Important Information

The safety and well-being of our students, staff, and visitors is our highest priority at East Bernstadt Independent School. To enhance security measures and ensure a safe environment for everyone, we are implementing important changes to our school's entry and dismissal procedures, effective January 7, 2025.

Key Changes to Security Procedures

1. Front Door Access:
   • The front doors of the school will remain locked during school hours.
   • Visitors will need to use the outside camera and intercom system to state the purpose of their visit.
   • If you need to meet with a teacher or administration, please call and make an appointment ahead of time.
2. Student Checkout Process:
   • Checkouts will be conducted from the locked front foyer.
   • Parents/Guardians must present their ID by holding it to the camera for verification.
   • Once verified, the student will be called to the front for dismissal.
   • Parents/Guardians will be required to sign the student out on the dismissal form located in the foyer.
   • These adjustments are designed to limit unnecessary access to the building while maintaining a welcoming and efficient process for our school community. We kindly ask for your cooperation and patience as we implement these changes.

If you have any questions or concerns about the updated procedures, please feel free to contact the school office at (606) 843-6221.

Thank you for your understanding and partnership in keeping our school safe!

Dear Parent/Guardian:
 

Kentucky students took the Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) in the Spring of 2024. The tests were developed by Kentucky teachers and align with the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) in each content area. KSA is the annual summative assessment given in grades 3 through 8, 10 and 11 to Kentucky public school students. KSA provides content area assessments, including reading and mathematics (grades 3 through 8 and 10), science (grades 4, 7, 11), on-demand writing and editing and mechanics (grades 5, 8, 11), and social studies (grades 5, 8, 11).

These assessments are Kentucky's measure of student proficiency and progress on the state content standards. These standards establish goals for what all students should know and be able to do in each grade. The KSA was given online with only a small percentage of students testing on paper. This assessment goes beyond multiple-choice questions. It includes questions where students can demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and extended response questions where students construct a response or answer with a technology-enhanced response.

When considering your child's performance, it is important to consider the learning contexts and experiences over the past few years. Here are a couple of examples of the learning contexts and conditions our school had that may have influenced your child's results:

• Implementing Reading Mastery
• Additional math instructional time and resources
• Additional personnel to provide small group and one-one-one instruction
• Poor student attendance and not completing school work are factors that could impact individual results

This annual assessment provides critical information about student learning, but no single assessment should ever be the sole factor in making an educational decision. It is important to remember that assessments provide only one measure of student learning. When combined with grades, classroom activities, student projects, personalized learning opportunities, and school and district-level measures and processes, the end- of-year assessments can help provide a more complete picture of your child's abilities over the course of the school year and path toward academic success on these content standards.

For KSA, students receive a separate scale score (400-600 for all content areas: reading, mathematics, science, social studies, editing and mechanics and on-demand writing) along with a performance level (distinguished, proficient, apprentice, and novice). Combined writing will be assigned a performance level only (no scale score.) Scale scores are reported as numbers, while performance levels are descriptive. The performance level descriptors (PLDs) are different by content area and describe student performance on groups of items that measure similar skills. PLDs for each grade and content area are available for review on the KSA website. The Individual Student Reports (ISRS) also contain more information about the performance levels in each area.
 

To view the performance and participation of our school, visit the online School Report Card.
 

Vicki Jones and Susan Elza
East Bernstadt School
229 School Street
East Bernstadt, KY 40729
(606) 843-6221