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Welcome back to a new year. As we prepare to embark on our mission of education, it is a time to reflect on the implications of our endeavor. Our students will continue to face a variety of changes such as the world of work, volatile world-wide economic ripples, the need to re-think the use of energy, as well as the expansion of renewable energy sources and an expanding range of technology. At Elk Grove Unified, we prepare our students to engage in this work, teach them to contribute to a better future, and help them to navigate an ever-increasing interconnection of systems.
We do this by helping our primary students master language and number sense. We teach them to learn to work and play in collaboration with each other. We introduce them to new ideas and concepts, and stretch their boundaries. Children begin to apply technology to their learning.
Our intermediate students apply their reading and writing, master number sense and begin to explore algebra and conceptualization. They begin to use scientific inquiry, and they engage in social studies and community service projects. They gain a greater appreciation of learning and play. Band, drama productions, intramurals, science fair projects and technology applications expand student interests.
In middle school, our students move from a more sheltered educational environment to several periods of instruction a day. They continue to build language skills and add new knowledge in a variety of subjects that prepares them to view the world through a new lens. It is a time when they begin to harness the passion of studies and build on their foundation for the future. Social team work, collaboration, and project-based learning take greater form. Here, too, our students participate in community service, give back to society, and eagerly look forward to the next step in their education.
The elementary and middle school learning experiences are building blocks for our students in their quest to be successful and prepared for high school.
In high school, our students continue to engage in the new three "R's"— rigor, relevance and relationships. Many add a fourth "R": responsibility. Our students are passing the California High School Exit Exam, tackling higher mathematics, and specializing in sciences, foreign languages, and performing arts. They are using communications – reading, writing, and technology – to express and research old and new ideas alike. Young people are gaining a sense of team work in athletics as well as in academics. Community service and leadership roles continue to bring students from observer to participant in preparation for post-secondary experiences.
Thanks to the efforts of many, our students will be engaged, challenged, and prepared for all of their tomorrows. May we make the best of our time in this new year.
Steven M. Ladd, Ed.D.
Superintendent
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