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Sunrise Elementary highlights leadership, mentorship and MTSS progress to board
Summary
Students and staff from Sunrise Elementary presented a year of work on student well-being, leadership and a structured mentorship program. Staff reported HOPE survey and belonging gains, described MTSS interventions and showcased student-led service projects and clubs.
Sunrise Elementary staff and students presented to the Enumclaw School District board on May 18 about a year of student leadership, mentorship and targeted academic supports.
The school’s presenter described a theme of "growing together," and said staff built shared values to guide daily work. The presenter said the building’s mission is "to provide a safe and engaging learning environment where all students develop the academic and social foundations needed for lifelong success." (Presenter, Sunrise Elementary)
Staff reported results from two annual surveys: the HOPE survey (a measure of overall well-being) and a survey of psychological sense of school membership. The presenter said fall HOPE results were about 68 percent and winter belonging measured about 72 percent; staff said they used those data to identify and provide targeted supports for students who needed extra help.
Morgan Tran, the Sunrise leadership advisor, introduced 48 fourth- and fifth-grade student leaders who organized projects including a toy drive, a food drive and a cereal-box donation campaign for a local food bank. Morgan Tran said the leadership group gave up free time to improve the school and community and described the advisor role as "taking a full back seat" to let students lead. (Morgan Tran)
Melissa Petrowski, the school’s resource teacher for special education (K–5), described a structured, school-wide mentorship program. Petrowski said students were intentionally paired with mentees for specific goals, received support and training, and that mentorship was mutually beneficial. She said the school used grade-level walks, progress monitoring and targeted "win time" groups to support second-grade students whose scores had dipped; staff expect gains on upcoming spring benchmarks.
Students demonstrated how mentorship and peer leadership worked in practice: they described reading buddies, recess supports for new kindergartners and student-run clubs (art, garden, book and soccer clubs). Student Happy Hellman, a fourth grader, said, "My favorite part of leadership is working with my friends while helping our community." (Happy Hellman)
Sunrise staff emphasized service learning and community connections; they noted partnerships and community participation in events like the Uniontown Schools Foundation benefit and a local expo activity called Agriventure. The presentation closed with board members and the audience applauding student presenters.
Next steps noted in the presentation included continued fidelity checks for MTSS, expanded grade-level interventions and monitoring of progress through the district’s screening and benchmark assessments.
