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Schweitzer Elementary principal reports steady enrollment, improved attendance and NWEA growth
Summary
Principal Emily Fasoah told the board Schweitzer Elementary has 404 students, a 90% daily attendance rate and about 49% of students met NWEA growth goals from fall to winter; the school highlighted programs including PBIS, Salmon in the Classroom and community partnerships.
Emily Fasoah, principal at Schweitzer Elementary School, gave the board an update on the building’s programs, enrollment and student outcomes.
Fasoah said Schweitzer serves 404 students with a grade-by-grade breakdown the presentation listed: 59 kindergarten, 72 first-grade, 77 second-grade, 68 third-grade, 64 fourth-grade and 63 fifth-grade students. She reported 24% of students receive special education services and 1.5% are multilingual learners. The school’s ethnic composition was listed in the presentation as 27.5% African American, 58.3% Caucasian, 6% Hispanic, 1.5% Middle Eastern, 6.5% multiethnic and 0.2% Native American.
On attendance, Fasoah said the school’s average daily attendance rate is about 90%, up from 87% in December and 92% in February per the presentation. After 112 days of school, five students had perfect attendance and 21 students had missed two or fewer days.
On academics, the principal reported 49% of students met their NWEA growth goal from fall to winter overall, with 49% growth in reading and 51% growth in math. Fasoah emphasized that NWEA is a norm-referenced assessment and that students who did not meet the stated growth goal nevertheless often showed meaningful progress.
Fasoah described Schweitzer’s multi-tiered supports and restorative practices, and listed positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) strategies, social-emotional learning, calm-down spaces and peer mentoring as school practices. She highlighted community partnerships — including with the Wayne and Westland fire and police departments and the Wayne Rotary Club — and student activities that include field trips to the STEM Center, Greenfield Village and the Ford Rouge plant.
Fasoah also noted Schweitzer classes participate in the Michigan DNR’s Salmon in the Classroom program; one third-grade classroom will release salmon into the Rouge River on April 28.
Board members asked for additional assessment detail; Principal Fasoah said she would follow up with specific proficiency numbers on the NWEA results.
The presentation closed with board members thanking staff for community engagement and programs supporting student attendance and growth.
