Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Districts Annual Report To Be Made Public

The Gurdon School District will make its annual report to the public in a meeting Monday night. The administration will be detailing progress toward accomplishing program goals, accredation standards and proposals to correct deficiencies.

In a report to The Times, the district reports that it has met the state standards.

In matters to improve communications between the school and the community, the district has these goals:

• Parent/teacher conferences will be conducted.

• Annual public meeting will be held.

• Annual report to public will be published.

• Members of the Student Council will give monthly reports to the school board on activities a the high school.

• Parents are required to sign form stating they have received and read the student handbook.

• Active elementary PTE and MTE program.

• Primary school sends home communication folder on a weekly basis.

• Teachers present update to school board on individual programs during the regular school year.

• Local bank publicize student activities.

• School district prints newsletter during the regular school year.

  To improve basic skills, Gurdon School District:

• IPCF program sponsored by International Paper Company is ongoing.

• New keyboarding class has been added at middle school.

• second computer lab has been added at the high school.

• Summer school is offered to grades K-4.

• Reading recovery program has been extended to full time.

• Alternative school will be operational this school year.

• High school computer lab has computers.

• Reading recovery program for first grade has been added.

• Work place readiness class is offered at high school.

• Principles of Technology II class has been added to high school curriculum.

• Summer program was offered to students in Albebra I.

  To encourage maximum attendance at all grade levels, the district:

• Plans special recognition that will be provided to students with perfect attendance. Certificates will be awarded and pictures will be given to local newspaper for publication.

• Each grade in the primary and middle schools with the highest percentage of attendance will be rewarded with a special trip at the end of the second semester.

On the accreditation report for the 1996-97 school year, Gurdon Primary School was accredited, but Gurdon Middle School and Gurdon High School each was cited.

At the middle school a health teacher was not certified. The district has instructed the teacher to take additional hours.

At the high school, a Spanish teacher was not certified. The school has satellite capability to teach course.