

Windsor Elementary Family Focus
January 2024
Vision: Inspire to achieve and succeed
Core Values:
Respect
Responsibility
Cooperation
Leadership
Kindness
Integrity
Windsor Elementary Goals
ELA/Reading
The percentage of all students reading on grade level will improve from 70% to 75%. This includes many factors, so I will include various data points for you.
Kindergarten:
71% know all lowercase letters (up from 39%); 76% know all uppercase letters (up from 57%); 54% know all letter sounds (up from 18%); more data about first and second grade will be sent in the December newsletter.
1st Grade: Word Spelling 41% (up from 33%); Sight Word identification 45% (up from 32%) Students reading on grade level 61% (up from 45%)
2nd Grade: 52% can spell all letter sounds (up from 15%); 57% can spell multisyllable words (up from 36%); 75% know their 1st quarter sight words (up from 48%)
Math
The percentage of all students who show high achievement and/or high growth will improve from 74.8% to 79% Initial achievement is 70%
The percentage of all projected growth met for math will be at least 100%; this past year we were at 123.6%; Initial growth is 124%
Attendance
Windsor Elementary will meet or exceed 90% of students having a 90% rate for daily student attendance. Last year 84.92% of our students had 90% attendance or better. 1st Quarter = 90.8% of students with 90% or better attendance; average daily attending is at 95.72%
Discipline
Windsor Elementary will increase instructional time by 5% (3.5 hours or 7 fewer incidents) by decreasing office discipline referrals. Last year, WE had 69 discipline referrals; the goal is year is 62 or fewer. 1st Quarter = 31 referrals
Family Involvement
95% of Windsor Elementary families will have participated in an activity with their child by the end of 2022-2023. We had 93% of our families attend Open House for 2023-2024.
95% of students' families will attend Parent-Teacher Conferences in October 2023. Last year we had 96% attendance from our families.
Parent Pick Up
Thank you!
Windsor Elementary January Events
January 2 NO SCHOOL--Staff Development Day
January 3 Back to School for students
January 5 Report cards come home
January 11 6:00 Guardian Owls PTO meeting in WE cafeteria
January 15 NO SCHOOL (MLK, Jr. Day)
January 22 Wear class t-shirts (yearbook candid pictures)
Windsor Elementary Monthly Character Focus
Every day at Windsor Elementary, we say our affirmations, one of which is, "I can do hard things." This has been repeated numerous times by not only our students, but also our staff, who are constantly working to be good role models.
Our Character Goal this month is I can keep going when I make a mistake. Perseverance is a life skill that our children will need for the entirety of their lives. At Windsor Elementary, we practice perseverance through goal-setting and monitoring, and trying new things. Many students are afraid to make a mistake, so we work daily on being brave enough to mess up.
There are many resources available online that can offer tips on teaching perseverance to children. If you would like some examples to help you learn more about, or discuss, responsibility with your child, please check out the following links:
Windsor Elementary Character Education Resources
Try, Try, and Try Again: Perseverance
Parenting Expert: The #1 Skill that Predicts Future Success and How to Teach It
You guys are swell!
WE families, between our Shop with a Cop funds and the generous donations from our WE families and community, we were able to help over 50 kids this Christmas!!! Between everything, we were able to spend over $6,000 on these children. The families who benefit from this continually express their gratitude for the generosity of our community. Thanks for being OWLstanding!
Early Dismissal Information
There are NO early dismissal days scheduled for January 2024.