Dutch Fork Elementary
Academy of Environmental Sciences - Week of December 18th -
District Goals 2018-2019
- Focus our work decisions on/around our district strategic plan.
- Identify areas of achievement to improve.
- Provide Chick-Fil-A and Moe's like customer service for internal and external community.
- Strengthen the structure and quality of communication both internally and externally.
- Promote a work and learning environment where students and staff feel safe physically, emotionally and socially.
DFES Goals 2018-2019
- Exceed family expectations in our communication, follow through, and sharing student progress.
- Strengthen grade level data team processes to accelerate student growth and achievement in mathematics.
- Implementation of student-led conference across all grade levels (as identified in DFES strategic plan).
DFES Beliefs
- We believe all people deserve to feel safe, valued, and loved.
- We believe all children are naturally curious about the world around them.
- We believe learning is a social process.
- We believe inquiry fosters an environment of noticing and questioning.
- We believe in learning from multiple perspectives.
- We believe in learning from authentic
- We believe in encouraging learners to be risk takers.
- We believe reflection should lead to change and growth.
- We believe learning should lead to social action.
- We believe our actions should be aligned with our beliefs.
Staffing Update
As many of you are aware M. Newmyer is in school to become a certified teacher and is near completion of her program. The final stages of her program requires a 12 week requirement beginning this coming January. In an effort to meet this requirement means Marti will have to resign from her position as instructional assistant at the conclusion of this month.
To say that she has been a stellar hire would be an understatement. Please join me in congratulating Marti for her work but also pursuing her passion. We hope to get her back in a different capacity once she has graduated.
Shout Outs
- Thanks to B. Gantt, K. Rice, M. Ridgeway, M. Newmyer, M. Reid, P. Mills, our reading interventionists for their contributions with MAP testing over the last two weeks. Please let me know if I have omitted anyone.
- V. Gustafson's small teachers for leading Friday's learning celebration.
New State Assessment Model
During the most recent board meeting, December 11, our superintendent and director of accountability shared the the presentation below. This presentation was then shared the following day at the parent advisory cabinet meeting on December 12th.
Please see take some time to read this information to gain better insight into school report card design and ratings.
There will is an opportunity for us to provide the state department of education feedback and recommended suggestions. Our school improve council will collectively identify recommendations that will be shared with families of DFES in January.
District Leadership Team Meetings Tuesday, December 19th
Our district leadership teams will meet this Tuesday. We will send a google doc to those representatives so they can share information that will be included in our next staff newsletter.
We will meet with our unit leaders and all other certified staff members that are unassigned to a district leadership team in the cafeteria Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.
Birthday Wishes
- 12/19 M. Jordan
- 12/28 S. McLamb
We develop students who care about the world we live in and express critical thinking through natural curiosity and wonder.
Email: jscott@lexrich5.org
Website: www.lexrich5.org/dutchfork/cfm/
Location: 7900 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC, USA
Phone: 803-476-3901
Twitter: @dfes_principal