School Improvement Plan (SIP)
Terrace Heights Elementary
Continuous School Improvement Plan
2016-17
East Valley schools and the District have been engaged in a continuous and rigorous process with improved student learning and achievement as the expected outcome.
Leadership Team
- Christina Bonewell - Kindergarten Teacher
- Lori Wilson - First Grade Teacher
- Rebeka Elder - Second Grade Teacher
- Kendra Lenseigne - Third Grade Teacher
- Kathleen Fernald - Fourth Grade Teacher
- Amy Klein - Fifth Grade Teacher
- Cheryl Shryack - Para-Professional/Community
- Ruth Erickson - Para-Professional/Specialist
- Vicki Elkins - SLICC
- Tami Scrivner - Principal
- Talia Mifflin - School Counselor
- Heather Hutchinson - Parent
MISSION
The mission of the T.H.E. staff is to empower and inspire all in the pursuit of excellence.
GOALS
Reading: 80% of students will make 1 year’s growth or more as measured by DIBELS and STAR Reading.
Math: 80% of students will make 1 year’s growth or more as measured by STAR Math.
Parental Involvement: We will encourage parents to be involved in our school community by providing a variety of engaging family events/activities throughout the year. We will measure attendance by monitoring sign in sheets from every event. Following some events, a feedback survey will be sent out to families to give us information to better plan future events.
Overview:
With the increased focus on student data, the Terrace Heights Elementary staff grows daily as a Professional Learning Community (PLC). The Building Leadership Team (BLT) consists of approximately 12 members, which includes a representative from each grade level, the building administrator, the Student Learning Improvement Coordinator, and representatives from the specialists, special services, and classified staff. This team meets monthly to make decisions concerning professional development, school improvement, and other topics that affect the building as a whole. They then take the information to their teams for further consideration. This process allows all members to be honored and respected for their valuable input. In addition, parents have the opportunity to give input through parent association meetings or through informal means such as phone, email, or appointments.
Students at THE attend 180 days of school from 8:55 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Classroom teacher contact time is approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes per day. Teachers have five days with 40 minutes for plan time. Students have 30 minutes for noon recess and a 20 minute recess in the afternoon. Teachers are available to students or parents 30 minutes before school start time in the morning and 30 minutes after the end of the school day.
The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is designed and implemented to increase student growth and achievement. Staff believes that all students can learn and continually look for ways to improve achievement for all students. In order to ensure our SIP is meaningful, THE staff analyzed various pieces of assessment data (Smarter Balance, DIBELS, STAR, WELPA, Common Classroom Assessments, etc.) to identify strengths and areas of improvement within our instruction. Based on these identified areas, goals were established by each grade level to target our areas of improvement. We will frequently review and analyze the assessment results, adjusting accordingly to ensure that we are progressing towards our School-wide goals.
Collaboration:
The THE staff meets regularly to collaborate in various settings. Each grade level team has 40 minutes of planning time per day. Every month the grade level meets with the principal and Student Learning Improvement Coordinator to analyze assessment data and make informed decisions concerning instruction and interventions. In addition, the East Valley School District has 1-hour late start every Monday, dedicated to collaboration time. In an effort to make Monday morning collaboration time focused and intentional, teams develop an agenda outlining their weekly activities and a timeline for products to be created. These activities and products are directly related to the school improvement goals developed by each team. Lastly, THE has monthly staff meetings and regular Building Leadership Team meetings to discuss and make decisions on important building wide issues.
Program basics/overview:
Research states that reading at grade level is the number one indicator for student success; therefore, a great deal of time is used to practice reading fluency and comprehension in and outside the classroom. All of our grade levels have approximately 90 minutes for their reading block, broken into 50 minutes of whole group instruction (Core) and 40 minutes of small group instruction (Core support). This year we have implemented the Reading Wonders curriculum and we are using it for our Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and ELL students.
Mathematics continues to be an area of focus. Currently, each classroom has approximately 60 minutes blocked off for math instruction (which includes intervention), centered around the Common Core State Standards. In order to ensure we are meeting all of the Common Core State Standards, supplemental material is utilized regularly, along with the core curriculum. In addition, to increase math achievement, the math intervention program will use Connecting Math Concepts and Math Talks strategies. Students have access to Reflex Math and Accelerated Math as an additional enrichment/intervention within the general education classroom setting.
The LAP, ELL and SPED programs work closely with classroom teachers to provide quality instruction time to students. Intervention time is designed to provide targeted instruction to these groups of students.
Assessment:
Continuing this year is the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next. This test is given three times a year and progress monitoring (PM) is provided throughout the year for students at risk. Progress monitoring can be administered every 2 weeks. Other assessment data that will be looked at regularly include Smarter Balance interim testing data, STAR Reading and Math, and classroom common assessments in mathematics and reading. The data will be reviewed frequently to ensure we are providing appropriate instructional activities and interventions to all students.
