Principal's Message
Dear Parents,
John Sager Middle School is the home for the district's seventh and eighth grade students. This facility has a current enrollment of 207 students.
The College Place School District serves a mobile and ethnically diverse population of students. John Sager Middle School is no exception. Our building mission statement, taken from the Sager Parent Handbook, speaks to our commitment to educate all children regardless of mobility, native language or ethnic origin.
At John Sager Middle School we have focused our improvement efforts on academic achievements to help all students learn the Washington State Standards. We have used the following 5 step process to do this important work.
Step 1. We started our school improvement process by reviewing “Best Practices” schools and districts that are achieving at the 90% level of their students learning academic standards. This promotes the belief that all kids can learn and we control enough variables to make sure all students achieve. We have listed our control variables and built rubrics to model “At Standard Performance” as teachers.
Step 2: Effective collaboration by team/department and school. Each grade level and department has agreed upon “what effective collaboration looks like to improve student achievement”.
Step 3: Each team has selected their beginning Grade Level Expectations (GLE) focus. These objectives are what the team has selected as the most important learning's to start the assessment tracking for each student. Clear agreed upon focus is one of our most important control variables.
Step 4: These goals to improve student achievement are WASL aligned from reviewing our WASL results. This was done by whole group on a late start Wednesday and several teams reviewed each student's WASL results to help them select the areas to focus upon to help all students learn. We still need to fine tune this step to be sure we are addressing the needs from the WASL data.
Step 5: We are using our Late Start Wednesdays to work as collaborative teams to select learning targets, set goals, build assessments, share results of assessments, use student tracking tools to share, monitor & adjust our teaching efforts, thus creating synergistic teamwork to improve student learning for all.
The breakthrough at our school will be caused by hard work and commitment of teachers using effective collaboration, classroom data systems, and weekly meetings between each grade level/department looking at actual student data for each student. They will discuss in detail, how to help each student make a year's growth in each main subject area, i.e., reading, writing, and math. Teachers will share their successes and challenges to assure learning for al students.
If you have questions or need more information please let me know.
Jeff Peterson, Principal
John Sager Middle School Mission Statement
The staff of John Sager Middle School is committed to providing all students with a safe environment where students learn academic and behavioral skills necessary for reaching our fullest potential.
John Sager Middle School Vision Statement
"Expect much. Achieve for a lifetime."
Our Work Today Builds Our Tomorrow!!
Throughout the year we will emphasize our motto, "Sager Raiders Soar to Excellence." All John Sager Middle School staff will work together with the students to help each other reach our fullest potential. Treating each other with respect and dignity will result in a safe environment for living and learning. Staff will keep students focused on our five school guidelines:
- S ucceed through cooperation
- A lways do your best
- G ain knowledge
- E veryone is respected
- R esponsibility comes from you
Building Staff Numbers by Category
Personnel Type |
FTE |
Certificated Personnel |
16 |
Classified Personnel |
6 |
Administrator |
0.5 |
TOTAL |
22.5 |
Student Data
October Enrollment |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Seventh Grade |
99 |
106 |
98 |
92 |
105 |
Eighth Grade |
91 |
99 |
99 |
95 |
102 |
TOTAL |
194 |
205 |
197 |
187 |
207 |
% Ethnic Minority |
39.1% |
45.4% |
36% |
% |
% |
% Qualifying for Free/Reduced Meals |
59% |
64.4% |
54.4% |
% |
% |
Student Turnover |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Assessment Procedures
The State of Washington mandates WASL testing for 7 th & 8 th grade students
8th Grade WASL Testing
WASL Subject |
Status |
Year Implemented |
Social Studies |
Required |
TBD |
Health / Fitness |
Required |
TBD |
Art |
Required |
TBD |
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7th Grade Math |
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7th Grade Reading |
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To view information on the results of assessment from John Sager Middle School , please examine the data at the OSPI WASL Report Card website.
We encourage your support
Education is truly a cooperative effort among parents, students, staff, and the community. Your support and help is appreciated. If your business is interested in a school/business partnership, contact the Superintendent's Office at 525-4827. If you are interested in volunteering at one of the district schools, please contact the principal's office at 525-5300. All volunteers are required to complete a Washington State Patrol background check. In addition, we encourage you to join our PTA. This parent/teacher organization is very active in school projects.
Facilities
Located on 33.6 acres at 1755 S. College Ave. John Sager Middle School contains grades seven and eight.
Sager School was originally built in 1964 and included a main classroom building as well as a separate industrial arts' building and another building serving as a cafeteria/multipurpose room/gym. In December of 1968 the library was completed. In 1978, the newest building, containing a gym, several classrooms and a bus garage were added to the campus.
Sager facilities are frequently used by community groups for meetings and recreational events.
Financial Resources
In 2006-07 the district received 67.24% of its revenues from the State, 20.10% locally, and 12.66% federally. Total revenue for the 2003-04 school year was $7,035,473 and total expenditures were $7,062,461.
If you have any questions about the financial resources unique to Sager or the District in general, please contact the Sager Office or the central office of the College Place School District .
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