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Port Jervis elementary teams introduce new reading and leadership programs
Summary
Elementary-school staff presented new literacy and leadership initiatives — InterReading, Heggerty phonemic instruction, DIBELS assessment and Leader in Me lighthouse teams — and reported attendance-tracking goals and early positive feedback on curriculum changes.
Elementary-school leaders for the Port Jervis City School District outlined a set of new literacy and leadership programs at the board’s Dec. 16 meeting, saying the initiatives aim to strengthen reading skills and student self-direction across the district.
Mr. Carroll, an elementary presenter, said the district is beginning implementation of the Leader in Me framework and creating lighthouse teams to build students’ leadership roles and self-directed data tracking. He noted the district has set an elementary attendance goal of 94…
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