Response to Intervention (RTI) continues this year. This program is intended to provide all students the very best instructional strategies we can offer for student achievement. In recent years RTI has focused on reading and math and this practice will continue.
Improvement plan process:
August
Begin work on school improvement plan
Identify leadership team for current school year
September
Complete DIBELS assessment
Complete STAR assessment
Review goals based on Smarter Balance, STAR and DIBELSscores from previous school year
Begin to identify and establish target groups based on data
Set goals for school improvement plan
Complete work on plan and submit
October
PLC Work to analyze data
November
Conduct survey of Certified Staff, Classified Staff, Students or Parents
Review fall assessment and survey data
Conduct Parent-Teacher Conferences
PLC Work to analyze data
December
Continue to review fall assessment and survey data
PLC Work to analyze data
January
Complete DIBELS assessment
Begin to discuss possible goals
Complete STAR assessment
Analyze and revise target groups
February
Review goals based on DIBELS and STAR assessment data from winter
PLC Work to analyze data
March
Conduct Parent-Teacher Conferences
PLC Work to analyze data
April
Start Smarter Balance assessment
PLC Work to analyze data
May
Complete Smarter Balance assessment
Complete DIBELS assessment
Complete STAR assessments
PLC Work to analyze data
June
Evaluate data from year to see if goals were met
Kindergarten Improvement Plan
Math :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will meet kindergarten benchmark power standards: · Identify numbers 1-20 · Write numbers · 1-20,1-50 and 1-120 · Count Objects · Composing #’s |
· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Math Connects · Connecting Math Concepts · Various math manipulatives · Number Corner |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Progress Monitoring · Rank Orders |
Reading :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will increase their nonsense word fluency and phoneme segmentation by 20 or more points each as measured by DIBELS. 80% will meet kindergarten benchmark power standards: · Identify and produce the 26 upper and lower case letters/sounds |
· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Wonders Training · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Wonders Tier 1- Tier 3 · Take Home Books · Poetry Notebooks |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Running Records · Early Lit · DIBELS PM · DIBELS · Rank Orders · Unit Tests |
First Grade Improvement Plan
Math:
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will meet First grade benchmark power standards: · Count to 120 · Write to 120 · Addition Facts to 20 · Subtraction Facts to 20
80% of students will gain at least 115 points on the STAR Math test
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Teacher developed Supplemental Materials · Math Manipulatives · Math Talks · Math Connects · Number Corner · Connecting Math Concepts |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Progress Monitoring · Rank Orders · Benchmark · STAR Math |
Reading :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% of students will increase their DIBELS composite score by 42 points. 80% of students will read 47 words correctly in a minute from a first grade reading passage. 80% of students will increase their DIBELS nonsense word fluency by at least 25 points by January. |
· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Wonders Training · Staff Meetings TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Wonders Tier 1- Tier 3 · Take Home Books · Poetry Notebooks
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· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators · |
· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Running Records/DRA · STAR Tests · DIBELS PM · DIBELS · Rank Orders · Unit Tests · Fluency Assessments |
Second Grade Improvement Plan
Math:
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will increase their STAR Math growth goal by 103 points
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Math Connects · Math Manipulatives · Reflex Math · Teacher Developed Supplemental Materials · Math Talks · Connecting Math Concepts · Number Corner |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Progress Monitoring · Rank Orders · STAR Math
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Reading :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% of students will increase their DIBELS composite score by at least 97 points. 80% of students will increase their STAR Reading growth goal by 120 points.
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Wonders Training · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Wonders Tier 1- Tier 3 · Take Home Books · Poetry Notebooks
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· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common · Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Running Records/DRA · STAR Tests · DIBELS PM · DIBELS · Rank Orders · Unit Tests · Fluency Assessments |
Third Grade Improvement Plan
Math :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will increase their STAR Scaled Score by 91 points or more
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Math Connects · Reflex Math · Teacher Developed Supplemental Materials · Accelerated Math · Math Talks · Connecting Math Concepts · Number Corner · Math Probes |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Progress Monitoring · Rank Orders · STAR Math · SBA Interim Test · SBA Scores |
Reading:
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% of students will increase their STAR Reading growth goal by 98 points or more
80% of students will increase their Composite Score by 110 points or more on the DIBELS assessment
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Wonders Training · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Classroom Libraries · Wonders Tier 1- Tier 3 · Accelerated Reader
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· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common · Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · STAR Tests · DIBELS PM · DIBELS · Rank Orders · Unit Tests · Fluency Assessment · Timed Tests · SBA Scores |
Fourth Grade Improvement Plan
Math :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will increase their STAR Scaled Score by 73 points or more.
