I have been so excited to hear from literally hundreds of our students about their dreams through video messages, emails, scanned drawings, and actual paper drawings that have been sent to me via email or in the courier from our schools. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks. We are excited to bring our first circle to the D23 area (Hollywood, Ravenel, and Edisto Island) of the county. Over the coming weeks and months, we will host a series of community events inviting our students, families, business partners, and community members to come and share their dreams for the future of our children and our community. I have also engaged staff in creating what we are calling Dream Circles. Edwards and heard her students share their dreams. Pomposelli’s kindergarten class at James B. It goes without saying that it is integral for us to ensure that all 3,422 students are equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge, resources, and supports to enable them to not just adequately read, but to soar in their ability to have positive outcomes in all subject areas, better ensuring they are ready for college, career, and life beyond CCSD. Looking forward to this same group of students’ college and career readiness rate at graduation, using our Spring 2022 readiness level data, only 70.2% or 2,402 of our current kindergarteners will end up ready to enter the next phase of their life post preK-12. We know undoubtedly that a student’s ability to read at grade level has a domino effect on their ability to grow and excel in other subject areas as reading is fundamental to all other areas of learning. That means if we continue on the same trajectory, only 1,855 of those 3,422 kindergarten students will be able to read at or above grade level by the time they are completing fifth grade in 2028. Thinking about Vision 2027 of all students reading on grade level by grade five, based on SC READY ELA 2022 scores, only 54.2% of our students are currently reading on or above grade level. As of the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year back in August, we had 3,422 kindergarten students enrolled across the district. Our kindergartners are the Class of 2035. I look forward to hearing all about your dreams! Will you share your dreams with me? You can write a letter, draw a picture, you can ask your teacher to help you send me an email, or you can post to this flipgrid platform. Who are the most important people in your family or community that can help you make your dreams come true? How do they help you? What are your dreams for yourself when you are a grown-up?.What are your dreams for yourself when you are a teenager?.
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