Westwood Elementary School
912 Oakdale Street, Manchester, TN 37388
Phone: (931)728-3412 Fax: (931)723-0221
The mission of Westwood Elementary School is to educate students in a safe, supportive learning enviroment; to help students obtain the skills and knowledge needed to achieve academic proficiency and beyond; and to be successful, repsonible citizens.
OUR VISION
We envision Westwood Elementary School to be a high performing learning culutre within a safe enviroment which provides quality education for all students.
1. Students learn most effectively when they demonstrate exemplary attendance, are challenged academically, engage in active learning opportunities, and are supported by dedicated educators striving for a quality education for all students.
2. All stakeholders hold high expectations for all students. Instruction should focus on a variety of research-based strategies and differentiated approaches that are data driven and include opportunities for learning relevant life skills.
3.When making decisions, research-based information should be utilized and all stakeholders be involved; we must be progressive yet prudent, and decisions be data driven when considering the individual needs of students.
4. The school leadership must set policy that is broad-minded, and which enables staff and students to achieve the school's goals for learning.
5. By establishing both internal and external communication there will be the transfer of both adequate and appropriate information to all stakeholders.
GOAL 1 -- To decrease the number of fourth grade economically disadvantaged students who were non-proficient in math and reading/language arts in 2009 and 2010 by 3% each year.
GOAL 2 -- To increase the value-added score of sixth grade math students to meet or exceed the state 3 year gain by increasing the growth standard by .5 in 2009 and 2010.
GOAL 3 -- To increase the writing score of fifth graders (4.1) by .1 in 2009
GOAL 4 -- To increase the proficiency level of Limited English Profocient Students from 71% in 2007 in Reading/Language Arts to the target goal of 89% in 2009-2010 in order to meet the NCLB benchmark.
GOAL 5 -- To increase the gains of the High achieving subgroups in Math in grades 4, 5, and 6 by .5 in 2009.
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