2015-2016 fox chapel area school district state of the schools
2016 Summer leArning AcAdemy
elementAry StAr ASSeSSment reSultS
600
531
500
502
400
311
For the second year, the summer
session was a full-day program and
included transportation, breakfast,
lunch, and snacks. This year high
school students provided extra
support in the classroom.
300
287
200
100
On average, students came in with
a scale score of 287 in reading
and, as a result of the 19 days of
instruction, students scale scores
increased 24 points, Mrs. Nestor
said. Math scale scores jumped by
29 points.
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Elementary teacher Amy Myer,
who worked with incoming third
Mean Pre-Scale Score
Mean Post-Scale Score
grade students in language arts,
said, “I had the opportunity to
teach and interact with students from all four buildings. I taught summer school before when
it was half days, three days a week. Teaching it five days a week has really afforded students the
chance to grow and not just maintain.”
O’Hara Elementary third grade teacher Lauren Sirianna agreed, saying, “The summer learning
academy was a huge success because students were able to have fun while learning. Students
that attended were able to engage in exciting, motivating, academically-based activities.”
Mrs. Nestor said, “The students are so proud of what they accomplished over the summer.
They had fun while learning and that keeps them coming back.”
Reading (80 students)
Math (76 students)
•Three high school students won first
places in the annual regional German
Day Competition.
•Fox Chapel Area School District
students held their 26th annual
telethon in December and raised more
than $68,000. This was a recordbreaking total and brings the money
raised by Fox Chapel Area students to
more than $696,000 over the last 26
years. This year’s total also included a
matching donation of $25,000 that
was made by an anonymous
Fox Chapel Area family. The telethon
raised money for Live Like Lou, which
was started by two parents in the
district to help ALS patients and their
families in Western Pennsylvania.
Freshmen LAUNCH
High School Career
Redesigned and expanded, the LAUNCH
program (Learning and Understanding
the Necessities of College and High
school) is designed for incoming ninth
graders – providing an orientation to
the high school and preparing students
academically for success in high school
and beyond. Executive functioning skills,
including organization, time management,
notetaking, prioritizing, making decisions,
setting goals, and study skills, were the
focus of the weeklong program. The
sessions were led by high school teachers,
and guest speakers provided motivational
and instructional tips.
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