We’ll have beautiful May flowers this year, won’t we?!  While it’s not what they would choose, our students have done a great job with all of the indoor recess we’ve had lately – please congratulate them!

Parents, your involvement in your child’s educational process is invaluable.  I extend a BIG thank you to all of you who completed the recent district satisfaction survey.  Information from this survey is currently being used, along with a variety of other district data, to guide Elmbrook’s strategic planning process.  In response to questions about our greatest opportunities for improvement, there were themes that emerged strongly across parent, staff and alumni groups: 

• Meet each student’s individual needs
• Inspire students to take ownership over their own learning
• Maintain/reduce current class sizes
• Offer innovative programming to meet the diverse needs of our students

I’d like to share another opportunity for input with you.  A Principal in a nearby district is completing a study about parent involvement that will help elementary schools around the state of Wisconsin maximize parent contributions to the academic, social, and emotional growth of children on a yearly basis. Your honest feedback will help educators better meet the needs of parents as active participants in and outside of the school setting.  It is completely confidential and will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.  It will be open through May 3.  Following data collection, he has offered to visit our PTO to discuss Elmbrook’s results.  Here is the link: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KXWW3T6  

Thank you!