Arroyos del Norte principal reports attendance gains, larger robotics class and vision-screening results
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Principal Anthony Medina told the board his Arroyo del Norte campus has a 31-student robotics after-school program, improved K—2 interventions producing assessment gains and a recent vision screening that provided glasses to 31 students, most of whom are in intervention groups.
Arroyo del Norte Elementary Principal Anthony Medina briefed the Taos board on student outcomes and campus programs Dec. 10, highlighting successful interventions, extracurricular growth and health screenings.
Medina said the school is now in its fourth year of a robotics program with 31 participating third- through fifth-graders and described the program as building students' engineering and coding skills. He said campus PLC work has shifted intervention earlier, beginning in kindergarten through second grade, and teachers are grouping students by ability to reduce differentiation needs and accelerate progress.
Medina reported measurable gains on the AMIRA assessment for many students and noted one fifth grader posted a noteworthy increase in scaled reading scores during a nine-week interval. He also recounted a recent vision-screening event: 31 students were prescribed glasses and 82% of them were students already placed in intervention supports. Medina said the glasses helped classroom performance and student confidence.
The principal listed community partnerships, after-school activities, an upcoming AVID assembly and a winter festival as drivers of attendance and engagement. He invited board members to attend the AVID assembly scheduled for Dec. 18.
Next steps: Medina will continue to track assessment gains and attendance trends and provide outcome metrics to the board at future meetings.