Lisle 202 Community Mailer - Fall 2022

LISLE 202

LEARNING ASSESSMENT And

mission

OUR Lisle District 202 is committed to providing our learning community with the essential education, skills, and experiences for future success.

We Believe in...

BEING STUDENT FOCUSED

The success of our education system is measured by the success of our students.

EXCELLENCE

We are committed to approaches and practices which maximize the educational impact for students.

EQUITY

We believe in fostering an educational environment that integrates the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Continuous school improvement is necessary to improve student achievement.

ACCOUNTABILITY

We focus on results reflecting and balancing the needs and interests of students and all stakeholders.

TEAMWORK

We work together to achieve District goals.

SERVICE

We believe educators should be responsive to students, parents, and the community.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

Resources must be provided and managed in a fiscally responsible manner.

Community,

In 1972, Lisle Elementary District 70 and High School District 109 consolidated to become “Lisle Community Unit School District 202”. Over the course of the past 50 years, our District has provided more than 6,500 students the essential education, skills, and experiences for their future success. Although much has changed over the past half-century, one thing has remained constant, the shared partnership with families, staff, and community members to make Lisle a wonderful place for students to learn and grow.

On behalf of the Board of Education, it is my pleasure to present the Fall 2022 Community Mailer. Highlighted within these pages are the collective accomplishments of our students and staff, information about our school district’s progress, and how we are working to continue the long tradition of excellence in Lisle 202.

Illinois State Designations

We are #LionProud to share that our commitment to supporting and providing engaging learning experiences to our students this past year resulted in our schools earning ratings in the top two school designation tiers by the Illinois State Board of Education. Lisle Elementary School and Lisle High School were named “Exemplary” schools and Lisle Junior High School was named a “Commendable” school due to the collective efforts of our learning community to support our students.

Learning and Growing

Over the past few years, we have used the unique circumstances presented by the global pandemic to create and expand the ways in which we meet the needs of our students. We learned to leverage technology in new ways to engage students both academically and social-emotionally, reallocated time within the school day to support and challenge students, and reaffirmed the value of in-person interactions for both learning and cultivating relationships. As we return to normal, we are using these lessons to re-evaluate our curriculum and instructional practices to continue to provide valuable, relevant learning opportunities for our students.

Curriculum Evolution

A top priority in our school district is designing a curriculum that assists our students to grow their academic skills and critical thinking skills by incorporating rigorous and relevant learning experiences. To accomplish this, we continually evaluate student performance data and cross-reference with the curricular expectations. These efforts led to the implementation of an updated mathematics curriculum at the elementary and junior high beginning in 2017 and most recently identified the area of English-Language Arts as an area to improve. As a result, this year we are implementing a new English-Language Arts curriculum at the elementary level and are piloting programs for the junior high level for implementation in the 2023-2024 school year. At Lisle High School, our focus continues to be preparing our students for college and career by offering challenging courses across the subject areas as well as honors, Advanced Placement, and dual credit course options.

As we look to the future, we are excited about what is in store for our learning community. Our school district is committed to creating learning experiences that best prepare our students for college and careers and I would like to thank our community for the ongoing partnership in supporting our students and staff. Together, we will no doubt continue to provide valuable learning experiences that engage and challenge our students for the next 50 years.

Sincerely,

Dr. Keith Filipiak Superintendent

curriculum

Lisle District 202 curricula is aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards in grades K-12. These standards establish expectations for what students should know in each grade by subject area. Designed to build as the grades progress, the standards emphasize depth of knowledge and help to guide the curriculum and instruction to provide learning experiences that develop a deep conceptual knowledge of subject area content.

At-a-Glance

Below is a summary of steps taken to both continue and enhance our students’ learning for success in academic settings and beyond.

Grades K-5

Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12

General

• Collaboration between faculty to build assessments and evaluation tools aligned with Illinois Learning Standards

• Data-driven instruction

• Technology integration across subject areas

English/Language Arts

• Adopted a new literacy curriculum in Grades 2-5 to better support the Illinois Learning Standards and challenge students

• Continued focus on phonics instruction in Grades K-2 to reinforce foundational reading skills

Mathematics

• In 2017, Bridges math curriculum was adopted to boost rigor and better align content scope and sequence across grade levels

• Implement common language and assessments that build as students progress through the grade level content

General

• Collaboration between faculty to build assessments and evaluation tools aligned with Illinois Learning Standards

• Data-driven instruction

• Technology integration across subject areas

English/Language Arts

• Increased rigor through high level course options

• Review and pilot high-quality ELA curricular programs to better support the Illinois Learning Standards and challenge students. Adoption planned for the 20232024 school year

