One of the ways in which we stand apart as Flagstaff Dragons is our ability to respond to a dynamic and ever-changing school environment. We do not simply provide a service to a community; rather, we work in partnership with our community to realize the mission and vision of our school. We solicit feedback through a variety of channels, and we thoughtfully weigh each piece of feedback before moving forward. The Flagstaff brand is not static, and as we look forward to next year, we are proactively developing our school-wide programming in several areas to better meet the needs of our current stakeholders and accommodate incoming students, teachers and families.
Thank you to those of you who have completed our annual parent survey. We are also surveying our students and incoming families in order to further elevate our offerings. If you have not yet completed a survey, please log on to our web page and do so.
We will be growing by nearly 35% next year. In preparation for this growth, I would like to highlight a few new key programming rollouts, which are meant to bring greater instructional effectiveness to our teachers, opportunities to our students, and community to our parents. These changes will accentuate our new, state of the art, facility.
In order to help our teachers better reach our student population, we will restructure our staff training to imbed stronger elements of science and technology, woven together seamlessly by the Core Knowledge curriculum. We rely heavily upon student data to drive our programming, and we want to clearly articulate to our incoming teachers the importance of being able to regularly assess student knowledge, reach them at their instructional level, and help them to discover their full potential.
For parents, we will be establishing stronger communication links through our Infinite Campus parent portal. Currently, this portal gives you access to your child’s grades. Going forward, parents will also be able to monitor individual student learning plans, discipline records, and classroom assessments. Our Library Media Center (LMC) will be our parent hub. The LMC will be open after school to make sure parents have the opportunity to access their parent portal and seek answers to Infinite Campus questions and concerns.
We are also thrilled to be initiating new opportunities for student enrichment at Flagstaff. In the middle school, we are currently surveying students to seek out their personal ambitions for Service Learning. A requirement of every middle school student, Service Learning programs reflect a desire to give back to the world in alignment with the mission and vision of our school. Some of our offerings include Student Mentoring and Ambassador Programs, Online Tutoring and Content-Based web casting, and Science and Technology Lab Assistant opportunities.
We are setting ourselves apart at Flagstaff, and as our brand is further carved into the educational fabric of our community, we can continue to expect the same levels of achievement and growth we have come to rely upon. In my office, my belief in what we are doing is continually reinforced. I spend the first hours of each day with current and incoming families. Our passion and excitement for Flagstaff is unparalleled, and our diligent effort to create the best school possible, for our students, is making a unique and lasting difference.
