1. Scottsville Elementary School State of the School September 17, 2013 Sharon Wilcox - Principal

2. School Profile 177 students enrolled in pre-K through fifth grade 9 classroom teachers Bright Stars to 5 th grade Average Class size – 16; range from 11 to 21.8 title I teacher.5 gifted resource teacher 1.5 special education teacher 1 P.E teacher 1 media specialist 9 teaching assistants.5 speech/language specialist 2.0 office associate 6 hours/day nurse.5 Music.4 Art.5 Guidance.5 school psychologist

3. Responsive Classroom Emphasizes social emotional and academic growth in a strong and safe school community The goal is to provide environment for optimal student learning Backed by independent research

4. Albemarle County Strategic Plan Vision: All learners believe in their power to embrace learning, to excel, and to own their own future. Mission: Our core purpose is establish a community of learners and learning, through rigor, relevance and relationships, one student at a time

5. Strategic Goals 2013/14 One Student-Centered Strategic Goal: All students will graduate having actively mastered the Lifelong-Learning Skills to succeed as 21 st century learners, workers and citizens.

6. Objective 1 – We Will Engage Every Student Objective 2 – We Will Implement Balanced Assessments Objective 3 – We Will Improve Opportunity and Achievement

7. Objective 4 – We Will Create and Expand Partnerships Objective 5 – We Will Optimize Resources

8. 3 School Improvement Goals Climate:  Create a school climate where students and teachers are safe  Parents feel confident about sending their child to our school  All students feel significant, belonging and have a positive experience at school

9. Reading:  Meet our quarterly Literacy bench- marks as outlined by ACPS and be be able to read grade level text independently Math  Increase our passing rate on the SOL. We are a “Focus School” this year and this will require a special plan with the state department of education because we didn’t meet our benchmark in one subgroup.

10. How Can You Help? Homework / Agenda Read Aloud. Show your child reading and math are important. Help them resolve disagreements with their peers peacefully. Continue to show respect to all. Good Night of Sleep Show Interest / Ask them questions Attend Parent-Teacher conferences to build good relationship with your child’s teacher Get Involved ( PTO, Volunteer, Be Informed) Special speakers!!