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END OF THE YEAR REPORT
 
SCHOOL TARGETS FOR 2006-07
  • A. Reading Comprehension
  • B. Professional Learning Communities
  • C. Other
 
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2006-07
A. Reading Comprehension
  • Met in grade level teams to analyze all assessmentdata; PLATO, PrimaryLiteracy and other test data, to develop comprehension strategies for students
  • Formed strategic groups of students for additional instructional interventions
  • Implemented Read Naturally intervention
  • Offered Read 180 intervention class to 17 students
  • Participated in 2nd year of EIRM implementation
  • Trained instructional assistants to work in small reading groups
  • Attended 3 Primary Literacy classes for all new teachers
  • Planned and instructed EIRM parents in effective "at-home" strategies at Parent Night workshops
  • Participated in CORE+ literacy training for classroom strategies in 2nd and 3rd grade
  • Implemented ESL "Reading Smart" program for at-risk EL students
  • Collaborated with Support Team teachers to provide effective interventions in reading
 
B. Professional Learning Communities
  • Designed and presented a workshop on further developing into Professional Learning Communities
  • Analyzed student data to develop strategic groups to determine additional interventions
  • Utilized CORE+ strategies and interventions with strategic and intensive students
  • Met weekly in Professional Learning Communities to assess student learning and develop lesson plans
  • Developed Professional Learning Community template for tracking student data
  • Analyzed students strengths and weaknesses via cross grade level articulation with a PAR Grant opportunity
  • Attended SMART Goals training to develop Professional Learning Communities
  • Trained and mentored new teachers in BTSA
  • Analyzed data and offered before school tutoring to EL students using the ESL Reading Smart Program
  • Trained teachers in the Read Naturally Program as an intervention for comprehension and fluency
  • Sent new teachers to Primary Literacy training
  • Offered 34 before and after school Title I classes in reading and math
 
C. Other
  • Developed a Kid-Talk Program based on research from the '40 Assets for Children'
  • Created a lunchtime activity program, sponsored by the Community Advisory Committee, for socially at-risk students
  • Offered a variety of enrichment opportunities through the ACE program
  • Continued with a student council program to foster student leadership skills
  • Partnered with Families Forward to provide students opportunities to display acts of civic duty and compassion
  • Augmented art instruction with an Art Masters program for K-6 students
  • Created and offered Science Little League for students in grades 1-3
  • Offered a counseling intervention program for socially at-risk students
  • Continued 'Principally Speaking' Newsletter for communication with parents
  • Received IPSF grant supporting the Science curriculum implementation
  • Developed and implemented an "All Star " program that recognizes students who demonstrate the school values
  • Mailed monthly Greentree postcards to communicate positive feedback to students
  • Transformed Greentree Little Theater through a creative mural highlighting school's "values"
  • Purchased technological upgrades: document camera, Airliner, 14 LCDs, 3 printers and 26 computers to support student learning
  • Designed a $20,000 remodel of our school library, purchasing new shelving and bookcases to update and renovate library for student use
  • Trained entire staff on 'Blackboard 7' and 'United Streaming'

    • Dianne Ball, Principal