Well, I guess Fall weather is here. I am so grateful for the extra days of Summer (my favorite season) and will be happy to have as many of them as I can! We have had a great week here at school. I was able to spend some time with 1st graders this week as they talked about Habit 2 - Beginning With The End In Mind. What a great concept to make sure everyone masters!
I have also spent some time working with students in 3rd grade math. I loved seeing them grapple with problems and trying to explain their thinking about the distributive property of multiplication. Verbalizing this is sometimes so hard but is so very important in them solidifying their understanding.
State assessment results were released this week. Last year, we had some areas of celebration and some areas to focus on and this year we have the same thing. Last year we were one of just 4 schools in the whole district to receive an "other" classification (the only good category given). This year the state decided not to give the same categories but do stars instead and will do the other categories again next year. They also changed how they calculate the growth component of the score. This year our math scores decreased which impacted our overall score category but since the growth component changed, we can't exactly compare it to last year's score. But, overall, we have looked at the scores, small decreases in reading and social studies; small increases in writing and science, and have decided on a few instructional changes to make so that next year we can hope to see gains across the board. I think it is unfortunate that so many of the other measures we use here to measure growth (STAR, Case, MRA, Resiliency Poll, etc.) aren't used to tell our story at the state level on our school report card because those showed great growth last year and what we have so far this year looks good. We use multiple data points to make decisions and K-Prep is just one of them. I know it sounds very confusing. So, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Your individual student results will be given to you at conferences.
Be sure to check out our new page on this blog from Mr. Rice. He is highlighting attendance and behavior data that looks awesome.
I hope you all enjoy your weekend. Don't forget the PTA pumpkin sales and that Fall break is next Friday the 11th and Monday the 14th. The blog won't be updated until after break. Enjoy the break with family and friends!
Mrs. Turner
principal
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