Enhance students self-esteem and enthusiasm for learning. Raise our API Score by 12 points and improve our school s ranking. The Citizens Advisory for Educational Planning Committee completed a district-wide survey of parents and school staffs. The results of these surveys will assist the committee in writing a Three-Year Plan for the District. An enlarged parking lot and bus area and realignment of child drop-off and pickup areas was the result of an active School Site Council.
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A restructured school day providing for early first grade through fifth grade dismissal on the first Monday of each month will allow for increased teacher planning time, which is the result of parents and staff working together. A school must communicate well with its community, and Bess Maxwell has developed several programs to accomplish this. Grandparents and Senior Citizens Day, for instance, allows residents to spend a day at school. Families are invited to attend twice yearly to attend our Family Readers Picnic. Before the winter season, students and staff visit patients and sing songs at the convalescent hospital.