Mathematics

• In 2018, Eureka math curriculum was adopted to boost rigor and better align content scope and sequence across grade levels

• Provide acceleration opportunities to students who qualify including access to high school course content

General

• Collaboration between faculty to build assessments and evaluation tools aligned with Illinois Learning Standards

• Data-driven instruction

• Technology integration across subject areas

English/Language Arts

• Increased rigor through high level course options

• Advanced Placement course offerings include AP English Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition

Mathematics

• Continued review of coursework to support and prepare students for career and technical programs

• Advanced Placement course offerings include AP Calculus AB and AP Statistics

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DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION

Small Group Instruction

Data collected from a variety of assessments is used to identify areas of the content where students may need enrichment or extra support in the form of small group instruction. This interaction may occur within the classroom or as an additional support during a scheduled intervention time.

Course Selection

Beginning in 3rd grade, student performance on assessments is one data point that determines placement in courses. Data collected provides indicators of a student’s preparedness for course offerings and may indicate a need for acceleration or additional support.

Curricular Evaluation

Student performance on local, state, and national assessments is useful in our ongoing evaluation of the curriculum across subject areas. Our educators continually look for trends to determine areas of focus, if the current curriculum is providing the proper level of rigor, and/or if adjustments are prudent to ensure students are prepared for their next steps.

EXPANDED ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Elementary

Lisle Elementary School students learn foundational skills for their educational journey. With this in mind, content lessons are created with varying levels of rigor, or differentiation, to enable students to access the learning standards while providing instruction that expands their understanding. At times students also require additional assistance to be successful. To ensure each student is positioned to achieve growth, assessment data and teacher interactions are used to provide targeted instruction at each student’s readiness level and provide the necessary academic interventions, additional support, re-teaching, or challenge opportunities.

Junior High

Lisle Junior High School continues to increase the rigor as students develop. Academic supports are offered throughout the grades to both challenge and reinforce the academics to ensure growth and promote success. Targeted supports are integrated into the school day as well as after school. Intervention study halls offer small group instructional settings to reinforce content topics, grade level study halls offer dedicated time for students to collaborate with subject-area teachers for additional support, and the STARS after school tutoring program is offered three times/week to help students in need of additional guidance and support.

High School

Lisle High School continues our commitment to supporting students in their learning needs. All students have the option of attending the Learning Lions tutoring program, which is staffed by Lisle teachers of various content areas and is held before and after school every day of the week. Students may also take advantage of the Testing Center during study hall periods, access every teacher in the building for individual instruction during early dismissal schedules twice per month, and can be partnered with another student through the peer tutoring program to receive academic support.

ACCELERATED LEARNING OPTIONS

Elementary Accelerated Learning

Accelerated learning includes the placement of a student at the instructional level that best matches that student’s needs by allowing access to curriculum that is usually reserved for older students. Subject area acceleration/enrichment is offered to students in grades 3-5 in Mathematics and 4-5 English-Language Arts.

Junior High Acceleration & Honors

Throughout sixth, seventh, and eighth grade, placement opportunities for students who exhibit a need for increased rigor include accelerated mathematics courses and/or honorslevel literature courses. In mathematics, students may be placed in Algebra 1 as early as 7th grade which is typically a ninth grade course. In addition, the Junior High has partnered with the High School to offer “double acceleration” in mathematics to students who exhibit readiness for the additional challenge. Students placed in the Honors Literature courses participate in content that extends the application of grade level standards. These courses offer increased rigor with respect to the level of text complexity, contribution in class discussion, and analytical writing.

High School Honors & Advanced Placement

Honors courses at Lisle High School provide challenging educational experiences and are designed to use approaches that foster a higher standard of achievement. Similarly, Advanced Placement (AP) courses offer students a higher level of rigor, with the added benefit of the possibility of earning college credit. Lisle High School offers 14 AP course options in the content areas of mathematics, science, social studies, English, foreign language, and fine arts.

Dual Credit

Lisle High School offers several courses that earn college credit in conjunction with the College of DuPage. For these classes, a common syllabus is agreed upon between the college and the high school and LHS faculty serve as adjunct faculty. Students who earn a grade of C or better in the high school course will also receive credit from the College of DuPage and an official college transcript.

Seal of Biliteracy

The Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy is an award granted by the Illinois State Board of Education and Lisle 202 in recognition of students who have attained a high level of proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation. Students who earn the Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy or the Illinois State Commendation Toward Biliteracy are acknowledged at graduation and this achievement is denoted on student transcripts and diplomas.

curriculum

assessment

Each year, Lisle 202 students in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade participate in various assessments to measure their academic growth and content understanding. A more complete picture of each student’s progress is developed by utilizing multiple assessments.

