Sunrise Advisory and Accountability Meeting

On February 10th, the Sunrise Advisory and Accountability Committee (SAAC) met to discuss how students are progressing toward learning goals and proficiencies and were invited to share concerns, thoughts and celebrations for next year as we switch to a traditional calendar. The graphs shown here compare last year's CSAP scores (in blue) to this year's MAP scores ("Measure of Academic Progress"). As a staff we spent time analyzing our assessment data and created a top priority list for reading. Students' learning will focus on identifying the main idea of a selection or text, summarizing a text, and making inferences while they read. We are also choosing a common framework to use to teach writing. This will create aligned expectations in writing across all grade levels and will utilize a common language/vocabulary for teachers to use when teaching writing to their students. In addition to having a set time for writing every day, the intermediate grades are integrating more writing into their science.

We are enjoying watching the growth that our students are making across the curriculum! Our next SAAC meeting will be at 6:30, after the PTCO meeting on April 14th. Our intent is to talk more about next year and how a change in our calendar will impact our students. Hope to see you there!