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Kingston principal reports reading, dual-language gains and new targeted-support designation at Edson
Summary
Harry L. Edson Principal Kathy Law told the Kingston City School District board that Edson Elementary enrolled 415 students, has an expanding dual-language program and is showing midyear gains on i-Ready and other measures while receiving a new targeted support designation for one subgroup.
Principal Kathy Law presented an overview of programs, demographics and interim assessment results at Harry L. Edson Elementary during the Kingston City School District Board of Education meeting. Law said Edson currently enrolls 415 students and identified 58 students as English learners; she named Spanish as the primary home language, followed by speakers of a Mayan language. She described daily social-and-emotional learning practices, the school's PBIS incentives and family engagement events such as a World Read Aloud Day that drew about 45 community readers.
Law said the school is piloting Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) in selected kindergarten through second-grade classrooms and uses American Reading Company materials in its dual-language classrooms. "Our…
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