Understanding Poverty Reflection
Through each of these book studies, it becomes clearer to me
that we must remain focused on finding ways of providing high quality education
for each of our students. In fact, I
believe our school’s mission statement strongly parallels this philosophy. It states, “The mission of the Rugby Public
School District #5 is to foster personal and academic excellence in all
students. What is understandably the
most difficult part of this process is determining “next steps”. I believe we are on the right path and I’m
proud of the focused efforts our district is making to see this process through. As a district, we are prioritizing a great deal
of collective time, effort and various resources on developing grade-level goals
and expectations; common formative assessments; and a system of specific interventions
/ enrichments. Although we are only a
couple of years into this progression, we are already beginning to see positive
outcomes. In closing, I commend our
district's stakeholders for trusting us with our improvement process and for allowing faculty, staff and administrators to
have the flexibility to dedicate precious time to meet regularly during our Wednesday late starts.
