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NEWSLETTER
THE EAGLES’ TALON
From the Principal’s Desk...
D
ear Elko Families,
Elko is a middle school where: The environment is small, safe and caring ~ Your child is well known, intellectually challenged, and celebrated by adults in the building! Your child can learn by asking questions, solving real problems and actively and happily doing the work of learning with dedicated and highly skilled teachers, parents and the community! Students gain an appreciation for hard work ~Students come to learn and to believe it is cool to be smart ~Students support and recognize individual skills ~Students reach out to help others ~Students learn to accept responsibility, challenges, and opportunities! Faculty contributes to curriculum and professional development ~Faculty develops a caring relationship with students ~Faculty shares a sense of appreciation for utilizing data to improve instruction
~Faculty participates in choosing future colleagues ~Faculty makes decisions that will affect their professional lives! Families are committed to their child’s education ~Families make sacrifices for their child ~Families support the school both individually and through the PTA ~Families value diversity ~Families value academic rigor and preparation for the 21st century student! Elko Middle School offers a wellplanned, rigorous, engaging and creative course of study with individual attention paid to your child via a mentoring program, building on strengths and addressing needs. We help your child believe in and be prepared for... high school. We are fortunate to be located in the Varina/Fairfield Districts, one of the most culturally diverse communities in the county. Our student population also reflects that diversity.
July/August 2009
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