Superintendent’s Corner

November 1, 2011

We did it!!! You may remember that one goal our School Improvement Committee set was to have 65% of our parents attend Parent Teacher conferences. The committee identified several strategies to make this goal a reality. The strategies ranged from constant and early flyers informing parents about Parent Teacher Conferences, to giving incentives for classes that had the most parents attend. Thanks to the great ideas of the School Improvement Committee, hard work from district staff, and of course parents the district had an overall average of 75% parent participation at parent teacher conferences.

Elementary had the highest with 94% parent participation at parent teacher conferences. Middle School came in second at 75% and High School got more than half of their parents to attend parent teacher conferences with a percentage of 56%.

The School Improvement Committee has reviewed and approved several goals that will help improve the teaching and learning process here at Ash Fork Schools. Once the goals are approved by the Arizona Department of Education they will be posted on the website for review.

I would like to thank all the new volunteers that we have here at our school. This is the most community interest in volunteering at the schools that I have seen in my six years as an employee of the district. If you are interested in volunteering please contact the district office for a volunteer packet and quick orientation on volunteering at Ash Fork Schools. We understand the effectiveness of small group instruction for our students to be successful and would gladly welcome any qualified volunteers to be part of our team.

I hope all of you had a chance to attend our Fall 2011 Book Fair. Our goal was to sell 500 books we sold over 2,000. A big thanks needs to go out to all our parents and students that made the book fair successful, and another thanks to our librarian, Naomi, for making the book fair possible.

On November 2nd at 5:00 p.m. we will be holding another Eighth Grade Improvement Meeting. The purpose of the meeting will be to review first quarter math assessments, and brainstorm more ideas to improve math scores in Eighth Grade.

We are more than 25% through the school year and Second Semester will be here soon. I feel great about the things the district is doing to improve, but also realize the distance we still have to travel.

ASH FORK SCHOOLS ARE MOVING FORWARD