2015-2016 fox chapel area school district state of the schools
School Performance Profile
PennSylvAniA School PerformAnce Profile – 2016
School
Fox Chapel Area High School
Dorseyville Middle School
Fairview Elementary School
Hartwood Elementary School
Kerr Elementary School
O’Hara Elementary School
School-Level Score
99.5
88.0
87.3
86.4
84.0
74.8
The state uses the Pennsylvania Accountability System which includes the Pennsylvania School
Performance Profile (SPP) that was developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and
approved by the federal government. Academic achievement only makes up 40 percent of the numeric
SPP score given to a particular school. Other indicators of school success include academic growth,
closing the academic achievement gap, attendance, promotion rate, graduation rate, and the percent
of students scoring Advanced on assessments. Our staff is continually striving to improve academic
outcomes for all students. In fact, teachers administer various assessments throughout the school year
to track student progress. They then look at each child’s individual scores in order to maximize student
learning and to meet each student’s needs.
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•High school senior Eli Berman received the
2016 Spirit of Unity Award and a $1,000
scholarship. The award is given annually
to a student who assumes a leadership role
as an agent of change for racial justice and
who embodies the ideals of Martin Luther
King Jr.
•High school senior Sreeroopa Som was
named a gold medalist in the Trib Total
Media’s 2016 Outstanding Young Citizen
Awards Program.
•Dorseyville business applications teacher
Cathie Gillner and O’Hara Elementary
School kindergarten teacher Michelle
Ulanowicz were named “Champions of
Change” by the Allegheny Intermediate
Unit’s Center for Creativity and its partner,
Common Sense Media.
•Dorseyville Middle School science teacher
Peggy Perdue was selected as the 2016
Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
Betty Abbott Excellence in Teaching Award
winner. The award is presented to a classroom
teacher whose commitment to environmental
education inspires students to become
responsible stewards of the environment.
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