State of the School address 2019-2020

1. State of the School address2019-2020

2. Opening Prayer…

3. Mission of Royal Redeemer Lutheran School To equip each child to achieve educational excellence, inspire a lifelong love of learning, and grow Christian leaders.

4. 2019-2020 School Theme:

5. Parent & Family Survey Data 2018-2019Grade(s) Attended:

6. Have You or Would you Recommend RRLS?

7. What is the Primary Reason for Sending your Child to RRLS? • Christian Education/Faith-Based/Jesus • Caring Staff & Amazing Teachers • Excellent Curriculum/High Standard for Academics • Personal Attention • Flexible Child Care • Small Classes & Safe Environment • The Kids Love Going • Friendly Families and Strong Community

8. How satisfied are you with your child’s faith Development?

9. How satisfied are you with your child’s Education?

10. How STRONG ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS?

11. How Reasonable is the Cost of Education?

12. What Could We add? • Expand or Add: Intervention, Foreign Language, Art, Instrumental Music and Technology • Events: Mother/Son Dance • New Playground in 1-8 • Online Payment for Lunch, Extended Care (EE), etc. • Expand Fundraisers, Athletics, Buses (field trips), Scouts, and Student Recognition, Dismissal Sidewalks • Increase Rigor, Less Homework, & Share How We Compare (public) • Streamline and Clarify Communication • Consider Participating in the John Peterson Scholarship Program

13. Biggest Challenges? • Deepening Student Friendships • Communication/Keeping Track of Info. Coming Home/Website • Studying and Learning Specific Content • Project/Homework Time Management • Challenging or Motivating Children • Missing Bussing, Distance, Traffic, Drop-off and Construction • Financial Struggles • Keeping Track of Assignments/Organization • Principal Included in Intervention Needs • Teachers Reach Out More, Earlier

14. You Can Still Share: • Additional Surveys (paper) can be picked up after to take home and return to the main office. We’d love to still hear from YOU! • Responded and still have something to share? Comment/Question sheets are also available. Please share name to respond if you have questions. Thank you!

15. What We’ve Accomplished • Reading Textbook Series Adoption (K-8) • Math Textbook Series Adoption (K-5) • Social Studies Textbook Series Adoption (K-4) • Religion Materials Revised (7-8) • School Management System-Sycamore • Full compliance with our school safety plan • Rebuilding and rearranging of our 1-8 playground & full renovation of our Preschool & Kindergarten playground

16. What We’ve Accomplished • Full revision of our Middle School Seminars to include student elective and life skills courses • Addition of a new Art Teacher, Technology Teacher & On-site Algebra I Instructor • Complete revision of our preschool programing and start of our new Preschool Director • Welcome 365 students to our new school year!

17. Fiscal Health

18. Fiscal Health

19. Student Performance

20. Student Performance

21. Student Performance

22. Student Performance

23. Student Performance: STAR Early Literacy

24. Student Performance: STAR REading

25. Student Performance: STAR Math

26. Looking to the Future • Math Textbook Series Adoption (6-8) • Health Textbook Series Adoption • School Management System-Further Integration • Rebuilding and Rearranging of 1-8 Playground • Technology Expansion and Renovation • Continued Mapping of Our Curriculum (EE-8)

27. Looking to the Future • Expanding Student and Family Relationships • Expand Use of Data to Inform Our Classroom Instruction • Increase Meaningful Parent and Family Engagement • Updating of School Website

28. Student Attendance • 2018-2019 School Average: 95% • Without Vacation Average: 98% • 2019-2020 School Average: 97.7% • Without Vacations Average: 99%+ Let’s Aim High for Attendance Excellence!

29. Routines… • Handbook • Voicemail (Absent/Tardy? Ext. 298) • PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE • If a student routine changes- please contact school office and your child’s teacher • Security-all guests sign in at the main office • Appointments for Conferences, formal or informal • Tuition and Payment Systems • Sycamore

30. Sycamore Web Browsers Sycamore School is a completely web-based application that runs entirely in your web browser. Supported Web Browsers: • Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista SP2 • Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7, 8 and 10 • Mozilla Firefox (latest version, Mac and PC) • Apple Safari (latest version, Mac only) • Google Chrome (latest version, Mac and PC) • Opera (latest version, PC and Mac) • Microsoft Edge on Windows 10

31. Parent Access Information Sheet

32. Dates For Your Information… • Class Pictures Oct. 4th (uniforms) and Individuals Pictures Oct. 11th (uniform or dressed up) • Oct. 6th Singing in Worship at both 9:45 services & 3rd Grade Bible Blessing • Oct. 30th, 31st, or 1st, Parent Teacher Conferences (including 8th grade High School placement testing) • Jan. 26th National Lutheran Schools’ Week begins (student singing in Worship & All-School Open House 1-3pm) • Mar. 16th K-8 Grandparents’ Day • May 8th Annual Rocket Fun Run

33. Communication… • Parent & Student Handbook • Weekly COUNTDOWN • Classroom Newsletters • School & Church Website www.rrls.org & www.royred.net • Find us on Facebook & Instagram • School Messenger-for emergencies only Mrs. Heidi Malone hmalone@royred.org or call x165

34. Discipleship Pathways What next step could you and yours take together? • Daily Prayer and/or Devotions • Finding a Worship Home & Attending Regularly • Consider RRLC and/or Life With God Classes, Small Group Bible Study, or Redeemer Kids, etc. • Study Weekly Memory Verses with Your Student • Read and Share over the Weekly Religion Lessons • Come Join Us in Chapel on Wednesdays

35. Thank You! On behalf of all of the whole school ministry team, thank you for helping us to love, enrich, teach and grow your students, in Christ, here at Royal Redeemer Lutheran School!