Instructional Focus
Attendance Goal
We will use weekly attendance meetings to develop tiered interventions across school community and targeted interventions for students who are chronically absent.
ELA Goal
We will develop staff capacity to ensure all students are engaged in authentic literacy tasks and design and implement instruction that addresses deeper learning and enables students to transfer learning.
Math Goal
We will develop staff capacity to design and implement instruction that addresses deeper learning and enables students to transfer learning.
2023-24 Instructional Focus
At New Prep we will cultivate a culturally responsive school environment that builds all students’ confidence to complete rigorous tasks using rich discussion, quality feedback and self-evaluation.
Our Reading Program at MS8
Students engage in 90 minutes of reading instruction daily
Student are engaged in station learning
Extensive libraries in every classroom
Expeditionary Learning curriculum is used
Ready NY supplement
Technology infused in lessons
Our Math Program at MS8
We utilize the following programs for Math:
Savva enVision Math 2.0
9th Grade Regents classes – Algebra I
Students engage in 90 minutes of math instruction daily
Student are engaged in station learning