Welcome
By Melissa Bosnich
Welcome to the Washington School website! On behalf of the administration, staff, and students we would like to thank you for taking the time to visit our page and hope you will find it user friendly and full of useful and helpful information pertaining to the happenings at Washington.
This will be the second year for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders at Washington School. To many of the younger students it is still thought of as the "big school with an upstairs". Once they are here for a few weeks it feels like home. We began the school year with teaching students the Raider Rules: Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe. Maintaining a safe environment that students enjoy learning and growing together is evident. Students learned what the Raider Rules looked like in the hallways, playground, and bathrooms through discussions and watching videos made by teachers over the summer on our playground and in the halls of Washington School. It has helped to maintain a safe environment where students enjoy learning and growing together.
At Washington School we will be having an intervention time for about 45 minutes for each grade. This will provide a time for all students to receive additional instruction in reading that will help students to improve or enhance their reading skills. Students will be placed in groups depending on the skill areas in reading that they need the most additional support. If students are performing on grade level, instruction will be to help them continue to improve and grow in the area of reading.
Students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade attend Washington School, totaling approximately 300 students. Our highly qualified and dedicated staff includes 15 regular education teachers, 4 special education teachers, teachers in the areas of gifted education, physical education, art, and music, a reading specialist/learning interventionist, librarian, school psychologist, nurse, and 4 paraprofessionals. In addition, there are 3 custodians that maintain the building and keep it gleaming and the secretary keeps the office running smoothly.
We pride ourselves in providing a quality education including a core curriculum at Washington School that is aligned to the state standards. The core curriculum consists of mathematics, social science, language arts, reading, and science. We are looking forward to continuing with a balanced literacy approach to teaching reading and focusing on guided reading groups to meet all students' needs. Students are also able to participate in physical education, music, art, and computers. Intramural programs in volleyball, mush ball, floor hockey, and basketball are available to 4th graders. Project success is after school for those students at any grade level that a teacher recommends for additional help with homework and re teaching. Students take the Measures of Academic Progress test twice throughout the year to measure student progress and identify the skills and concepts individual students have learned. Those test results along with other data and information on students are used to make data-driven decisions at the classroom, school, and district levels.
The student – centered environment along with our commitment to education and high expectations for all students, contributes to improving students’ lives and increasing their potential for future success.
We look forward to working with you hand in hand and encourage you to contact us with any questions you may have throughout the year.
Melissa Bosnich
