Principal's Corner

Dear Parent/Guardian:                                                                                                  Nov. 20,2019

I am writing this letter today to thank you for entrusting the education of your child to Desert View Intermediate School. We value this opportunity as we well know the serious role that education plays in the future of a child.

The Arizona Department of Education recently released school letter grades for the 2018-19 school year, and our school was listed as receiving a "D". We scored 60.10 points and we needed 60.11 points to earn a "C".

Over the next 90 days we will be developing a plan for school improvement that will be based on the following six principles: 1) Effective Leadership, 2) Effective Teachers & Instruction, 3) Effective Organization of Time, 4) Effective Curriculum, 5) Culture, Climate and Conditions and 6) Family Engagement.

Our process for drafting this plan will include facilitation of a comprehensive needs assessment, a root cause analysis and development of needs statements and desired outcomes. From this information we will develop goals, strategies and action steps for our school's Integrated Action Plan. Finally, we will establish metrics and processes for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these strategies during the 2019-20 school year.

As part of this process we will also be soliciting feedback from parents and other stakeholders. All data will be analyzed by our Leadership Team and a plan will be developed to address our specific areas of need.

On February 12, 2020 we will convene an open meeting with school staff, parents/guardians and other stakeholders where we will share our school improvement plan.

Please feel free to contact me if you need any additional information.

 

 

                                                                                                 Sincerely,

 

                                                                                                Rich Van Nostrand