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Greendale Schools welcomes students and families to an exciting year of learning! As we launch year three of our strategic plan, we are embracing the possibilities reflected in the Greendale Schools Vision and Mission. Cultivating Excellence in Every Student is a guide for the work of every individual and every team in the district. This vision is realized by bringing the mission statement to life to ensure "All students are empowered to learn, grow, and engage as part of a global community." These words guide the team at Greendale Schools and are used to direct the day-to-day interactions with students, families and community.
Accountability and transparency are important to all stakeholders: students, parents/guardians, community members, teachers and staff, and taxpayers. Each group has special requirements for knowledge and understanding of the impacts of Greendale Schools’ work. The results are far-reaching and all goals, guidelines and efforts lead us back to the important reason all schools exist: to educate students and prepare them for the future. Greendale Schools communicates regularly with all stakeholders in multiple ways. Reports to the Board of Education, newsletters and magazine articles, emails, videos and the district website are open and public ways district administration is informing the community and telling the story of the school district.
Mastery of academic content is a primary focus in school classrooms. You can learn about the specific goals by reviewing the Superintendent's Score Card. Annual goal setting takes place each summer and the district team reports on its work to achieve these goals every 90 to 100 days. Those reports are provided to the Board of Education as Short Cycles linked on the district website.
Administrators, teachers and staff use three non-negotiables to maintain focus, including:
- Greendale Schools will teach, and ensure every student has access to, grade level standards.
- Greendale Schools will assess grade level standards.
- Greendale Schools will reteach to mastery of grade level standards.
Focused classroom observations by school and district administrators along with clear, direct coaching in the form of feedback to the teacher regarding specific grade-level standards instruction and community building among students and staff to facilitate learning have been important ways our schools are working to improve student achievement. Impacts of this improvement work on standardized test results are being analyzed and the district looks forward to sharing news of our continued success with the community when this data is released by the state Department of Public Instruction.
While you wait, be sure to visit our website News & Announcements and click on the link for School Spotlight pages for news and information from our schools.
As always, thank you for your continued support of the students, staff and families of Greendale Schools. We are grateful for our community’s commitment to public education.
Sincerely,
Kim Amidzich, Ph.D.
Superintendent
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