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A.P. Byrd Elementary principal outlines student-growth strategies, newcomer and Rainbow Bridge programs
Summary
Principal Karen Merle presented A.P. Byrd Elementary's academic growth, social-emotional initiatives and a new Rainbow Bridge classroom designed to provide structured academic and life-skill supports for students new to U.S. schools or needing more intensive interventions.
A.P. Byrd Elementary Principal Karen Merle presented a school-year report to the Garden City USD 457 Board of Education, highlighting instructional priorities, culture- and climate-building efforts and a new classroom model intended to support students with more intensive academic or social-emotional needs.
Merle said the school year theme "One school, one team, one dream" supported coordinated literacy and math efforts and noted state and local assessment activity. She described gains on some interim benchmark assessments, including a 10-percentage-point growth in fifth-grade science that met a…
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