Category: Principal’s Message

Every weekend, as I sit down to write my “Principal’s Message,”  I vacillate between trying to impart some meaningful parenting or child-rearing thoughts drawn from my soon-to-be 33 years of experience raising my own children (and now getting to chime Read More …

Tonight is PTA Parent Education Night! Please join us at 7:00 in the MPR to hear Dr. Jabari Mahiri speak on “Helping Children and Adults Understand Cultural Diversity” How we can facilitate young people’s appreciation of multiple dimensions of diversity Read More …

Sometimes it seems as if the way educators talk is meant to confuse, not enlighten, parents and other members of the public.  We speak in acronyms: IEPs, ADA, GATE, EL, SST, SPSA … the list goes on and on.  About Read More …

There are countless studies and reports showing that parent involvement is the greatest predictor of student success.  “Parental effort is consistently associated with higher levels of achievement, and the magnitude of the effect of parental effort is substantial,” according to Read More …

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2010 reaffirmed a commitment to a high quality education based on sound content standards.  The CCSS are rigorous and research-based and identify skills needed to be college and career ready Read More …