LOCAL ASSESSMENTS

A set of tools used to measure student growth and progress. These assessments are developed or selected by the school district or schools to meet specific needs.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Administered before and during the learning process with the purpose of gathering information and providing regular feedback for the student and teacher in order to best support student growth.

INTERIM ASSESSMENTS

Administered during the learning process with the purpose of evaluating student knowledge and skills and providing information to support continued growth toward learning targets.

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Administered at the end of the learning process with the purpose of evaluating student learning of the content and skills for learning targets.

Examples:

• Pre-test

• Essay rough draft

Examples:

• Rubric-scored project

• I-Ready Assessment

Examples:

• Unit test

• Midterm/Final exam

STATE ASSESSMENT

Students in grades 3-8 take the annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in the spring in the content areas of English-Language Arts and Mathematics. This test is mandated for public schools.

College Readiness assessments are designed to measure the extent of student readiness for college entrance.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS (AP)

The Advanced Placement, or AP, Program is created by the College Board for secondary schools to offer college-level curricula and exams to students. AP courses must comply with a College Board audit process, ensuring that rigorous standards are maintained. American colleges and universities may grant placement and course credit to students who score a three or higher on the subject-area exams. Lisle High School is proud to offer 14 Advanced Placement courses to students beginning as early as sophomore year.

SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT)

Beginning in 2017, Illinois students began taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) as the required high school assessment in our state. Students in grade 11 take the SAT each year in the spring to fulfill this requirement and as an assessment that may be accepted for student admission to institutions of higher education. We are pleased to report that the percent of juniors that achieved the expected performance level on the SAT increased from 2021 to 2022 in both English-Reading-Writing and Mathematics and continue the long history of significantly exceeding the state results.

STANDARDIZED TEST PREPARATION

Lisle High School offers robust standardized test preparation opportunities to support student success on high stakes exams.

• PSAT/NMSQT Exam

In October of their junior year, students take the PSAT/NMSQT exam at no cost. The results from this exam are used to determine areas in need of additional focus for individual students and are used to determine eligibility for National Merit Recognition.

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SAT Challenge Class

A 6-week after school preparation series, taught by Lisle High School staff, allows students to select an area of focus (Reading, Math, or both) - offered at no cost.

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SAT Prep Class

A 7-week evening preparation series, taught by instructors from Excel Edge Inc., designed to sharpen students’ essential skills and test taking strategies - offered at no cost.

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Practice SAT Exam

Students take a practice SAT exam in January of their Junior year. The exam is scored and analyzed by Cambridge Educational Services and individual score reports are provided to students at no cost.

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SAT Strategy Workshop

Following the practice SAT exam, Cambridge Educational Services returns in February to host a data review workshop during the school day that focuses on test strategies and targets commonly missed questions.

Lisle 202 carefully plans and manages its finances to ensure maximum resources are available to prepare the students for college and career.

In order to provide for a financially secure future, the Board Finance Committee annually reviews the District’s financial position and five year financial projection. This practice helps insure adequate resources are available to deliver exceptional educational opportunities to all students, not only today, but for many years to come. Illustrated to the right are the District’s sources of revenue and expenditures. Because the focus of our District Mission is to provide our learning community with the essential education, skills, and experiences for future success, the District invests approximately 64% of every dollar where it matters most; into the classrooms.

Lisle District 202 is committed to providing our learning community with the essential education, skills, and experiences for future success.

NEWS & UPDATES

LISLE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT HONORS

It is our honor to acknowledge the outstanding academic accomplishments of two Lisle High School seniors. Anna G. has been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program as a Semifinalist as a result of her achievement and success on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). National Merit qualifiers are named on the basis of a nationally applied selection index score which measures critical reading, mathematics and writing skills. Semifinalists are among the top 16,000 highest scorers nationwide. Anna will now continue in the competition, competing for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million that will be offered this spring.

Ava M. has achieved recognition by the College Board. She is a recipient of the National African American Recognition Award as a result of her outstanding work on the PSAT/NMSQT. Students are eligible for this honor if they score in the top 10% on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 within program by state in the eligible exam periods and meet the specified criteria.

LISLE 202 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Are you or someone you know a Lisle 202 graduate? We want to hear from you! Lisle 202 has a long history, 50 years, of excellence and we would like to showcase our alumni...the individuals who made Lisle 202 what it is today! We invite you to visit the Alumni Spotlight page to learn about some of our alumni and also complete the quick questionnaire regarding your path since graduating from our schools.

While Lisle 202 was officially formed in 1972, we know that our district’s history goes back before then. All Lisle alumni are invited to share your stories and let the community know what you are up to now! Fill out the quick form on our website today by going to https://bit.ly/FBalumspotlight or scan the QR code.