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Pre-K - Our successes have been traveling by word of mouth! We now have our first waiting list in history with NINE students waiting to hear back from us!
K - All of our Kindergartners from last year have entered 1st grade as "readers!"
1st - Teachers and parents alike have been bragging all year about the relationships that students have with parents and with each other!
2nd - Students participated in a self-motivated project to raise money for the medical needs of a classmate by selling their artwork to local community members.
3rd - Students participating in the Reading Buddy Program with 5th grade have been asking to become mentors for the younger grades, leading to the institution of a whole school program!
4th - Our students participated in a Social Studies based field trip leading to the AMAZING accomplishment of a 100% pass rate on their Va Studies SOL!
5th -  According to SOL data, our students are entering 6th grade with the highest test scores among the entire county and are ready to rock and roll at the middle school!

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4 Practices for Increasing Student Engagement

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Spend the first five minutes of each class focusing on your students as people. Then keep them engaged through the agency of makerspaces, PBL, or Genius Hour/20 Time.

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We'd like to thank many local organizations that have donated time, money, and supplies to our goals! These include but are not limited to our sponsorship from Sam's Club, Georgia Pacific, and Food Lion, our very involved PTA, multiple local religious organizations, and personal donations from many families. We'd like to thank our adult classroom volunteers, high school volunteers, and teachers working with our Buddy Program. Incentives from the local animal shelters, library, and entertainment locales have made a huge difference in the impact of our program through events, opportunities to give back, shows, and rewards!

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1. Increase student engagement.
2. Increase student motivation.
3. Build more solid personal relationships with students and families.
**By doing the above mentioned, student achievement should increase.

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Communication with Families and Community

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Communication with Families and Community

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-Newsletters, videos, social media communications
-Positive notes, emails, and phone calls home from teachers
-Invitations sent out to families for special occasions and special interest days

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Students that are engaged in their education are students that make the most growth and continue to grow throughout their entire life. In my school, we read up on the latest research and compiled a long but reasonable list of different ways that other schools found success. We found small ways to integrate these tips into the classroom and provided teachers and students with the flexibility necessary to truly find engagement and motivation in the classroom while maintaining high academic expectations. Personal relationships with teachers and other students are our focus to increase student engagement and motivation.

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Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time-on-task to Homework

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Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time-on-task to Homework

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C. Brewster and J. Fager

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I'Anson, S. (2016) 10 Ways to Increase Student Engagement. PowerSchool. Retrieved from http://www.powerschool.com/blog/2016/6/29/10-ways-to-increase-student-engagement
Provenzano, N. (2016). 4 Practices for Increasing Student Engagement. Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/practices-for-increasing-student-engagement-nicholas-provenzano

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1. Treat students like people, not just a body. Discuss real life every day (Provenzano 2016).
2. Give time to explore their world through content-based projects or self-motivated projects (Provenzano 2016).
3. Provide opportunities to truly involve themselves in their education (Provenzano 2016).
4. Build emotional and academic confidence (I'Anson 2016).
5. "Create a culture of explanation instead of a culture of the right answer" (I'Anson 2016).
6. Allow for reflection, questioning, and debate (I'Anson 2016).
7. Explain the "why" to increase ownership (I'Anson 2016).