Please elaborate upon strategies you have found to be effective in any of the following areas:

1. Monitoring student learning on a timely basis.

Student data is viewed weekly through A+ meeting.  Teachers bring student progression sheets that contain state assessment data, district assessment data, and progress monitoring data to the meetings.  The team works together to come up with intervention and enrichment for individual and groups of students. 

 

2. Creating systems of intervention to provide students with additional time and support for learning.

  • Staggering the 90 minute reading block in different grades to accommodate intensive intervention.
  • Whole school inclusion services to provide ongoing in class support.
  • Title I intervention through “push-in” support. 
  • Teen Trendsetter program to provide reading support for third graders attending after care.
  • Professional development on data analysis and differentiated instructional strategies to effectively utilize teacher instructional time.
  • Rolling Reader one on one and group mentoring to support literacy.
  • Maximum participation and high quality instructors through summer and after school remediation progra

3. Building the capacity of teachers to work as members of high performing collaborative teams who focus the efforts of their team on improved learning for students.

  • Once a month, teachers meet during A+ meeting in PLC’s.  The team comes up with an agenda and goals/strategies notes are given to administration to keep them informed of team discussions. 
  • One in every four faculty meetings are used for vertical team PLC’s to encourage cross grade collaboration and planning for student progression through data. 
  • Release time is given at the end of the teacher day to support staff led book studies on educational topics.  Time is given in faculty meetings to share insights from the book studies with the whole faculty.
  • Harbor City has a cross grade level Reading Leadership Team (RLT) that works together to look at whole school trends and data in reading and make school wide decisions.  Grade levels break off from the RLT and complete the same activities as a grade level. 
  • Plans are being made to implement a Math leadership team for the 2008-2009 school year. 
  • Weekly Technology PLC’s are offered based on teacher need. 

List any awards and recognition garnered by your school

  • Harbor City brought the school grade from a “C” in 2004-2005 to an “A” in 2005-2006. The school was recognized by the Governor as one of the top 100 schools in the State of Florida for the most “year to year” progress. 
  • Florida Department of Recognition (2006) as a Turnaround Principal for increasing the school’s rating by two letter grades in one year. 
  • In 2006-2007 Harbor City made AYP and achieved an “A” grade.