Discovery Elementary

Here is the April newsletter! We made our goal of 1,000,000 minutes as a school! Anyone that would like FREE Treehouse Museum tickets please see Ms. Sandy in the office. This year the importance of reading has been reinforced to me.  I have a 6th grade son.  He was struggling at the start of this year and had scored really low on his beginning of the year reading scores.  We require that he read daily, but things were not changing much.  He showed some growth by December, but still below grade level.  In December something changed.  He started reading.  We would find him staying up later to read instead of fighting with his sisters.  Over spring break when he woke up he would start his day by reading.  He was reading 1-2 hours a day on school days finishing not just books but series in a month.  His reading score jumped with the last assessment his teacher gave him, he moved from somewhere in the 4th grade range to around an 8th grade range.  This is one of many examples that co

Leader in Me Surveys We are going to ask that all students take this survey during their computer time in the next couple of weeks. Student Survey Parents, we would love if you would please fill out this survey online when you have a chance. Parent Survey