Swift Creek PLT Update
Check our website periodically for
updates on what our Professional Learning Teams are doing. Our
PLT design has grade level PLTs meeting the first two Wednesdays
of each month to review data from assessments and to collaborate
on best practices for teaching and learning. The third Wednesday
is when the PLTs discuss individual students who are struggling,
put interventions in place and monitor those interventions. The
fourth Wednesday is for collaboration among the grade levels and
the support personnel assigned to their Cougar Time. The purpose
of this collaboration is to answer “How are we going to
help those students who have not met the benchmarks?” and
“How are we going to enrich those students who have met
the benchmarks?” Beginning October 5, Cougar Time occurs
for all students on specified days. K-2 students have Cougar Time
on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3:00-3:40 and 3-5 students have it
on Thursdays and Fridays from 3:00-3:40.
For more information regarding our
2009-2010 focus, check
out our SMART goals!.
Parent
Updates!
Want some tips on helping your child at home? Check out these
videos related
to literacy, or these sample
EOG tests from the State of NC!
School
Improvement Plan
We are continuously striving to be a great
school where everyone will learn and succeed. Take a look at our
school improvement
plan for the 2009-2011 cycle.
Parents Invited to Community
Summit
Swift Creek is joining Yates Mill Elementary, Dillard Drive Elementary,
Penny Road Elementary, Dillard Drive Middle and Athens Drive High
School in a Community Summit that will focus on how the community
can help improve attendance at each of these schools. Last year
at Swift Creek, our attendance rate was 95.27% but over 200 of
our students had less than 95% attendance. This trend is similar
at the other schools. At the Summit , you will hear about the
strategies schools have put in place to increase attendance and
you will have the opportunity to provide input into other ways
that could improve attendance. The Community Summit will be at
1:00 on February 15 in the Media Center at Dillard Drive Middle
School. All parents, business leaders and community members are
invited to attend. Note:The summit will still be held on Feb.
15 even though that day is now a regular school day (make up day
for Feb. 1.)