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Math Connects · Reflex Math · Teacher Developed Supplemental Materials · Accelerated Math · Math Talks · Data Binders · Connecting Math Concepts · Math Probes · Number Corner |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Progress Monitoring · Rank Orders · S.B.A. Interim assessments · STAR Math · Timed Tests · SBA Scores
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Reading :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% of students will increase their STAR Reading growth goal by 81 points or more.
80% of students will increase their Composite Score by 101 points or more on the DIBELS assessment. |
· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Wonders Training · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Classroom Libraries · Wonders Tier 1- Tier 3 · Accelerated Reader
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· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · STAR Tests · DIBELS PM · DIBELS · Rank Orders · Unit Tests · Fluency Assessments · SBA Scores |
Fifth Grade Improvement Plan
Math :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% will increase their STAR Scaled Score by 54 points or more
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Math Connects · Teacher Developed Supplemental Materials · Accelerated Math · Math Talks · Data Binders · Connecting Math Concepts · Number Corner · Math Probes |
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · Progress Monitoring · Rank Orders · STAR Math · SBA Interim Test · Timed Tests · Curriculum Chapter Tests · SBA Scores |
Reading :
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Action Steps |
Professional Development |
Timeline |
Resources Available |
Who is Responsible |
Monitoring Effectiveness |
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80% of students will increase their STAR Reading growth goal by 78 points or more.
80% of students will increase their Composite Score by 60 points or more on the DIBELS assessment.
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· PLC Work · PLC Training · GLAD Strategies · Wonders Training · Staff Meetings · TLC Training |
2016-17 |
· Classroom Libraries · Wonders Tier 1- Tier 3 · Accelerated Reader
|
· Teachers · Principal · SLICC · Para Educators
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· Common · Formative Assessments · TACA forms · CCSS assessments · STAR Tests · DIBELS PM · DIBELS · Rank Orders · Unit Tests · Fluency Assessments · SBA Scores |
School Improvement Plan
Parent Involvement 2016/2017
School Improvement Goal: We will increase parent involvement as measured by attendance at school events, the number of volunteers, and parent association/committee attendance.
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Activities to Achieve this Goal: What actions will occur? What steps will staff take? |
Professional Development How will staff acquire the necessary skills and attitudes to implement the activity? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Available What are the existing and new resources that will be used to accomplish the activity? |
Who is Responsible? Who is Involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Monitoring Effectiveness What on-going FORMATIVE evidence will be gathered to show this activity is making a difference in student outcomes? |
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Open House/BBQ |
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Yearly |
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Staff/parents |
Sign in sheet |
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Kinder Night
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Yearly |
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Staff/parents |
Sign in sheet |
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Parent-Teacher Association Board meetings
Parent-Teacher Association General Meetings |
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Monthly
Twice a year |
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Parents |
Sign in sheet |
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Conferences/Progress reports
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Twice yearly |
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Staff/parents |
Copies of teacher’s conference list |
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Family Nights (Science, Literacy, Math, Fitness) 4 Year Old Night/Pre-K |
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3 times a year |
Free Books Informational materials for families |
Staff/parents |
Sign in sheet |
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THE Parent-Teacher Association Facebook Page
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Yearly |
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Parents |
Parental feedback and messages
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Activities to Achieve this Goal: What actions will occur? What steps will staff take?
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Professional Development How will staff acquire the necessary skills and attitudes to implement the activity? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Available What are the existing and new resources that will be used to accomplish the activity?
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Who is Responsible? Who is Involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work?
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Monitoring Effectiveness What on-going FORMATIVE evidence will be gathered to show this activity is making a difference in student outcomes? |
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Maximize the use of the School Messenger for information regarding school activities – calendars, events, PTA meetings, etc. |
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Regularly as needed |
School Messenger |
Principal Teachers |
Increased school information and participation in activities |
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Book–it Home Reading Program |
None |
Monthly |
Packets |
Principal Teachers |
Tracked classroom and building minutes |
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Parents Home and School Connection newsletter in English/Spanish? |
None |
Year long |
Newsletter |
Principal |
Increased school information |
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Send out monthly volunteer opportunities (Create an email database to email and send hard copy home) |
None |
Monthly |
Database |
Parent –Teacher Association |
Calendar is regularly distributed
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WaKids Conferences – Introducing Me/Kinder Classroom Orientation |
None |
Before the school year starts |
Introducing Me Booklets |
Kinder staff |
Classroom check off list/sign-in sheet |
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Pre-K/K Family Nights |
None |
3 times a year |
Family Packets Center Activities |
P-3 Committee and Staff |
Attendance sheet |
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Parent/Home Technology Connections |
None |
On going |
On-line access to district reading and math curriculum |
Parents Teachers Students |
Log in Sheets |