From the desk of Ms. Cobbin

From the Principal…

I hope everyone is having a great summer break! Many of our parents have chosen to place their children in the Read It Forward Jax program for the summer in order to help keep them reading and learning. This should help these boys and girls when they return to school in the fall and begin a new school year.

Camp Einstein is going strong! The children are learning everyday and having a good time while doing that. They go on active field trips and have special guests come in to talk with them about a variety of topics. It is a fun day for all.

As we work on preparing for the next school year we are cleaning and organizing. Our theme for next year id, “Recipe For Success”, and we will continue to work with our students to keep them growing academically. We now have our school grade for last year and we remain an “A” school. That is a great testament to the hard work that our teachers do each and every day. We have much work to continue doing because we still did not make adequate yearly progress.

Making adequate yearly progress means that we affect 80% of students in each of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) sub-groups so that they demonstrate a year’s worth of growth academically. This year our black students did not make adequate yearly progress in the areas of reading and mathematics. This means that we need to find strategies that work to improve their learning and help them improve academically.

I am looking forward to my second year at Sheffield and working with the students, parents and staff. Sheffield is a really good school with caring teachers. As collaborative teams I know that they will work hard to instruct their children. This is a partnership and, working together we can ensure that our children make the academic gains they need to make.

Continue to have a great summer. Make sure that your children are reading and practicing their math facts. By doing this everyday your children will be ready for the next school year.

Debbi Cobbin
Principal