September Scoop
Dear Parents:
It's hard to believe that this is my sixth year as Principal and Ms. Medders' fourth year as the Assistant Principal at Mountain View. This year, we will have the honor of celebrating our 80th school year this Spring. Please look forward to more details later. Staff and students are settled in their classes and all schedules have been set.
The School Improvement goals for the 2007-2008 school year continue to be:
- Students will demonstrate proficiency at or above grade level in reading comprehension.
- Students will increase proficiency in writing performance.
As a staff, we will collect data on these goals to determine our strengths as well as our weaknesses. This data will guide our instruction with students throughout the year.
Having had past success in improving reading and writing scores with the Thinking Maps program, Mountain View will continue with the second year of Write From the Beginning, a developmental writing program created by the Thinking Maps company, as one of its strategies to close achievement gaps in reading and language. This program is a developmental writing program that focuses on early childhood success and those skills that are necessary for successful writing achievment beyond the primary years.
Secondly, we will continue to study one book a month as a school. The book for August/September is Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee. Teachers will plan various lessons monthly that will cover each book. Please ask your children what they have learned weekly as it relates to the monthly books. As an administrative team, we will study Do You Know Enough About Me to Teach Me?, written by Stephen G. Peters. Teachers will continue to study the book What Great Teachers Do Differently, 14 Things That Matter Most. I am committed to making sure that as the leader of this school that I investigate all areas to ensure that we continue to encourage, push and challenge our students. As an administrative team, have the book studies and studying other research allows us to have knowledge of what happens in other schools around the nation as well as locally.
As always, thank you for allowing me to be your Principal. I know that you will continue to support Mountain View as we continue to reach success with our student!
Angela M. Huff and Melanie P. Medders
