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Deep River Elementary presents 2025–26 instructional plan after reporting strong iReady growth
Summary
Deep River Elementary leaders presented 2024–25 achievement data showing 92% of K–6 students met the year’s ELA growth goal and outlined a 2025–26 instructional plan centered on data-driven instruction, targeted interventions, and professional development.
Deep River Elementary School officials presented 2024–25 student achievement data and a school-level instructional plan for 2025–26 at the Deep River Board of Education meeting on Sept. 18, 2025. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Sarah Brzozowy and Principal Josh Torchia led a detailed review of assessment results and proposed action steps for the coming year.
The presentation highlighted iReady and other local assessment results. According to the materials shared with the board, 92% of students in kindergarten through sixth grade met the year’s growth goal in ELA; roughly 50% met the district’s stretch-growth targets. The report said 15 of 188 students were two or more grade levels below in ELA and 16 of 189 were two or more levels below in math. Presenters described phonics and phonemic-awareness performance as “very high.”
Why it matters: the board said this information will guide staffing, interventions, and family communications for the 2025–26 school year. Torchia and Brzozowy described a multi-part action plan to improve outcomes, including administering the iReady universal screener three times annually (Fall, Winter, Spring), using data in PLCs to adapt instruction, implementing small-group interventions, and offering targeted professional development focused on differentiation and SBAC alignment.
Torcia and Brzozowy also noted nonacademic priorities. The school plans to embed environmental awareness into the curriculum and to continue monitoring class sizes, specialist schedules, and caseloads to ensure supports are aligned with student needs. The presentation said MTSS leadership meets weekly and classroom teams meet on a six-to-eight week cycle to review individual student plans.
Board members did not take a formal vote on curriculum or assessment choices during the meeting. The board’s curriculum committee is scheduled to meet in October to continue work on implementation details and to brief the full board as needed. The school’s next regular Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Nov. 20, 2025.
