SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020

I would like to take this time to welcome you to the Walter Francis Bishop Magnet School of the Arts. I have had the pleasure of working with the members of the District 28 Magnet Team and our Magnet Specialists as we have transformed this school into the “STEAM” place that you see today.

We have worked diligently to expose students to a new way of learning and we have provided them with opportunities and experiences that we could only have dreamed of, if not for this Federal Magnet Grant.

We have been able to foster a learning community among the teachers as they create and revise Project Based Learning Units of study. Our student’s have been able to explore and showcase their talents through residencies such as; Alvin Ailey, Turtle Bay Music School, Midori & Friends, Dancing Classrooms, LAMP, Marquis Studio’s Architectural Studies and Lego Education. Our teacher’s have also tapped into hidden talents as they engage students in STEM Club, Art Club, Guitar Club, Bricks4Kids, a Step Team as well as a Drama Club.

School spaces have been transformed into a Dance Classroom, Multi-Media Lab equipped with 3D Printers, a Multi-Purpose Room that will be transformed into a Multiple Intelligences Classroom, a STEM Lab, an ARTS wing and our very own school museum. All classrooms are equipped with Promethean Boards or Smart TV’s, Elmo’s, laptop computers and iPads.

Some of our proudest moments have come when we are able to engage parents in activities with their children. Every month we host a Magnet Tour to recruit parents. When they walk in, they are able to meet with other families as well as engage in STEAM related activities.

This has been an incredible journey and it is my hope that you will be able to see and feel the love and energy within this building.

Enjoy your visit!!

Sincerely,
Tiffany Hicks
Principal

	Increase Diversity in Recruitment	Implementation of Systemic Reform	Implementation of Magnet Themed Instruction	Meeting AYP and Magnet Standards	Provide Professional Development to the Staff	Increased Parent Participation
	Each School has 65 seats • Each Magnet school has a different % point system attached	DOE Initiatives • Knowing your Students • Common Core Standards & Curriculum • Thinking Maps • Close Reading • Questioning Techniques • PBL Units in every grade	Discrete Classes • Midori • Turtle Bay Music School • Framework for the Arts • Music for the Brain • STEM Classes • Ailey Kids • Learning Gardens • Chess	Students Reaching AYP: • Reach All Students and All Subgroups or (Safe Harbor) • Roll Our STEM Curriculum • Science and Math Gains • Increase ELA Scores	Each teacher will receive yearly: • 30 hours of themed PD • 30 Hours of Systemic Reform PD • 30 hours of Magnet PD/ Magnet Units	Parent Engagement • Parent Fairs • Parent/Student Themed Nights • School Website • Organized PD • Attendance Logs
OUR MAGNET STANDARDS		Students will receive a minimum of 6 hours a week of Magnet Dosage and PBL work.