Our Priorities

Wild Rose School has established the following priorities and goals for the 2007/2008 school year. These priorities are a result of the collaborative efforts of students, parents and staff. Read about Wellness, Respect and Success

WELLNESS

a) Recognize the emotional growth of all our students through special programs. These include Wolf Leadership Team Initiatives, Caught Being Good coupons, birthday announcements, and recognition of extracurricular and out-of-school achievements.  b) Promote staff wellness. Organize staff socials, birthday cake draw, secret pal at Christmas and special recognition of individual achievements.  c) Promote a feeling of parent membership in the school by involving parents at all levels. This includes working with the School Council to enhance home/school communication,, organizing parent activity evenings, such as paired reading and reading intervention sessions and maintaining a library collection on pertinent parenting issues.  d) Continue to provide opportunities for professional development of staff by: a professional development component during staff meetings, allocating necessary resources for out-of-school professional development, and promoting in-school mentorship opportunities

RESPECT

a) Institute a pro-social skills program to enhance personal responsibility and good citizenship. Students have been taught active listening skills, a Manners Matter program and Friendship Skills. This year our focus is on Teamwork and Heroes.  b) In collaboration with students, staff and community, develop a Peace Plan containing the guiding principles, expectations and consequences for behavior.

SUCCESS

a) Create flexibility in the timetable through block scheduling to better accommodate a diversified curriculum and individual differences, eg., regularly scheduled Mission Possible sessions and specialized computer instruction.  b) Continue to involve all students in more structured writing experiences and self- evaluation of that writing.  c) Continue to develop higher order thinking activities in Math and integrate these throughout the curriculum.  d) Continue to develop computer literary skills including multi-media applications (CD Rom and Internet) to augment research and critical thinking skills.  e) Communicate priorities to parents and community through newsletters, student agendas, School Council initiatives, creation of a home page, parent information board, and parent information evenings.