The document outlines plans for four regional design teams to work with middle and elementary schools to increase academic achievement and student enrollment. One team includes Arredondo Elementary and McKemy Middle School, which will focus on STEAM. Arredondo Elementary's plans include teaching the whole child with a focus on academics and social-emotional learning. It will use a reading delivery system model, body-brain compatible education, Thinking Maps, a school-wide language learning model, and grade-level community service projects.

1. Regional Design Team Arredondo Elementary February 16, 2010

2. Regional Design Team Objective Extension of last year’s Strategic Planning Committee Work with middle and elementary schools to increase academic achievement and student enrollment 4 teams (1 Middle School and its Elementary Feeder Schools)

3. Arredondo Elementary McKemy Middle School STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math International Studies (attributes similar to International Baccalaureate) Connolly Middle School Peggy Payne Academy AVID

4. Arredondo Elementary Teaching the whole child Reading delivery system model Body-Brain compatible education Thinking Maps and Supplemental programs School-wide Language learning model Grade-level “community service projects”

5. Teaching the “Whole Child” Academics Social Emotional

6. Reading Delivery System Model 90 minute reading block 30 minute intervention Small group instruction Literacy stations Continuous assessment to monitor student achievement

7. Body-Brain Compatible Education Warm environment conducive to student learning Town Hall/Community Circle Life Skills/Life Long Guidelines Building a classroom community

8. Thinking Maps 8 visual maps that represent 8 thought processes Student built/created Write From the Beginning (using the maps to organize writing) ELL Maps (differentiating maps to meet the language levels of students

9. School-wide Language Learning Model 4-hour block (reading, writing, grammar, speaking, vocabulary) Self-contained English Language Learner classrooms Blended Classrooms (students on Individual Language Learning Plans)

10. Grade-level Community Service Projects Each grade level chooses a project Students plan, problem-solve, implement and reflect on project Possible “being there” field trip experiences Opportunity to give back and be a part of a larger community Teaching students to be responsible citizens and contributors to their community

11. Community Forum Questions, Comments, Concerns?