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Superintendent July Newsletter

July 2024

Superintendent JulyNewsletterJuly 2024

Happy Summer

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Summer is the season to enjoy family, relax, and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Summer is the season to rest and rejuvenate. I look forward to hearing about your summer when we are all back together!

I have been able to step away and fly fish some, with the moose family looking on.

The SD 41 Vision and Mission Statement

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Committed to quality education and collaboration by teaching skills, developing knowledge, and fostering both responsibility and confidence so that all students become productive citizens.

Facilities and Building Safety Projects for the Summer

Heyburn will be 100 years 2024-2025
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Building Safety Projects

  • Surveillance cameras at SMMS and UpRiver
  • Perimeter fencing at SMMS
  • Exterior lighting at all four school sites
  • Intercom systems, assessed with a 3 -4 year plan for updates per site
  • Secure exterior doors at Heyburn Elementary
  • Exit door at the Heyburn Elementary Gym
  • Secured entrances at UpRiver School

Facilities Projects

Heyburn

  • Upgrade the plumbing in the first floor bathrooms
  • Reframe the exit door between the bleachers in the gym
  • Repairs in the gym at the Southeast corner.
  • Replace some bricks and repoint the water for drainage

UpRiver School.

  • Repair/replace 2 surveillance cameras
  • Install a new paging/audio intercom system

SMMS

  • Build perimeter fencing at the outside field
  • Install 4 new surveillance cameras
  • Install a new intercom system

SMHS

  • Construction of a new CTE shop
  • Design plans for a more secure building entry way

The 2023-24 Preliminary Data is Looking Promising

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Idaho Reading Inventory ( K -3)

The preliminary results for the early elementary grades show improvement with 60% of the students demonstrating their ability to read.
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English Language Arts Preliminary Results

The state preliminary results show significant growth with 47% of the students now at or above grade level. 75 more students are now proficient/advanced, which is a 55% increase in the number of students who are now proficient/advanced.
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Math Preliminary Results

The state preliminary results show improvement with 33% of the students at or above grade level. There is another 55 students who are now proficient/advanced, which happens to be a 55% increase in the number of students who are now proficient/advanced.

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Important Calendar Dates

  • July 29. Special School Board meeting on Board policies.
  • August 12 Regular School Board Meeting.
  • August 26. Celebrate Heyburn being 100 years old!


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Regular School Board Meetings Broadcasted

The Regular School Board Meetings are now being broadcasted through this link: https://www.youtube.com/@SD41YouTube/streams


The next School Board Meeting is Monday, August 12, 2024.

Two-way Communication

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Dr. Teresa Rensch remains open to phone calls, emails, and face-to-face meetings. You can drop into the District Office at 240 South 11th Street in St. Maries, or make an appointment. You can also call 208 245-2579 or send an email to trensch@sd41.org. I believe good communication is one effective way to advance St. Maries Joint School District 41. I also strongly believe in working together as an important way to advance our amazing School District. .
Teresa Rensch
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