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Simi Valley Unified launches "School Spotlight" series; Garden Grove and Big Springs showcase gains
Summary
The Simi Valley Unified board launched a monthly "School Spotlight" program and heard presentations from Garden Grove and Big Springs elementaries highlighting student-growth strategies, English-learner gains and family-engagement programs.
The Simi Valley Unified School District on Monday introduced a monthly "School Spotlight" series and heard presentations from Garden Grove and Big Springs elementary schools showcasing instructional practices and recent score improvements.
"We are a TK through 5 school... Small but mighty," Garden Grove Principal Nikki Perryman told the school board, outlining a push-in/pull-out ELD model and professional learning community work she said produced substantial gains. "We had a 15% growth in our STAR scores last year…
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