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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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Sparks Middle School has had an outstanding year with many new programs and initiatives, including our new uniform policy.- Our new uniform policy has helped to dramatically reduce discipline issues and has been overwhelmingly supported by parents.
- Our Partner in Education, Rail City Casino, sponsored student activities and awards ceremonies.
- PLATO, ELLIS, and Read 180 have helped many students improve academically and earn credits.
- The 21st Century Grant has allowed SMS to provide after-school tutoring and enrichment activities.
- Family Nights have been well attended by parents where they receive information on important issues such as gang awareness.
- Many students went to UNR and TMCC to Start Thinking About College and many were also honored as Silver Scholars at UNR.
- The implementation of School Wide Positive Behavior Supports have helped improve student behavior and reduce tardies.
- Hundreds of students were honored quarterly for earning B’s or better on their report cards by the parent group.
- Students and parents were honored by the Sparks Chamber of Commerce during our annual B.E.S.T. mixer.
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Goals and Objectives |
Goal 1
Improve proficiency in ELA among all students with a focus on IEP, ELL, FRL and minority students.
Objective(s):
Increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding proficiency of grade level standards by 15% in Language Arts as measured by the Criterion Referenced Test. Currently, 55% of our students are proficient in reading according to CRT’s; by 2008-2009 63% of our students will be proficient.
Goal 2
Increase mastery level of all students in Math with a focus on IEP, ELL, FRL, and minority students.
Objective(s):
Increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding proficiency of grade level standards by 15% in Math as measured by the Criterion Referenced Test. Currently 51% of all our students meet math standards. By 2008-2009, 59% of our students will be proficient.
Goal 3
Increase parent involvement and increase the size of our parent group.
Objective(s):
This year parent involvement will increase. Last year we had no parent involvement in the parent group, and we had minimal parent involvement in the school. This year the parent group will organize and run the Spring Carnival.
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