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2025-2026 School Focus

How might we increase student engagement in learning and deepen thinking through connected literacy experiences? 

For the 2025-2026 school year our school’s learning focus is:How might we increase student engagement in learning and deepen thinking through connected literacy experiences?
The data that supports the need for this school learning focus is:

Spring assessment: reading & writing

  • Fall reading assessment – consistent

Belonging Survey

Teacher observations

Actions that the school will take to achieve the goals of our school learning focus include:

School-wide read-aloud: shared focus & story

  • Follow-up lessons and ways to engage with the text through co-teaching of thinking routines

Monthly Community Gathering

  • Common story for read-aloud – connected to yearly theme
  • Students share their learning with the following framework (What are you learning? Why is it important? What do you like about it or what do you wonder?)

Class Teams Collaborations & Pro-D

  • Planning and learning connected to reading comprehension and meaning making
  • Weave content vocabulary and background knowledge into ELA learning
  • Connect learning indoors and outdoors to nurture shared experience and common understanding
The intention of these actions is to make the following difference(s) for learners:

Students will make meaning of the world around them, so that they can make decisions and actions that continue to nurture a collaborative community for learning and growth.

  • growth in comprehension skills
  • joyful and connected learning experiences
  • increased background knowledge in context
We will know our actions are making a difference when we have data that demonstrates the following:

Spring reading assessment 2026

  • increase in number of students who are proficient in the various comprehension skills

Observations & Conferences

  • students will demonstrate an increased awareness and curiosity of the world by asking questions, making connections and inferences about what they read, hear, see, and experience
Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2025