RSU #16 Elementary Principals’ Report June 2019

RSU #16 Elementary School News:

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Individual School News:

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Elm Street School Minot Consolidated School

Poland Community School

Data point of the month:

Average of ODRs in May was 4.23, a total

of 93 referrals, 52 of which were for

major behaviors. 91.6% of our student

had no ODRs in the month of May!

7.5% of our students are chronically

absent to date for the 2018-19 school

year. This has dropped from nearly 13%

last year!

Highlights of the past Month:

At our Panther Pride Assembly on May

16th we had an amazing performance by

our kindergarten students about the

movement they have built into their

learning. We recognized 27 students for

their outstanding behavior over the last

month, and they joined Mrs. Comeau

and Mr Benoit for a pizza lunch on May

30th! Ms LaPrell was awarded the Mugs

and Kisses Award by her peers for being

so helpful to them and so dedicated to

the PCS students.

The district Art Show was a huge

success! Thank you to parents and

community members who came to the

show during the day and in the evening.

Our students all appreciate your

support!

Staff Professional Development:

-Staff worked on forming balanced

classroom communities for next year’s

classes. We spend about a month

working on theses list with classroom

teachers and input from families. We

are having step-up day for our students

on June 6 when they get to meet their

learning community for next year!

District professional development

included an introduction to the reading

program we will be using next year, as

well as some team building as we

prepared for the district art show.

We will be looking at our behavior data

from this year to help us plan for next

year. We hope to use that information

Data point of the month:

-Average of 3.85 office discipline

referrals per day for the year

(September to May).

-Average daily attendance for the month

of May was 93.81%.

-Percentage of students currently

chronically absent (missing more than

10% of the school year) at ESS is 7.56%.

Highlights of the past Month:

-The sixth grade “Little Libraries”

project was completed during the

month of May. The sixth grade students

completed four little libraries and they

have been placed within the Mechanic

Falls Community to promote literacy

within our town. The students and their

libraries were featured in an article by

the Sun Journal. They also presented

their “Little Libraries” project to the

friends of RSU 16 last week.

-During the month of May, our students

participated in the “Dunk the Junk”

Assembly organized by our school nurse,

Melanie Whited. Melanie invited. Dr.

Kevin Strong, a pediatrician in Maine,

who travels to area schools to

encourage students to avoid sugary

drinks, such as soda and chocolate milk,

and to replace it with healthy

alternatives. He shared that by the time

an average child in developed countries

turns 8 years old, they will have had

more sugar in their lives than the

average person did in their entire

lifetime just one century ago. Students

were encouraged to take the “Dunk the

Junk” challenge!

Data point of the month:

Behavior:

-Average of 4.86 ODRs per day in April

(National Average is 1.16)

- total referrals 107(31 majors/76

minors)

-83% of students received no ODRs for

the month of May. (This shows that PBIS

is working at the Tier 1 Level.)

Attendance:

-Percentage of students currently

chronically absent (missing more than

10% of the school year) at MCS is 4%.

Highlights of the past Month:

-We had our May Mustang Pride

Assembly. Two students from each class

received a Mustang Pride Certificate

from their teacher. Ms. Chamberland

received the Horace Mann Hootie Award

for being such a great role model for

both staff and students. We had 3

students receive Books-A-Million cards

for their work on PBIS.

-Student participated in a reading

competition sponsored by the Tyrian

Lodge. Students earned a raffle ticket

for each book they read. A boy and a

girl from each grade level had their

names drawn to win a bike!

Sixth grade students enjoyed a visit

from Mr. Vincent and Mr. Chatto who

spoke with them about what they can

expect next year when they join the

middle school.