Principals across Addison SD 4 reported midyear progress at the board’s Dec. 17 meeting, describing districtwide instruction initiatives, assessment results and school-level steps to support reading, math and student behavior.

Principal Smoger of Stone said the school has tracked 4,188 books read as of Dec. 1 and reported roughly 11,890 MyPath lessons passed districtwide, which Smoger said equates to about 35 lessons per student so far this year. Smoger described classroom goal-setting tied to reading and MyPath performance and a January plan to reinforce pause expectations and schoolwide norms.

Principal Warren at Army Trail said grade-level narrative writing work and an instructional analysis produced a 27.7% increase in students scoring above grade level on an HMH measure; Warren also cited an 89% lesson pass rate on MyPath and described community-focused events to boost attendance and belonging.

Lake Park’s Principal Villalobos described a rise in HMH reading outcomes for monolingual classes (from 30% to 58.7% on/above grade level) and growth in dual classes (from 17.6% to 28%). Villalobos said teams are using Kagan strategies, sentence stems and MyPath trackers with class-level rewards to motivate students.

Other building leaders reported similar themes: aligned CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) instruction in K–5, expanded PLC collaboration, I-Ready/MyPath implementation with strong lesson-pass rates (reported examples: Fullerton ~92% pass rate; Wesley ~90.2%), and CCV-driven behavior interventions that several principals said have reduced inappropriate-physical-contact referrals.

District leaders emphasized data use: teams analyze MAP and HMH results and use MyPath lesson-pass data to target instruction. Early-learning staff described fine-motor and independence goals and planned January buddy activities with upper elementary students.

Why it matters: The presentations show districtwide alignment around foundational reading instruction, personalized digital lessons in math, and behavior systems intended to improve climate and focus instruction. Principals requested continued board support for training days and review of assessment results in January.

What comes next: Dr. Purse said winter-assessment results (including I-Ready diagnostics) will be shared in January and principals will continue implementing the action steps presented to the board.