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Principal's Message - January 2008HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is the perfect time of year to wish everyone a safe, prosperous and peaceful future. Reflection and resolutions are among our thoughts at this venture in our calendar year. We look at January, as a time to stop and reflect on how things are, and how we would like them to be. Resulting resolutions may occur that call for behavior changes. The process of reflection and resolution is one that Arlington teachers and I are very familiar with as it is part of our instructional planning process. We look at the assessment data we have on each student, each grade level, and the school as a whole. We then consider where we would like each student, grade level and school to be performing academically. The implementation of our PLC time (Professional Learning Community) will allow us to consider as a school, grade level and as individual instructors how we have provided instruction in the past. For those students not mastering the material taught, we will then plan for additional instruction that will be different. This is a process that goes on all year. The difference is we will be able to formally, on a weekly basis, be able to address the variety of programs or strategies to ensure a higher rate of success for all of our Arlington “All Stars”. Each Wednesday forty-five minutes will be devoted solely for the purpose of the Arlington staff to delve into the issue of student achievement and specifically “student learning”. Thank you for supporting our early dismissal on Wednesdays to allow this important “growing and learning” time for all of our staff. The outcome will be evident in the success and high achievement of your children. We are very proud of our current academic standings. However, as in all New Years’ reflections and resolutions we know we can achieve greater heights….thus we continue to reach for the stars…..the Arlington All Stars!
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