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Mission Statement |
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The Washoe County School District provides each student the opportunity to achieve his or her potential through a superior education in a safe and challenging environment in order to develop responsible and productive citizens for our diverse and rapidly changing community. |
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Nancy Gomes ES experienced great success during the 2008-09 school year. I attribute this to exceptional instruction and a commitment to excellence from parents, teachers and students.- Two reading intervention teachers were hired to implement the Early Success and Soar to Success programs.
- An organized physical education program was provided to all students thanks to our PTO and Lifestyle Homes.
- Lifestyle Homes funded four instructional classroom aides and donated $12,000 to purchase teaching materials.
- Our second annual Academic Night was a huge success.
- We had record attendance at our spring Night of the Arts event.
- Teachers used formative assessment data and instructional benchmarks to meet individualized needs of students.
- Three staff members earned advanced degrees in education this year.
- 35 new computers were installed in the computer lab, completing our technology update.
- All teachers received professional development training in essential learning strategies.
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Goals and Objectives |
Goal 1
Students will increase their reading skills with focus on comprehension of informational text and making inferences.
Objective(s):
We will increase the number of students who Meet or Exceed Standard in reading comprehension by 10% as measured by the 2009 administration of the third and fourth grade CRTs.
Goal 2
Students will increase their math skills, particularly in the areas of computation, data analysis, problem solving.
Objective(s):
We will increase the number of students who Meet or Exceed Standard in math by 10% as measured by the 2009 administration of the third and fourth grade CRTs.
Goal 3
All students will increase their writing proficiency, emphasizing the four writing traits.
Objective(s):
We will increase the number of students who Meet or Exceed Standard in writing by 10% as measured by site-level assessments throughout the school year.
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