June 2026
This year, staff worked together to support our school literacy goal by using a variety of strategies to build students’ reading and language skills.
In whole class instruction, teachers focused on vocabulary development and reading fluency through activities shared at Lunch & Learns. Some of these strategies include: Sound Search, Word of the Day, Making Up Big Words, Spell-to-Read, Choral Reading, Partner Reading, and Paragraph Shrinking.
In smaller targeted groups, teachers provided instruction four days a week for 30–40 minutes. These students worked in small cross-grade groups with peers at a similar learning level. Students focused on activities such as talking circles, letter and sound games, vocabulary-building games, leveled reading, high-frequency word practice, and UFLI literacy activities.
As a result of these efforts, there were noticeable improvements in students’ literacy skills. More students demonstrated:
Students who received targeted small-group support showed increased confidence and higher participation in small group learning, highlighting the positive impact of consistent, focused instruction.
June 2026
This year, we continued to focus on improving student attendance by promoting the importance of being at school every day. Through monthly assemblies and morning announcements, we shared messages and themes such as “Show Up and Shine” and “Finish the Year Strong” to encourage students to attend regularly and arrive on time. We also introduced a school-wide challenge aimed at reducing the number of late arrivals and helping students start their day ready to learn.
To strengthen our partnership with families, Ms. Gonzalez followed up with phone calls to families whose children were experiencing attendance challenges. These conversations helped us better understand and reduce barriers to attendance while working together to support students in coming to school consistently.
Key takeaway: There was an increase of 33 students who were absent 5 days or less, from 98 students in May 2024–25 to 131 students in May 2025–26. This represents approximately a 34% increase in students maintaining very strong attendance.