Summer Accomplishments

Every summer I look at the list of tasks we expect our 12 month staff to accomplish and I have great concerns. This year was no different. I actually created a list that required the completion of more tasks than in prior years that due to budget cuts, had to be done by fewer people. Based on experience, I should stop worrying and trust in the work-ethic and capacity of our staff. As usual, we are in great shape to start the school year. I am very pleased to say that our 12 month staff has managed to complete the following projects:
- Conversion of our student information system to Powerschool.
- Revision of all of our curriculum guides, core vocabulary lists and curriculum brochures.
- Development of formative benchmark assessments for science, social studies, language arts and math in grades 4 through 8.
- Development of a Response to Intervention model for academic and behavioral assistance.
- Preparation for the implementation of Study Island
- Creation of a Parent Volunteer Handbook and a Parent Volunteer Center in each building.
- Preparation for the pilot of our "TIPS" homework program in kindergarten and 4th grade.
- Development of a curriculum for our Chinese program and schedule students for this program.

This was in addition to the regular cleaning and maintenance of the buildings and grounds, completion of the annual audit, student scheduling, enrolling new students, updating computers, conducting contractually required staff training, completing all of the federal grants and state reports, updates to the website and all of our handbooks and distributing supplies and materials.

What is done in the summer by the twelve month staff is often overlooked. Yet, without their efforts we could never be ready for the return of the ten month staff or our students. Please join me in thanking them for another summer in which they have managed to put us in the position to have another great school year!