Dear Family,
Thank you all for everything you did to prepare for our Holiday Festival. We had more participation this year than last. The building looked great and everyone had fun. I hope you all got so rest the weekend. you earned it. We have district PLCs this week. Please plan accordingly. Our AVID site team meeting is this Wednesday.
Student Council is having a food drive from December 2- 18. The donation boxes are in our front office.
Here is our Holiday cheer calendar for December.
To Do's:
- Update the MTSS tracker.
- Keep your gradebook up to date.
- Make sure you are having your students step into the arena for IXL weekly.
"Though you can't always drive improvements through other people and sometimes not even through a team. You can always be an example of Improvement. Remember the way the word is spelled says it the best, "IMPROVEMENT BEGINS WITH I." - Lean Strategies International LLV
With gratitude,
Dr. Wendy Gamble
Vision-Mission-Essential Five
We will maximize the time that we do have with our students and focus on the Essential Five.
- Identify desired results
- Determine acceptable evidence
- Plan learning experiences & instruction
2. Prioritize small group instruction over whole group instruction.
- It allows you to react & respond in real time on a personalized level to questions, misconceptions, & successes.
3. Post & review learning targets everyday with your students.
- Tell them what you want them to learn, and how they will know they learned it.
4. Model the concept or skill.
- Always provide plenty of practice together and independently.
- Pre-assessments
- Questioning
- Observations
- Exit Tickets
- Monitoring small group discussions
- Facilitate small group instruction
Student Achievement
Where we are
STAAR Reading 23-24: 16% DNM, 31% Approached, 27% Meet, 26% Mastered
STAAR Math 23-24: 30% DNM, 33% Approached, 26% Meet, 11% Mastered
STAAR Science 23-24: 48% DNM, 35% Approached, 13% Meet, 4% Mastered
Where we are going
Grades 3 - 8: 80% of Nolan Creek students will meet the approaches performance level, 50% will reach the meets performance level and 25% will reach the masters performance level in all subjects as measured by the STAAR.
Grades K -2: 35% Above, 60% At, <5% Below, 0% Well Below as measured by mClass.
BOY Measure 2024
mClass K-2: 17% Well Below, 17% Below, 42% At Grade level, 23% Above Grade Level
Math IXL: 8% Far Below, 35% Below, 50% At Grade level, 7% Above
ELAR IXL 3-7: 17% Far Below, 20% Below, 25% At Grade Level, 38% Above
MOY Measure 2024 - 2025
mClass K-2: % Well Below, % Below, % At Grade level, % Above Grade level
Math IXL: % Well Below, % Below, % At Grade level, % Above Grade level
ELAR IXL: % Well Below, % Below, % At Grade level, % Above Grade level
Math Interim: % DNM, % Approach, % Meet, % Master
RLA Interim: % DNM, % Approach, % Meet, % Master
Science Interim: % DNM, % Approach, % Meet, % Master
EOY Measure 2025
mClass K-2: % Well Below, % Below, % At Grade level, % Above Grade level
Math IXL: % Well Below, % Below, % At Grade level, % Above Grade level
E:LAR IXL: % Well Below, % Below, % At Grade level, % Above Grade level
Save the Date
December
3 MTSS Meeting
4 College/Military Shirts
5 Salado Christmas Parade 6pm
6 Pizza Friday & Holiday Fest PTA 6-8pm
11 AVID Site Meeting
11-12 District PLC meetings
16-20 PTA Penguin Patch Holiday Shop Cafeteria
14 Belton Christmas Parade 6pm
17 6/7th Field Trip Belton New Tech High School
18 College/Military Shirts
20 No Pizza & Spirit Shirts & Early Release 1255 AM/Report Cards- (End of 2nd 9 Weeks)
12/23-1/3 Christmas Break-No School
January
6-7 Staff Development
Principal Wendy Gamble
Email: wendy.gamble@orendaeducation.org
Website: https://www.nolancreekschool.org/
Location: 505 E Ave C Belton TX. 76513
Work Phone: 254-939-4491
Cell Phone: 254-833-1205