News
Catch up on the latest news at PS7
Closing the Achievement Gap
SACRAMENTO, California.–The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), today released the report Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap-Closing Reform, providing a statewide analysis of African American academic performance trends in California public schools.
The results of the report show that charter schools are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public schools. In addition, African American students are enrolling at higher rates in charter schools than traditional schools at all grade levels, in some cases at close to twice the rate, and are experiencing better outcomes.
PS7 Alumni, where are they headed?
Check out the colleges/universities our PS7 Alumni have been accepted to already. PS7 Alumni will be studying across the county!
This year we will graduate our first alumni class from PS7. PS7 alumni received several offers and many of our PS7 students also received full or partial academic scholarships. This is just a “snapshot” of what students have been offered thus far, check back to see the progress. There are still more offers coming in! Congratulations to our scholars!
St. HOPE Public School 7 (PS7) Continues Outstanding Achievement
SACRAMENTO, CA—August 31, 2011—This month the California Department of Education released the results for the 2011 STAR program, including data on the performance of individual schools on the California Standards Tests (CSTs). The CDE states that “The STAR Program looks at how well schools and students are performing. Students take tests in math, reading, writing, science, and history.” In addition, the CDE also released the API and AYP information for all California schools. The API is a school’s academic performance index and is a single number between 200 and 1000 that reflects how schools are doing overall on standardized tests. California has a target API score of 800 for all schools. AYP stands for Adequate Yearly Progress and shows how well schools are meeting federal requirements under No Child Left Behind.
St. HOPE Public Schools Names New Superintendent and New Leaders for PS7
St. HOPE Public Schools Names New Superintendent and New Leaders for PS7
SACRAMENTO, CA—August 18, 2011—St. HOPE Public Schools (SHPS) announces the hiring of Jim Scheible as Superintendent in addition to a new leadership team at PS7. PS7 will use a co-principal model starting this year with Audria Johnson heading up the elementary campus for grades K-5 and Kristen Coates leading the middle school campus for grades 6-8.
Jim Scheible, who was born and raised in Curtis Park, took over as Superintendent June 9th, 2011. After graduating from U.C. San Diego with a degree in American History and Economics, Scheible joined Teach for America and taught elementary school in the Bronx. He returned to Sacramento in 2006, joining PS7 as a 6th grade teacher. The following year, he became the middle school’s lead teacher, a position he held for three years. Jim was the principal of PS7 last year.
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USC Report Names PS7 as a Top 10 California Charter School
LOS ANGELES, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A USC report issued to strengthen accountability among California charter schools includes for the first time a list of the state’s top 10 charter campuses.
The fifth annual “USC School Performance Dashboard” (formerly CSI-USC) was released Wednesday by the Center on Educational Governance at the USC Rossier School of Education.
“It’s a way to take the data collected for accountability purposes and transform it into information that will help parents, teachers and investors,” said lead author Priscilla Wohlstetter, director of the Center on Educational Governance.
Current Events
PS7 Highlighted in St. HOPE Benefit Dinner
At this years St. HOPE Benefit Dinner, PS7 was featured as a school that is doing all the right things to ensure that all 3rd grade students are reading at grade level. Check out this video highlighting PS7′s efforts. The video was shot and produced by Sac High Students Akeallah Blair, Monea Stribling and Jada Broughton.
Meet your SCUSD Board Member!
SCUSD Board member Patrick Kennedy will meet with St. HOPE students and parents and answer your questions.
When: Tues. Dec. 13th, 2011 @ 5:30 PM with Q&A Starting @ 6:30 PM
Where: The Mel Lawson Theater at Sac High
Why: Take advantage of the opportunity to ask your board member questions and hear from him about how his position on St. HOPE
PS7 Results Featured in a Research Report by the CCSA
Charter schools are making gains in narrowing the achievement gap and are enrolling higher percentages of African American students. In this video created by the CCSA, PS7 is highlighted as a school that has effectively closed the achievement-gap.
PS7 Featured On KCRA
PS7 was featured on KCRA 3 on October 1, 2010 to highlight our amazing academic results and hear first hand from students what makes PS7 a success.
Crocker Art Museum
PS7 Middle School student’s self-portraits were on displayed at the opening of the Crocker Museum’s expansion. Students used the elements of line and shape from the new building’s blueprints to create the contours of their portraits. They were introduced to a variety of styles from the Crocker’s permanent collection, and then executed their own artwork that range from realistic to abstract.
