PBIS Progress and Data

Our Longfellow community has continued its perseverance of Responsibility, Respect, and Safety. Our Office Discipline Referrals (ODR’s)---which are major infractions of our Responsible, Respectful, and Safe expectations---are down 48%! To date, we have 11 ODR’s, compared to 21 ODR’s during this same time period last year. In response to data and surveys (taken by staff and students) last year, we have focused attention on the 11:00-12:00 lunch hour. We have implemented some new strategies which have resulted in a 92% decrease in ODR’s during the 11:00-12:00 lunch hour. We have 1 ODR from the lunch hour this year, compared to 12 from the lunch hour at this point last year.
Our current success is due to many factors, including our students’ continued increased pride in and accountability for their actions, proactive and positive interaction with our students by staff, and your support at home. One way you can be supportive at home is to use Responsibility, Respect, and Safety as everyday vocabulary. Also, talk with your children about their Bear Necessities/Gotchas/Zip Slips (same thing, different names). Students earn these when “caught” being Respectful, Responsible, and Safe. Our K-3 students can turn their Bear Necessities in to the raffle box in the office every Friday. Then, at the end of the day Friday, we randomly draw 10 names from the raffle box and those winners get to come to the office and choose a prize. They also have their picture taken as a group, which is posted across from the office, as well as on the PBIS blog on our website. 4th and 5th grade students have the option of turning their Bear Necessities in to the raffle box, or saving them to “purchase” items from the Bear’s Den. The Bear’s Den is a “store” of prizes with varying Bear Necessity prices. For example, a mini football costs 30 Bear Necessities, 40 for books, 50 for a Homework Pass coupon, and an OPRF hooded sweatshirt for 150. If you would like to donate to the Bear’s Den to help us keep it stocked for our children, check the “Wish List” on the right hand sidebar for ideas and send to the office marked “PBIS donation”. Feel free to send ideas not on the list; however, please no food or candy.
Thank you for your support as we strive to be a Responsible, Respectful, and Safe community!