With the arrival of a new school year, I’m excited to get started and hope your summer has been everything you hoped for and more! We’re lucky to live in a place that many people dream of visiting during these warm summer months.
One of the strengths of our school is the strong partnerships between CRES staff, families, and our community. This collaboration makes a significant difference for our students, and I’m grateful for the collective effort and proud of what we accomplish together. Thank you for the ongoing support.
This year, we continue our student centered focus. We strive to meet the needs of all students with a commitment to experiential and rigorous academics coupled with regular and meaningful outdoor learning.
We are engaged in a literacy program review at CRES and last year we determined an immediate need – to align the systems we use to deliver our phonics and word work curriculum. To accomplish this we are implementing the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) Foundations to align the delivery of our early literacy phonics curriculum at the K-2 level. Grades 3 and 4 are being trained in Words Their Way, which is also used in Grade 5 in our district.
We’re also excited to enhance our hands-on science instruction with a new maker space in our library. Megan Dailey will be leading the Library Maker Space. Students in K-4 will have access to this space through our weekly Specials schedule.
Finally, I’m honored to lead our outstanding staff and incredibly proud of the work we do each day. We are all looking forward to a positive and productive year together.
Warmly,
Chris