Eva Baca Elementary is Preschool through 5th Grade. Our population is approximately 244 students K-5 and 15 students in our 4 year old preschool program. Baca Elementary serves a population of 91.4% free and reduced lunch 16.3% students with disabilities, 16.7% multilingual learners and a minority population of 86%. We have a slight increase in READ Plans, in 23-24 we had 51 SRD's and currently in 24-25 we have 61 READ Plans. All classroom teachers, along with interventionists and specialists, are highly qualified. Currently, there are 12 certified classroom teachers K-5, two specials teachers which include, music and physical education, two reading interventionist, a CLDE teacher three ESS teachers, three paraprofessionals and two instructional tutors to assist with small group instruction in reading and math. All Students K-5 students have access to all the specials (PE and Music ) classes they also all have access to a school counselor and social worker. Eva Baca Elementary has one instructional coach and one Principal. The Principal and the Instructional Coach facilitate PLC's, and Data Meetings, and provide instructional guidance/coaching for teachers to improve effective instruction. Eva Baca Elementary has a Building Leadership Team (BLT) that consists of the principal, instructional coach, an interventionist, the school counselor and a classroom teacher from each grade level, along with a specialist. The BLT Team assists in making leadership decisions for the school community, the community involvement and the need to get parents more involved in planning. The team meets once a month. This is our third year as a Community School. The goal is build a stronger partnership with our community and parents following the four pillars of a Community School which include, Integrated Student Supports, Expanded and Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities, Active Family and Community and Engagement and Collaborative Leadership and Practices. We want students and parents more engaged to build more confident and successful students that are connected to their school community. PLC teams meet once a week, grade level teams address academic achievement and growth, weekly data meetings, analyzing data, unpacking standards and planning for re-teach in both Math and ELA. The literacy interventionist, ESS and CLDE teachers join PLC's once a month to analyze data and student growth. The teachers also plan for re-assessment and results are shared in PLC's. The main focus area has been placed on small group literacy instruction (TIER II) and small group math instruction (TIER II). Teachers have been struggling with intensive, effective, engaging TIER II literacy instruction. This will also be a focus point in PLC's this year. As a school we have been trained in Write Tools, this training provided the writing traits curriculum so teachers can produce proficient writers. This training provided the staff with a writing curriculum for continuity and consistency. This is our seventh year of The Write Tools Writing Curriculum and as a school we have observed and experienced great success, with our students scoring over the 50th percentile. All classroom teachers received math professional development from 2 partners math consultants in Tier II small group math instruction. We will continue to focus on TIER II small group math instruction to close academic gaps. Parents are involved through parent teacher conferences, family nights, and school/community events. We also try to provide as many learning opportunities for students such as educational field trips for experiential learning opportunities in and out of the classroom. I also encourage teachers to explore virtual field trips. Background knowledge and lack of exposure is a huge barrier for our students, with this barrier our students struggle at times making ''real life/world connections''. Field trips and experiential learning provide exposure, build background knowledge and build student vocabulary. Through Title I funding Baca has been able to provide several educational field trips to students. CMAS results and participation percentage were reviewed with the staff. In 2023, Baca scored Performance. Baca had been a Performance school since 2017. We did request a reconsideration for 2024 and our hoping to move to Performance level once again. We, as a Baca family, are working hard to remove the barriers our students face on a daily basis. We are working toward greater gains as we implemented AVID into our school. AVID has a wealth of instructional strategies and professional development for students and staff. As a school community we have implemented AVID for five years as we strive to have rigorous engaging lessons in front of students each day. Both our feeder middle schools and high school our AVID schools and we are responsible for sending our students prepared to the next level and close achievement gaps. We have also implemented a STEM Program to increase student participation and understanding of scientific and mathematical concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity and computer science through the use of robots for all students. We also try to remove barriers by providing educational opportunities outside of the classroom. Children have the opportunity to be exposed to different learning environments which also reaches different learning styles, students are afforded this opportunity through Title I funding. Also through Title I funding Baca has been able to update and increase technology in the building for students and provide two reading interventionist. Also through Title I funding, we are able to provide a Summer Enrichment Program for students in Grades 2-5. The Summer Enrichment Program develops a theme for the summer. All learning is project based, all content areas are integrated in to the program and students finish each week with an educational field trip to connect the classroom learning and real life world connections. UIP Development: Primary development of the UIP was completed by the principal. One meeting was held with the BLT team to review data and talk about the UIP requirements for this year.