On Tuesday, June 20th, Dr. Lisa Frederickson Schultz, Ph.D., the district's Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, relayed exciting news as Warwick Neck School closes out its 2022-2023 academic year.
In an email to the school's principal, Frank Galligan, and the faculty and staff, Dr. Schultz reported that with thanks to the ongoing hard work of Warwick Neck's professional team, students made 136% of typical growth in Reading (one of the top two schools for growth in the district out of 12 elementary schools) and 120% growth in Math (now one of the top three schools for growth in the district out of 12 elementary schools) as reported by the iReady online platform.
In addition, students are now 69% proficient in Math (top three in the district) and 74% proficient in Reading (first in the district) as reported by the iReady online platform.
The iReady platform monitors student academic progress and provides lessons, assignments, related games, and remediation to further support the needs of students. The "data dives" of iReady information undertaken by faculty, staff, interventionists, and administration during Common Planning Times, MTSS meetings, Targeted Team meetings, and School Leadership Team meetings have provided highly valuable information to teachers to use in crafting more tailored instruction and new academic interventions since September at Warwick Neck School.
Mr. Galligan expressed his thanks to the faculty and staff for their work, dedication, and persistence with bringing our children back up to where they need to be, academically, following the negative effects of the COVID pandemic. He praised students, while further encouraging them to avoid the "summer slide" and continue applying themselves to Mathematics and English Language Arts throughout July and August with summer learning assignments given by the district here.