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Ashley Hall Big Walnut Intermediate School Profile The school I currently teach at is Big Walnut Intermediate School which is a part of the Big Walnut School District in Sunbury, OH. Sunbury is a suburb located about 27 miles, or approximately 30 minutes outside of Columbus, Ohio, and is considered to be in the county of Delaware. The Big Walnut School District spans over 110 square miles and includes 8 schools including; 4 elementary schools, 1 intermediate school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Despite there being multiple schools in the district the whole district has one main mission and that is; to inspire and guide each student to his or her maximum potential (All About Big Walnut Local Schools, 2023). In order to achieve the district's specific mission, all of the schools must first meet their main academic visions to personalize instruction, engage students, and grow minds. While meeting the academic visions the district wants to also emphasize the importance of creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration amongst all students (All About Big Walnut Local Schools, 2023). Even though Big Walnut Intermediate has been open for many years, the new location of Big Walnut Intermediate opened last year in 2023 due to the rise in population in the area. The building only includes grades 5 and 6, and currently has approximately 650 students. Big Walnut Intermediate School is ranked #379 in Ohio Middle Schools.The schools ranking are determined by: performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their students for high school( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022) Of those 650 students in the school the school’s minority student enrollment is 8% ( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022). The majority of the students in this building are classified as white, with a small percentage of hispanic students and students

Ashley Hall of two or more races coming in second and third place of largest racial populations in the building. When it comes to gender the student population is 50% female students and 50% male students ( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022). In Big Walnut Local Schools, none of students are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced price meal program and only 0.8% of students are English language learners ( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022). At Big Walnut Intermediate School there are approximately 28 teachers and the student to teacher ratio is 22:1. The district's average teacher to student ratio is 19:1, and the state's teacher to student ratio is 16:1. In the district 100% of the teachers are certified educators, and 76.6% of the educators have been teaching for 3 or more years ( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022). At Big Walnut Intermediate the 5th grade teachers will work in two-person teams, where one teacher will teach math and science/social studies, and the other teacher will teach language arts. In addition to the two person teams there are also two three-person teams where one teacher teaches Reading, the other teacher instructs Math, and the third teacher instructs on Writing, Science, and Social Studies ( BWI Information, 2023). The 6th grade teacher teams are composed of four educators, and each will teach a core class of; math, language arts, science, and social studies. There is one two person team that is very similar to the 5th grade two person teams where they split the core subjects taught. For both 5th and 6th grade math and language arts are double blocked, and are 80 minutes long in order to meet the State of Ohio instructional time expectations ( BWI Information, 2023). In addition to the core classes the students attend, the 5th and 6th graders have multiple specials throughout the year. The 5th grade students attend the four offered related arts courses

Ashley Hall every nine weeks. The related arts courses include; Art, Physical Education, STEM, and Music. The 6th grade students have more of a choice with their related arts classes and they will attend one of the related arts classes every trimester. The related arts courses available for the 6th graders include; Art, Physical Education, STEM, Orchestra, Band, and Choir. As a result of the strategic instruction at Big Walnut Intermediate School the students test scores have shown to be better than many districts in the neighboring cities. At Big Walnut Intermediate 76% of students scored at or above the proficient level for Math, and 74% scored at or above that level for Reading. When compared with the district as a whole, the school did worse than the other buildings in both Math and Reading, according to the state results. In Big Walnut Local, 81% of students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 81% tested at or above that level for Math ( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022). On the other hand, Big Walnut Intermediate School did better in Math and Reading when compared with other students and districts across the state. In the state of Ohio it was reported that 62% of students tested at or above the proficient level for Reading, and 62% tested at or above that level for Math ( Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education, 2022). References All About Big Walnut Local Schools . About Us. (2023). https://www.bwls.net/AboutBW.aspx#:~:text=In%20order%20to%20achieve%20this,thinking %2C%20communication%2C%20and%20collaboration. Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio - U.S. news education . Best Middle School: U.S. News Rankings. (2022). https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/ohio/big-walnut-intermediate-school- 274927

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