Dawn Schemper

The School Improvement Plan for Alma Middle School aims to ensure all students achieve their highest potential academically, emotionally, and socially, preparing them to be lifelong learners and productive members of society. The plan focuses on improving reading and math performance through targeted interventions, implementing rigorous curriculum, and utilizing data-driven assessments. Key priorities include fostering a positive and challenging learning environment, enhancing social-emotional learning, addressing student engagement issues such as missing work and attendance, and increasing parent involvement in school decisions.

The School Improvement Plan for Alma High School aims to graduate every student with the knowledge and life skills necessary to be a productive citizen, fostering an environment where all students are educated, equipped, and empowered for independence. The plan focuses on key areas including enhancing literacy and math/science skills through targeted interventions, professional development, and curriculum implementation. It also addresses learning gaps, strengthens parent involvement, improves student attendance, and establishes a comprehensive Response to Intervention (RTI) process, all supported by continuous data analysis and collaborative professional learning communities.

This School Improvement Plan for Alma Intermediate School outlines strategic goals to enhance student academic performance. The plan focuses on three key areas: improving ELA, Math, and Science proficiency for third through fifth-grade students, aiming to increase Level 3 or 4 scores on the ATLAS assessment to 60% while reducing Level 1 scores. It emphasizes cultivating critical thinkers in a safe, nurturing environment, fostering kindness, respect, and compassion, and promoting a vision of intentionality, dedication, and unity. The strategy includes implementing research-based instructional methods, utilizing high-quality instructional materials and online curricula, facilitating regular teacher collaboration, developing common assessments, and providing tiered instruction and administrative support.

This School Improvement Plan for Alma Primary School outlines strategic goals and actions for the 2025-2026 academic year. Key priorities include increasing reading fluency and comprehension, enhancing student engagement and reducing distractions, developing robust assessment processes for program effectiveness, and fostering greater parent and community involvement. A primary objective is to improve reading performance in grades K-2, aiming to raise the percentage of 'Ready' students to 40%, supported by professional development in Science of Reading and curriculum alignment with the Arkansas RISE Initiative.