EDIT MAIN
Academics and Achievement:
- All professional development shall empower educators to meet learner needs.
- All professional development tasks must be aligned with the district goal of customizing instruction and experiences to help learners take their next step.
- All learners shall grow (academically) and develop (habits and skills) to be world-ready.
- Academics—Future Watchdog graduates will be:
- Articulate, fluent, and analytical readers at or above grade level who are ready to apply their skills to the world.
- Able to apply mathematics and scientific thinking in real life through effective communication and collaboration at or above grade level.
At or above grade level in all academic content areas and be able to apply the essential understandings of the discipline to life after the Beresford School District.
- Academics—Future Watchdog graduates will be:
- Skills and Habits
- College-bound Watchdog graduates will be college-ready by meeting set criteria.
- Future Watchdog graduates will be career-ready by meeting the set criteria.
Fine Arts:
- Eighty percent (80%) or more of students that have participated in Choral and Instrumental Music will be advanced or proficient as measured by our designed qualitative and quantitative age-appropriate indicators.
- Eighty percent (80%) or more of students that have participated in Visual Arts will be advanced or proficient as measured by our designed qualitative and quantitative age-appropriate indicators.
- Eighty percent (80%) or more of students that have participated in Theatrical Arts will be advanced or proficient as measured by our designed qualitative and quantitative age-appropriate indicators.
Athletics: Report Card of Progress
- Community and Youth Development:
- Athletic programs will create a community environment where youth programs are mentored and developed so that when students enter 7th grade they have a basic skill set and appreciation of the game to set the groundwork for middle school and high school athletic success.
- Participation and Retention:
- Athletic programs will create an environment where its sports teams have sufficient participation numbers and quality of athletes to field teams at the competition levels in grades 7-12
- Competitiveness:
- Athletic programs will be competitive based on the various measures—preparation and performance for contests, personal and team records, conference standings, region seeding, and state-level competition.
- All JK-12 learners will be engaged in the 16 Habits of Mind on a daily basis.
- The Habits of Mind are instilled and reinforced with our learners throughout the day in our classrooms, fine arts, athletics, and other co-curricular activities.
- The Habits of Mind promote the growth mindset, which will result in positive behaviors, choices, and decision-making.
- All JK-12 learners will be engaged in action-based, service, and leadership-building activities through academics, fine arts, athletics, other school co-curricular activities, and community programs.