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Newsletter

Latest edition of the McCandless Newsletter.

Vision Statement

USD 308 and McCandless Elementary Staff, students, parents, business partners, and community members will work collaboratively, in a systematic approach, to provide a safe, engaging environment that is committed to meeting the needs of every learner, challenging all students to be continuous learners by achieving academic skills, emotional, and social skills, in order to become self-sufficient productive members in an ever-changing world

Our Core Beliefs

It takes a village to raise a child

• Building strong relationships is the cornerstone of learning.
• All students can learn and grow in a safe environment regardless of disability, SES, and differences.
• All staff members are professional and all adults in the school shall be positive role models.
• All individuals shall be life long learners, have opportunities to learn and experience success in our changing environment.
• Everyone has the right to be treated with respect.
• Change is positive, purposeful, and necessary.
• Education is a shared responsibility of students, parents, school personnel, and the entire community.

Mission Statement

Unique individuals united by shared common values

McCandless Elementary Staff and all stakeholders will use a systematic approach to work collaboratively as partners to ensure individual student needs are met in order to cement the mastery of academic skills and social skills, thus producing a strong work ethic, confidence, independent problem solvers, and critical thinkers prepared to be ongoing learners in an ever-changing world.

Operation Strategy at McCandless

MCC Elementary will be implementing the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). MTSS is a framework to help schools create an effective and efficient educational system to increase student achievement. MTSS is designed as a framework based on prevention and early intervention and support for all students; it is not tied to a specific content or curriculum. MCC Elementary will continue to develop tools to support our plan in each area, will increase differentiated instruction strategies and skills to strengthen the core classroom and tiered support. MCC will align assessments and use data to drive curriculum. Technology will continue to increase as an instructional tool and learning tool. The MCC staff will continue to strengthen the three-tiered systems of support through effective and aligned interventions, database decision-making, and teamwork.