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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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Growth and academic achievement have been the goal at Silver Lake this year. Our teachers strive to increase test scores by targeting individual student needs and providing support for all learners.- The SB 185 Grant funded a literacy coach and ESL teacher to instruct emerging/developing students.
- Teachers were trained in GLAD, Step Up to Writing, California Early Literacy, Accelerated Math, and the writing traits.
- We were awarded the After School Tutoring Program to raise scores for approaching standards students in 3rd-5th grades.
- The SB 185 Grant funded Intersessions for off-track students to increase literacy through remediation and enrichment.
- The T4S Consortium conducted walk-throughs to assess and increase student engagement in every classroom.
- First through third grade teachers adopted a Target Skill Time to differentiate instruction to meet student needs.
- The Purple Hands Project was initiated to develop positive student self-esteem and interactions.
- Award Assemblies were held for students to honor academic and good citizen behaviors.
- We purchased the Road to the Code and Earobics programs to increase phonemic awareness in 1st-2nd grade students.
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Goals and Objectives |
Goal 1
All students, (especially female, IEP, Hispanic, low SES, and LEP students) will raise their language skills to 51.7%.
Objective(s):
Consistent training in Soar to Success, data driven decision-making, and increased Student Engagement and Differentiated Instruction inservice for all teachers. Effective approaches to remediation/enrichment will be used with Target Skill Time for 1st-3rd grade students.
Goal 2
All students, (especially female, IEP, Hispanic, low SES, and LEP students) will raise their math skills to 54.6%.
Objective(s):
Teachers will identify focus students who need remediation/enrichment in mathematics instruction. Teacher teams will use student data to drive whole/small group instruction for CRT and Benchmark standards using Everyday Math and Accelerated Math programs.
Goal 3
All students will increase their writing proficiencies as measured by the Nevada Writing Proficiency Exam.
Objective(s):
Teachers will use Step Up to Writing together with the Writing Traits to increase student writing proficiency. Teachers will receive training in grading writing prompts, increase teaching time, and use actual student work to model outstanding writing in all grade levels.
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