Dear Family,
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. We have a short week with the students. Thursday morning will be our learning day and Friday is for parent conferences. Here is the tentative agenda.
For parent teacher conference, please make note of who you called or Zoomed with and what was discussed. If you have in person conferences, have a sign in sheet.
To Do's:
- Make sure you are taking your attendance every section.
- Make sure you are having your students step into the arena for IXL weekly.
- Conference with your students about their goals and the progress they are making frequently.
"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.
- Questioning
- Observations
- 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
November
1 Staff Development-No School- Parent Teacher Conferences
(AVID Awareness Parent Letter)
3 Father of Texas Day
4-8 Literacy Week ! Scholastic Book Fair (Open Before & After School)
6 College/Military Shirts
7 K-1 Central Fire Station Walking Field Trip Kinder depart 8A, 1st depart 8:30A
8 Pizza Friday & Spirit Shirts
11 Staff Development-Veterans Day- No School
11-15 GenTX Week- College/ Career Readiness
(MON-Sunglasses, TUES- Pajamas, WED-College/Military THURS-Hat day, FRI- Wear NCS Colors)
12 2nd-5th grade Bell County Museum Walking Field Trip depart 10:30A (sack lunch)
12 PTA Meeting 5:30pm2/3 Performance
13 College/Military Shirts
15 CAREER DAY -Progress Reports (½ through 2nd 9 Weeks) & Pizza Friday
16 PTA 5th Annual Turkey Trot 730A
20 College/Military Shirts
22 Pizza Friday & Spirit Shirts
25-29 Thanksgiving Break-No School
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