The Sherwood Way

Happy Fourth of July!

I can hardly believe it's almost time to kick off the 2024-2025 academic school year. I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer break so far.

June has been an incredible month with the SES SOAR Summer Academy. SOAR wrapped up on June 27th, and we're thrilled to report significant growth among our scholars. Our students in grades K-3 have advanced to higher categories on the mClass Progress Monitoring Assessment, and our 4th and 5th graders have reached new heights on the iReady assessment. We are immensely proud of our SOAR scholars and the remarkable progress they've achieved in such a short time.

Thank you, parents, for encouraging your scholars to attend SOAR every day! We could not have achieved this success without each of you.

Special thanks to our amazing Assistant Principal, Mr. Averett, whose leadership as the SOAR Admin was instrumental in making SOAR Academy such a big success. We also extend our gratitude to Mrs. Stratton and Mrs. Mack, the SOAR Admin interns, for their dedication and support. A heartfelt appreciation goes to Mrs. McCann, instructional coach, and all the classroom teachers for their hard work and commitment.

And of course, we cannot forget the invaluable contributions of the secretary, nurse, and custodians. Thank you all for your outstanding efforts and contributions to our success!

As we prepare for the upcoming academic year, we wanted to inform you of some notable staff changes that will take effect when we return in August. Mrs. Y. Phillips, our beloved kindergarten teacher, retired at the end of May after many years of dedicated service. Additionally, Mrs. K. Phillips' family has relocated, and Mrs. Lugo, our esteemed third-grade teacher, has accepted an EL Teacher position within the district. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all of them for their contributions to our school community and wish them the very best in their future endeavors.

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of the SES family who will be joining us this fall: Abbie Reynolds and Qshounda Ware, who will both be teaching kindergarten; Brittany Christopher, who will be teaching second grade; and Sharina Sanders, who will be transitioning to a third-grade self-contained class. We are excited to have these talented educators join our team and look forward to the positive impact they will have on our students.

This is a reminder regarding our end-of-the-year assessments and goals. I am excited to announce that we met our school-wide end-of-the-year goals for iReady Reading and iReady Math. Our scholars and teachers worked extremely hard throughout the year to achieve these goals.

I am incredibly proud of every scholar, classroom teacher, and specialty area teacher for making these goals a reality and not just a dream.

Please go ahead and re-register your scholar if you have not already completed the registration process for returning scholars on or before July 14th. All scholars that are returning must be re-enrolled for the 2024-2025 academic school year. Our goal is to ensure we have all scholars in classrooms before Open House or the first day of school.

The cut-off date(July 14th ) for transportation on the first day of school. Late registrants may not have a bus assignment during the first 2 weeks of school

A. Overall iReady Reading Goal (BOY to EOY) EOY Results 71% (Scholars Exceeded The Goal!

Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 44% from 26% to 70% by maintaining 118 students and moving 202 students for a total of 320 students as measured by iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024

• Subgoal for 1st Grade EOY Results 91% (Very Close and Impressive)
• Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 74% from 22% to 96% by maintaining 19 students and moving 65 students for a total of 84 students as measured by iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024.
• Subgoal for 2nd Grade EOY Results 79% (Scholars Exceeded Goal)
• Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 48% from 28% to 76% by maintaining 25 students and moving 44 students for a total of students 69 as measured by iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024
• Subgoal for 3rd Grade EOY Results 74% (Scholars Exceeded Goal
• Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 28% from 40% to 68% by maintaining 32 students and moving 22 students for a total of 54 students as measured by iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024
• Subgoal for 4th Grade EOY Results 39% 28pts away from goal. Scholars scored higher in Feb.
• Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 50% from 17% to 67% by maintaining 17 students and moving 44 students for a total of 61 students as measured by iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024.
• Subgoal for 5th Grade EOY Results 52% Closer to goal
• Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 50% from 17% to 67% by maintaining 17 students and moving 44 students for a total of 61 students as measured by iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024.

Math

B. Overall iReady Math Goal (BOY to EOY) EOY Year Results 68% (Scholars Exceeded The Goal)!

Increase the number of students in grades K-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 29% from 27% to 57% by maintaining 26 students and moving 27 students for a total of 53 students as measured by iReady Math Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024.

• Subgoal for 1st Grade
• Increase the number of students in 1st grade scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 88% from 5% to 93% by maintaining 5 students and moving 77 students for a total of 82 students as measured by iReady Math Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024. EOY Results 90 %Very Close and Impressive
• Subgoal for 2nd Grade
• Increase the number of students in 2nd grade scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 64% from 5 % to 69% by maintaining 5 students and moving 59 students for a total of students 64 as measured by iReady Math Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024 EOY 66% Results (Very Close and impressive)
• Subgoal for 3rd Grade
• Increase the number of students in grades 1-5 scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 64% from 5 % to 69%by maintaining 6 students and moving 55 students for a total of 61 students as measured by iReady Math Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024. EOY 57% Results (Very Close and impressive)
• Subgoal for 4th Grade
• Increase the number of students in 4th grade scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 43% from 15% to 58% by maintaining 13 students and moving 38 students for a total of 51 students as measured by iReady Math Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024. EOY 52% Results (Very Close and impressive)
• Subgoal for 5th Grade
• Increase the number of students in 5th grade scoring in the early on grade level or mid/above grade by 46% from 16% to 62% by maintaining 14 students and moving 53 students for a total of 67 students as measured by iReady Math Diagnostic Assessment in May 2024. EOY Results 63% (Scholars Exceeded Goal)

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