S-RC Superintendent's Report
BOE Meeting: July 12th, 2021
And WE are off!
It has been an adventure of getting settled down but things are coming together and I am excited for the future for our district and all of our communities. It has been great getting to know Sue, Ada and Maritza in the office and their personalities are something I admire and know we will hit the ground running!
Some of the teachers are in and out with getting books, organizing rooms and getting things in order as the new year approaches. Thank you to all the coaches who are helping with the weight/running program and it is great to see amount of kids who are participating. Love to see the dedication and look forward to that growing!
Thank you for the support of the board as well and the dedication you have for our communities, your presence at events and supporting our school!
Summer School
It is off and rolling! I can not thank the teachers/paras/volunteers who are helping out with this. They were put in a hard spot with items being dumped on them but they are doing a great job. A couple comments from some of the students I talked to: "Can't wait for tomorrow." "This is FUNSCHOOL not summer school." "I love it!" "So many activities and learning."
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NDE approvals
- Accredited School for the 21-22 school year
- Rule 10/14 complied (after a few little details to clear up)
- Powerschool approval in
- Census is in
- ESSER III requirements are ongoing but up-to-date
ICU Focus Team
We had a great meeting with the ICU collation as we met for the day from 9:30am to 3pm. We had many conversations, talked with Wahoo and York, did a data dig over the surveys (parents, students and staff) and then finished up with a talk from Danny Hill who will be visiting on the 12th of August.
We had many success and a few challenges and the team has narrowed our focus for the next school year to these top four challenges:
- Retakes/Fatigue
- Consistency
- Teacher Time/Involvement w/ students
- High Flyers
Meeting with Carl D.
I have had many conversations and phone sessions with Carl from late June throughout the last week. On Tuesday (7/6), I met with Carl in Kearney and had a visit from 9am to 1pm getting our numbers in for the actual year of 19-20, the current 20-21 and then our projected for the 21-22. It has been a lot of information, but the more repetition I have, the better I am becoming. Carl has been very accommodating and we are currently putting together our work-packet for the budget workshop as well.
Adaptive School Training
ESU 7 put on and has two more sessions for Adaptive School Training. Kelly, Becky, Cody and myself went to the sessions on June 22nd and 23rd (I was out on the 22nd). There are a lot of great strategies for engagement, discussion vs. dialogue and making sure that people understand the difference between boss and leader. There are two more sessions in September and November. There are ESU 7 individuals who are going to be leaders of this and this will be something that will slowly be implemented throughout the upcoming years.
Paras and ELL update
- ELL for high school
- Floating Elementary Para
- Possible Para for High School (checking our #'s with Susan returning)
Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP)
I want to thank the CIP for coming in on July 8th and discussing the future of our school. What we talked about was how we were going to record our information for the short and longevity of the classes. Our K-5 will be triangulating the data with MAP, Acadience, STAR (AR reading) & high frequency words. The 6-12 with be focusing on the MAP, AR (for middle), ACT (for 11th) and possibly the NSCAS. Teachers will be recording the short term (their class) and then the Data team will be recording the longevity of the data.
Overload with the Awesomess that is S-RC!
We will be preaching to our staff, students and district to send in those pictures and let us continue to push our great stories out to the public. I would also take any stories from our communities as well. I'm hoping to utilize our thrillshare for all activities, happenings and showcasing our district!
Tailgate ideas...
1st home football game is the 27th of August. I don't know if we have done a gatorade/soap scrimmage in the past with our teams but if not, we could tentatively plan a get together for the community before hand? Something to think about as we move through this month!
What is coming up?
Let the fun begin!
- Public library meeting will be taking place at some point this month. Topics include school safety and students access to the areas needed.
- Elementary and High School camps are starting up the week of the 20th
- Student Council Blood drive on the 21st
- NCSA coaches clinic (June 26th-29th)
- Administration days hosted by NCSA (June 28th-30th)
- New ESU 7 Leaders lunch and financial overview on August 7th
- New Teacher Orientation (August 5th - 6th)
- Staff Orientation (August 9th - 11th)
- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (August 12th)