Cape+Henlopen+High+School

September 13th 2011 updated 10/3/11 Activities: 1. Reflected on the successes/difficulties of 2010-11 school year Successes Challenges
 * Developed a website which acts as a resource for students looking for reading materials and provides students with avenues to respond to text using both traditional and web 2.0 methods
 * Received support from school principal, district office representative Ed Waples, Aleta Thompson diestrictwide ELA
 * Destiny was installed and 9th and 10th graders were trained on its use.
 * Over 400 eBooks were purchased and are in Destiny
 * [|Summer reading website]was developed and only needs to be tweaked for next year.
 * [|Library website]was developed and only needs to be tweaked for next year.
 * 1200 books and magazines were put into the community
 * bookmarkers were made and distibuted to students and 3 public libraries
 * Got postive feedback from Lewes Public Library
 * Pre Summer Reading Program Data 20110-2012 school year is still being collected. It can be viewed at: [|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AokGIMb58y6TdHNwM1hYZDNSM0JLLWhRb2NRcDdzd0E&hl=en_US#gid=0]
 * Students Lack Accessibility to books and Internet
 * Summer reading not required. Next year it will be.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Were not able to provide access to the school library over the summer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Familiarizing students more with reading response projects, reading website, and library website by using year round.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Lack of Student Motivation and/or Parental support

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. Began to develop an Action Research Plan

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">To do for next meeting:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Debrief Principal
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Make updates to website

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">//**Action Research Plan**// <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Has the number of students involved in the Summer Reading Program increased from year one to year two? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Evidence** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Collect # of students from year 1 who participated <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Collect data from teachers-did you advertise and promote it in year one? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Likert all some few none || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Projects, rubric || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Method of Collection** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Student work, rubric, teachers, librarian, questionnaire, interviews, reviews on Destiny || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Sept. 2011-collect data <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Sept. 2012-collect data || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Theory** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Dewey learn by doing and reflecting || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Change from optional to mandatory <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Create year-round use of website (statistics counter) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Create year-round use of library website <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Create book exchange/collection <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Design Interventions for individuals <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Case studies || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Analysis** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Compare DCAS scores in Spring and Fall to Summer Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Goal is to extend summer reading website use to year round. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Objectives: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Use Focus Group <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. Collaborate with teachers to determine what parts of the summer reading website can be used year round. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. Determine what website projects can we used year round. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3. Suvery students to see what websites projects they used and likes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4. Include information from the surveys on the website and revise website. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">5. Launch the new website.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Research Question:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Research Environment/Student work**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Timelines**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Notes;**
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Findings** ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Action Plan** ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Future Research** ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Implications for Practice** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Timeline: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Nov. 1 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">May 1-Order about 500 mostly Bluford type books from Townsend Press-Use library budget <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">May 1 -Order about 2,500 Bookmarks to Lewes Printer-distribute to Beacon and Mariner Middle, 3 public libraries and 9, 10,11 grade students at Cape <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">June 1-Distribute "free" books to 9th and 10th graders, ESL students, Etc.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Notes: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**December 2011** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">A highlight of the month was a Summer Reading Program Cupcake Party that I organized as a reward for students who read during the summer. PTO president Mrs. Alfred asked PTO members to make 350 cupcakes and they did! CHHS librarian had certificates and passes printed and distributed to the students through their English teachers about a week ahead of time. Just about every student kept his or her pass for a week and came to the cafeteria on time for their cupcakes. The fact that they kept their passes made me think that this was important to them! The celebration was held at 2:25 to the end of the day in the cafeteria. There were no problems and students helped clean up.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">January 23, 2012 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Denise Allen, Mike Cergio, Lue-Ann Decastro, Kathy Lindemer met all day in library at Cape Henlopen High School. All worked on moving the content of @http://www.teachers.cape.k12.de.us/~english/summerreading/Welcome.htmlto this year's @http://capereadingplus.weebly.com/.