Common Stonegate and MCPS Acronyms
504 Plan |
Accommodations Plan for qualifying general education students |
ADA |
American with Disabilities Act |
AMO |
Annual Measurable Objective—Yearly goal determined by the No Child Left Behind act for proficiency |
AP |
Assistant Principal OR Advanced Placement. AP courses are rigorous college level courses that follow a curriculum mandated by the College Board. |
APR |
All Purpose Room |
AYP |
Adequate Yearly Progress; measured goal as determined by the No Child Left Behind legislation |
BCR |
Brief Constructed Response; a succinct paragraph |
BIP |
Behavioral Intervention Plan |
BOE |
Board of Education |
BTSN |
Back to School Night |
CIP |
Capital Improvement Program |
Core Values |
4 values emphasized at Stonegate; respect, responsibility, collaboration, and commitment |
ECR |
Extended Constructed Response; a writing exercise with multiple paragraphs |
EMT |
Educational Management Team; a team of in-house experts who help to identify student strengths and weaknesses and work to problem solve solutions for success |
ES |
Elementary School; SES=Stonegate Elementary School |
ESL |
English as a Second Language, also known as ELL (English Language Learners) |
ESOL |
English for Speakers of Other Languages |
ESY |
Extended School Year |
FARMS |
Free and Reduced-price Meals System |
FBA |
Functional Behavior Assessment |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
G/R |
Grading and Reporting |
GT |
Gifted and Talented |
H1N1 |
Swine Flu |
ICB |
Interagency Coordinating Board; where programs call to reserve school space |
IDA |
Instructional Data Assistant |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Act |
IEP |
Individualized Education Plan; plan of goals, services, and accommodations for students identified with special needs |
LD |
Learning Disabled/Disability |
LD/GT |
Learning Disabled & Gifted and Talented |
LEP |
Limited English Proficiency |
LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
MAP-R |
Measures of Academic Progress; a computerized reading test taken in grades 3-5 three times during the year |
MCCPTA |
Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations |
MCPS |
Montgomery County Public Schools |
MS |
Middle School |
MSA |
The Maryland School Assessment--It provides national norm-referenced and Maryland criterion-referenced data. The norm-referenced items provide national percentile ranks to describe how well a student performed in reading and mathematics compared to his/her peers nationally. The criterion-referenced items provide proficiency scores, expressed as Basic, Proficient, or Advanced, to describe how well a student has mastered the reading and mathematics content specified in the Maryland Content Standards. |
MSDE |
Maryland State Department of Education |
NAACP |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
OSA |
Office of Shared Accountability |
OSP |
Office of School Performance |
PE |
Physical Education |
PCR |
Parent-Child Reunification |
Peace Day Program |
School wide incentive program to promote positive behavior and the 4 core values |
PPW |
Pupil Personnel Worker |
PTA |
Parent-Teacher Association |
SDT |
Staff Development Teacher |
SGA |
Student Government Association |
Silver Spork |
Lunchroom incentive program at Stonegate to promote positive cafeteria behavior |
SIP |
School Improvement Plan |
SLP |
Speech Language Pathologist |
SNAP |
School Nutritional Accountability Program; PIN number used to purchase lunch |
SPED |
Special Education |
TN2 |
TerraNova, Second Edition—Standardized test given to all second grade students in MCPS |
USDE |
United States Department of Education |
VSC |
Voluntary State Curriculum |