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Last Updated: May 5, 2009 |
Mission Statement
SAMS serves as a caring part of our military community, devoted to the academic and social advancement of all students, inspiring them to become lifelong learners and responsible global citizens.
Guiding Principles
- High student achievement.
- Standards based education.
- AVID centered teaching methods.
- Respect for the rights of others.
- Unlimited opportunities for achieving high expectations.
- Dedication to lifelong learning.
- Motivation through challenging curriculum.
- Student teams for better cohesion in learning.
- Student success…a stepping stone to the future!
SIP Background Information
We gathered information from students, parents, teachers and significant educational research during the school year of 2006-2007. From this information, we developed two cognitive goals for implementation during the following school year, 2007-2008. We just completed the accreditation process in School year 08-09 and met the requirements established by AdvancEd Accreditation Commission and Board of Trustees to be accredited by the North Central Association(NCA) Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, a division of AdvancEd. SAMS involves representatives from all of our stakeholders to develop and implement interventions to assist in reaching these goals. Our school improvement process is critically important and ongoing.
Goal 1: |
All students will increase their ability to gain information
from text in all curricular areas.
Essence(s):
- Interpret and extend the use of information from text in all strategies.
- Demonstrate critical understanding by making predictions and generalize ideas to other situations.
- Demonstrate comprehension by drawing conclusions and inferring relationships
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Assessments:
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- TerraNova Reading-System wide (6 th, 7th, 8 th)
- Science Online testing- System wide (7 th)
- Kid Test Reading-Local (6 th and 8 th)
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Goal 2: |
All students will improve their writing skills across the curriculum. Essence(s):
- Write a response to literature that demonstrates understanding of the literal meaning of the text.
- Demonstrate use of the writing process and prewriting techniques.
- Write for different audiences and purposes.
- Make connections between text, self, and the world as a written response.
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Assessments:
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- TerraNova Language Arts-System wide (6 th, 7th, 8 th)
- Literacy Place end-of-year test-System wide (6 th)
- Kid Test Language Arts-Local (6 th and 8 th)
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Subpopulation: This group will be made up of students who are identified as struggling readers.
For more information on the DoDEA School Improvement Plan, read this message written by the Director of
DoDDS Pacific. |
