Message from the Principal

From: The Desk of Mary A. Bonner, Principal

We are  gearing up for another educational adventure.  This year, our major focus will be on building "Professional Learning Communities."

Through this process, we fully expect to transform our school into a results-oriented institution where all children meet their fullest potential.  It is our challenge to greatly reduce or totally eliminate our children from the below basic category.  Our ultimate goal, is to improve every child's reading level across all content areas.  In addition, we are striving to increase our daily instructional time, implement a successful attendance initiative, as well as decrease our incidents of disruptive behavior.  Improving parental involvement is also high priority for us.

This year, Steel school in conjunction with the North Region, will
implement specific criteria to increase the rate of success for our
students.  Our road map includes:

•         Grade groups functioning in "PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES"

•         Data drives instruction - TEACH-ASSESS-ADJUST

•         Daily ATTENDANCE monitoring with INCENTIVES and CELEBRATIONS

•         On-going DIFFERENTIATED professional development

•         A.M. and P.M. WALK THROUGHS

•         A GOOD LESSON that includes an ASSESSMENT that is aligned with the STANDARD taught

•         Meaningful, immediate FEEDBACK to staff and students

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION For Staff and Students At EDWARD T. STEEL SCHOOL

Sincerely,

Mary A. Bonner

Principal