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Welcome Back Burkett!
Dear Burkett Elementary Families,
The faculty and staff of Burkett Elementary School are excited to
welcome students and families back to school for another enriching year.
The reconfiguration is sure to bring about many changes. We are
confident that even amidst the changes, our students will continue on
their path to excellence.
In that light, the following additions have been made to enhance our
educational program: implementation of the new Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Science Fusion curriculum for grades 3-4; implementation of
the Study Island online Math and Reading activities; year two
implementation of the Journeys Reading Series; interactive White Board
technology in every homeroom; posting of online lesson plans to your
child’s Edline class page; eligible Content Intervention Periods to
promote tailored instruction for all students.
These and other initiatives will be implemented by our dedicated staff
and all of our students will have outstanding opportunities to grow in our
learning community.
Please be sure to check our Web site at www.montourschools.com and
click on the Burkett tab for weekly updates and information. We
appreciate the continued support of the wonderful families in the Montour
School District. Together, Montour students will reach their highest level
of academic and developmental potential.
Dan DiDesiderio, Principal
Burkett Elementary School
Welcome Back Montour HS
The Montour High School administration, faculty, and staff welcomes
back our students as we look forward to an outstanding 2012-2013 school
year! With each new school year brings an excitement for the return of
students to the building. Our students have much to look forward to as we
implement new and exciting academic and co-curricular programming. With
the addition of even more new technologies, our students will continue to
have access to the very best educational programming. Montour High
School continues to be regional leader in STEM education that
complements a comprehensive curriculum that is focused on rigorous and
relevant learning opportunities for all students. We wish all of our
students an outstanding school year! Go Spartans!
Todd M. Price
Montour High School Principal
Welcome Back David E. Williams
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Welcome Back Forest Grove!
Dear Families of Forest Grove Elementary School,
Welcome back to an exciting new school year at Forest Grove
Elementary! As parents, you play a very important role and are
just as important to your child’s education as we are. Working as a
team with our dedicated staff will help ensure your child receives
the best education. It is your support, enthusiasm, and
involvement that allow us at Forest Grove to operate as a
cooperative learning community focusing on student achievement
and development.
We are eager to implement a number of elementary school
initiatives for our students. The following are just a few exciting
additions to our schools:
* K – 2 Learning Center
Provides for consistent instruction for all Montour
students and opportunities to share best practices in
order to improve instructional methodologies.
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys Reading and
Language Arts Series – Year 2
A pre-K to grade 6 program which blends the very best
in engaging literature, easy organization, proven
instructional plans, and exceptional differentiation to
meet the range of learners in the classroom and incredible
vocabulary instruction to build better readers and writers
* Educational Technology in our Curriculum
Research based software that enhances student learning,
interactive Whiteboards (Grades 1 & 2) and Student
Response Systems, and student assessment software for
monitoring of individual progress.
Please visit our Web site (www.montourschools.com) to see
additional announcements and to explore what is going on with
the district. I wish you the best of luck this year as we work
together to ensure that all of our students reach their potential.
We look forward to welcoming students back!
Mr. Michael Marvin
Forest Grove Elementary Principal
Students and staff return to David E. Williams Middle School with so much to be proud of and to look forward to. We are very pleased to
announce that our students achieved record-breaking PSSA scores last year: 94% of students scored advanced or proficient in math while 86% of
our students scored advanced or proficient in reading. Congratulations to our students, parents, and staff for this tremendous accomplishment!
We are also pleased to announce some exciting changes with regard to our curriculum. All students will be offered semester long computer
application courses. These courses will focus on project based assignments utilizing all facets of Microsoft Office along with Active Inspire.
Students will also improve their research skills and will become familiar with all of the Edline functions. Edline is a tool that allows teachers to
communicate course expectations, post assignments, and keep parents informed of student progress. This year, students will have the
opportunity to submit assignments and access curriculum more deeply through the Edline. Additionally, all students will receive year-long foreign
language, accelerated courses have become more rigorous, and the math curriculum has become more focused on algebra as we prepare our students
for the Keystone Exams. More of our curricular changes are available on the David E. Williams web page.
In closing, we are proud of our past accomplishments. We look forward to a very happy and successful school year!
Dominick Salpeck
Principal