Did you know…

• …the teachers meet monthly in a Teacher Learning Community format, with the district math coach, to focus on math learning and instruction in their class?
• …our school action plan has an intense and long range focus on improving our writing instruction and student learning?
• …Rutland City Public Schools has a PreK-12 language arts plan which includes a guaranteed and viable program for all students to achieve?
• …the students at Northwest and PPLC are assessed on a regular basis for their standing in reading and the students who need intervention and “boost” get it?
• …the teachers at Northwest and PPLC work in collaborative teams at grade levels and at PPLC to focus on student reading achievement?
  • …all of the previous initiatives became a model of effective practice for the district?
• …the paraprofessionals at Northwest and PPLC meet monthly to ensure that the logistics and routines of each day, as well as student safety are well established.
• …the Northwest and PPLC Kid Community Meetings were the product of the work of the health services team, especially Mrs. Akin and Mr. Borkowski?
• …Northwest and PPLC have the highest return rate for volunteer readers among schools in the region?
• …the enrichment model at Northwest and PPLC focuses on enriching all students?
• …the Northwest and PPLC Parent Orientation and Parent Forum meetings in 2004-2005 were the first of their kind in Rutland and they continued in 05-06?
• …the input gathered from parents at the forums mentioned above was used in our year end focus on parent comfort, and that we’ll renew our commitment to information, content instruction, and fun this year?
• …during the 2004-2005 school year the Primary Schools in Rutland City adopted the Primary Observation Assessment as our formative reading assessment? It is aligned with the state’s Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and allows us to accurately diagnose student progress toward the state reading standards and provide intervention where appropriate.
• …Thanks to a learning community effort 93% of the students in last year’s grade-2 class achieved or exceeded the standard on Vermont’s Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)? This is the best data that the school-district has produced since the DRA’s inception in 1998.

This is the best data that the school-district has produced since the DRA’s inception in 1998.

This is the best data that the school-district has produced since the DRA’s inception in 1998.