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Mission Statement |
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The Washoe County School District sets out to create an education system where all students achieve academic success, develop personal and civic responsibility, and achieve career and college readiness for the 21st century. |
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Nancy Gomes ES experienced great success during the 2010-11 school year. This is attributed to exceptional instruction and a commitment to excellence on behalf of parents, staff and students.- Our school was recognized for improving student achievement by having the highest growth in the district on Math CRT exams.
- Lifestyle Homes Foundation funded 3 Kinder Amigos to help teachers implement a high quality kindergarten program.
- 125 students were provided with 8 weeks of after-school tutoring focused on reading, math and test taking strategies.
- A math intervention aide was hired to help struggling students reach proficiency.
- One reading intervention teacher was hired to implement the Early Success program.
- All teachers received professional development training in high yield instructional strategies.
- Teachers used formative assessment data, instructional benchmarks and progress monitoring data to meet the needs of students.
- Suzanne Robbins received the Celebrate Literacy Award from the International Reading Association.
- Our fourth annual Academic Night was a huge success.
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Goals and Objectives |
Goal 1
Students will increase their reading skills with a focus on comprehension of informational text and making inferences.
Objective(s):
At least 63.8% of all students will Meet or Exceed Standards in reading comprehension as measured by the 2011 administration of the third and fourth grade CRTs.
Goal 2
Students will increase their math skills, particularly in the areas of computation, data analysis, and problem solving.
Objective(s):
At least 65.9% of all students will Meet or Exceed Standards in math as measured by the 2011 administration of the third and fourth grade CRTs.
Goal 3
All students will increase their writing proficiency, emphasizing the four writing traits.
Objective(s):
At least 63.8% of all students will Meet or Exceed Standards in writing as measured by site-level assessments throughout the school year.
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