RUIDOSO MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS
Wee Warrior Word
Priority Goal #4: Community
Involvement
Oct 4, 2013
Volume 2 issue 3
Inside this issue:
Priority Goals at SVP
1
COMMUNITY
1
PAC Meeting
1
COMMITTEE WORK
2
PRINCIPAL’S PEN:
ACADEMIC GOALS
2
Upcoming Events!
PRIORITY GOALS
FOR 2013-14
Community Involvement
Sierra Vista has created 5 Priority Goals for
our work this year:
How do we get our
community involved
in our school? This is
the essential question
that the staff is attempting to answer as
we create partnerships with families in
the education of their
child.
1) DATA DRIVEN
INSTRUCTION
2) HIGH STUDENT
ENGAGMENT
3) COMMOM
CORE READING
AND MATH IMPLEMENTATION
4) COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
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Nov. 5th PAC Meeting
5:30 in the SVP Library
5) SAFE SCHOOL
ENVIRONMENT

Nov. 7-8 Parent Teacher
Conferences
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Nov. 7-19 BOOK FAIR

Nov. 12– FLU CLINIC
Each month, we will
highlight one or more
goals in the Wee Warrior Word. The priority goal highlighted
this month is:
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Nov. 20th: Feather Lunch
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Oct. 21 : Wee Warrior Assemblies—
~ Second Grade 1:001:30
~ First Grade 1:352:00
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Nov. 22– 1st Grade
Thanksgiving Lunch
Nov. 25th– 2nd Grade
Thanksgiving Lunch
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PAC stands for
Parent Advisory
Council. The PAC
supports our
school by giving
advice on District
Initiatives and decisions. The PAC
raises money to
support our school
with extra supplies , technology,
and safety devices. The PAC sup-
ports our school
by volunteering in
classrooms to support student academic achievement. We are
working to grow
our PAC membership. We have
several initiatives
which include a
jump start for students and site construction. We look
forward to including your ideas and
input as move forward.
What Can You Do To
Help?

Attend our PAC
meetings the first
Tuesday of every
month at 5:30 in
the Library.
THANKSGIVING LUNCHES– NOV. 22 ~GR. 1
NOV. 25 ~ GR.2 ADULTS 5.00, STUDENTS 3.00
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES WILL BE HELD
THIS WEEK!
NOV. 7TH-7:30 AM-7:00
PM
NOV. 8TH– 7:30 AM-11:15
CHECK THE BACKBACK
FOR YOUR TIME!
Literacy & Math Volunteers
Needed!!
We will have the next Volunteers in Public Schools
Training on Tuesday, NOV. 5
before the PAC Meeting.
Join us at 5:00 in the SVP
Library!
PAC COMMITTEES:
T-SHIRT SALES
SNACKS
FUNDRAISING
VOLUNTEERS
FAMILY NIGHTS
ACADEMIC GOALS FOR 2013-14
CONSCIOUS
DISCIPLINE AT
SVP
Conscious Discipline is
~School /Classroom
Family
~School-wide
Language/
Expectations
~School-wide
response
to students to ensure
that they feel
connected, supported
and safe at school.
All teachers have a
“Safe Place Zone” in
the classroom where
students can go to deescalate when they are
upset. In the Safe
Place Zone, they learn
to identify their
feelings and make
appropriate responses
when they are angry or
upset. Students are
learning to support one
another through using
words to problem solve.
Are we seeing results?
Yes!! Our data is
showing fewer behavior
referrals to the office
and fewer altercations
on the playground.
Page 2
You may have heard
your
child
talking
about the weekly assessments in Reading
and Math. These assessments are called
C ur r i c u l u m
B a s ed
Measures (CBMs.) Why
do we assess students
weekly? As part of our
district initiatives to
raise the school report
card grades in RMSD,
we have created rigorous academic goals for
students.
At Sierra
allow us to determine
which skill sets are
not being achieved.
We use this data to
plan instruction and
move forward. We are
in the process of consistent improvement.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO
SUPPORT STUDENT
LEARNING? this time.
~VOLUNTEER AT
Vista, we are committed
to raising the achievement
rate to 85% Proficient in
both Reading and Math.
Two years ago, the reading proficiency at SVP was
approximately 30%.
View of Sierra Blanca
SCHOOL TO HELP
STRUGGLING STUDENTS
~HELP YOUR CHILD
COMPLETE HOMEWORK: PRACTICE
MATH FACTS AND
READ NIGHTLY
~ATTEND SCHOOL
EVENTS! SHOW YOUR
CHILD THAT SCHOOL
Last year, the end of
year assessments
showed that students at
SVP were 65% Proficient. Our new students
this year began at 30%
Proficiency on the baseline first grade tests.
While this is a rigorous
goal, the staff is committed to making this happen! We have volunteers
who read with students,
we take weekly snapshots of student progress (the CBMs) that
IS A PRIORITY
~BE ON TIME AND ATTEND REGULARLY
All of these things
communicate the importance of school to
your child. Your child
will give 100% if they
see that you value
their efforts.
Principal’s Pen
This week at PAC, Ms.
Robinson will give a short
presentation on the Curriculum Based Measures
and the assessment results that Sierra Vista is
tracking. Sierra Vista
and White Mountain have
both been selected to participate in the
“Principal’s Pursuing
Excellence” program
presented by the Priority
Schools Bureau at the
State Dept. This program
guides and supports our
efforts to turn our buildings into high performing
schools.
We will discuss the 90Day Plans that are guiding our work and how our
new Superintendent, Dr.
Bickert is supporting this
initiative.
We will look at the goal
for Community Involvement at our school and
discuss how we might
involve PAC in supporting the initiatives that
will move our school forward.
SEE YOU AT THE PAC
MEETING!! YOU ARE
THE CORNERSTONE OF
OUR WORK!
Wee Warrior Word