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Monte Cristo Elementary spotlights writing gains; author visit and Title IV funds expand band access
Summary
Principal Maria Losi described a year‑long focus on writing structure after assessment data showed low structure scores; students read to the board, teachers described classroom changes, and the district used Title IV funds plus community contributions to buy instruments for a 63‑student fifth‑grade band pilot.
Principal Maria Losi told the board that Monte Cristo Elementary has made a concerted push on writing instruction this year, focusing on structure to lift student performance on state assessments and classroom tasks.
Losi presented Smarter Balanced Assessment strand data and highlighted a patterned weakness in writing structure: “91% of our students across the school only scored one point in structure for opinion writing,” she told the board, adding that the staff decided to focus on structure as “low‑hanging fruit” before…
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