Dickey Elementary to celebrate API score

Levi Dickey Elementary School will celebrate the 45-point API gain earned by students last school year, pushing the school over the threshold 800 threshold to 820.

 

"We work as a team, so parents, teachers support staff, everybody's in the mix of everything," said principal Kathy Nash. "The whole team is working on every child, which I think is huge." 

The celebration will be on Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m.. Active Skateboard Shop with do a demonstration for students. All students will see the 800 club tee-shirts that they will receive. Nash must kiss a goat because the students surpased 800. 

"I also get a pie in the face from the class that received the most PTA memberships," she said.

Students are assessed for strengths and weaknesses in math and English proficiency and receive targeted instruction based on their needs, Nash said. Dickey teachers also received training on lessons and met collaboratively to share successful strategies. Parents received encouragement and resources to help get them in a college-bound mindset, Nash said. Principal Kathy Nash was equally happy with