Welcome to the 2009-10 school year!   I hope that your summer was restful and you were able to accomplish the task of making time for yourself and your children.  As I settle on how we as a team should begin this school year, I have determined that we should begin the year with feelings of urgency and hope.  The urgency comes as result of our desire to pick up the instruction where we left off.  Our students made advances in reading and math as a result of working in small groups and our ability to focus the instruction to meet their specific needs.  We are hopeful of additional successes as a result of our journey with Science Technology Engineering and Math, STEM.  Next, I am pleased to inform you that over the summer we received a grant that will enable us to receive additional professional development in Engineering. This will allow us to implement the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in grades 1- 6.  

In addition to our expansion of the engineering curriculum, we are also enriching the reading curriculum by adding more structure, books, and by being very intentional about the methods we use to deliver whole group and individual student instruction in reading.  We will closely monitor the reading progress of each student and communicate with families regarding their child's progress early and more often.  

As parents and community members we want you to help us  increase student achievement by:

1.             Talking with your child (ren) about his/her reading level and the books they read on a regular basis.  

2.             Read to your child (ren) daily.  

3.             Review school-wide academic and behavior expectations with your child (ren) regularly and support the decisions that the school makes regarding enforcement of the policies.

4.             Be explicit in the expectations you have for your child (ren) and the school.