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Arbor Station Elementary School

WELCOME

To

Dr. Felton’s

State of the Station

Questions and Answer

Address

Douglas County School System .

Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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K - 2 iReady Growth Data

Kindergarten Reading
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	5%	21%
%Early On Grade Level	10%	34%
%One Grade Below:	85%	46%
%Two Grades Below:	0%	0%
% 3+ Grades Below	0%	0%

Kindergarten Math
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	5%	18%
%Early On Grade Level	1%	17%
%One Grade Below:	94%	65%
%Two Grades Below:	0%	0%
% 3+ Grades Below	0%	0%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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K - 2 iReady Growth Data

1st Grade Reading
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	6%	20%
%Early On Grade Level	8%	14%
%One Grade Below:	66%	59%
%Two Grades Below:	20%	8%
% 3+ Grades Below	0%	0

1st Grade Math
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	2%	5%
%Early On Grade Level	1%	7%
%One Grade Below:	67%	74%
%Two Grades Below:	30%	15%
% 3+ Grades Below	0%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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K - 2 iReady Growth Data

2nd Grade Reading
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	11%	20%
%Early On Grade Level	9%	22%
%One Grade Below:	35%	34%
%Two Grades Below:	45%	24%
% 3+ Grades Below	0%	0%

2nd Grade Math
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	3%	5%
%Early On Grade Level	3%	16%
%One Grade Below:	45%	47%
%Two Grades Below:	49%	33%
% 3+ Grades Below	0%	0%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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3-5 iReady Growth Data

3rd Grade Reading
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	15%	24%
%Early On Grade Level	29%	32%
%One Grade Below:	11%	17%
%Two Grades Below:	37%	21%
% 3+ Grades Below	8%	6%

3rd Grade Math
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	2%	10%
%Early On Grade Level	8%	17%
%One Grade Below:	44%	54%
%Two Grades Below:	31%	14%
% 3+ Grades Below	15%	7%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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3-5 iReady Growth Data

4th Grade Reading
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	12%	14%
%Early On Grade Level	10%	12%
%One Grade Below:	38%	40%
%Two Grades Below:	11%	11%
% 3+ Grades Below	29%	22%

4th Grade Math
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	2%	14%
%Early On Grade Level	11%	16%
%One Grade Below:	34%	30%
%Two Grades Below:	20%	19%
% 3+ Grades Below	33%	21%

Douglas County School System .

Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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3-5 iReady Growth Data

5th Grade - Reading
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	10%	14%
%Early On Grade Level	12%	19%
%One Grade Below:	25%	35%
%Two Grades Below:	31%	18%
% 3+ Grades Below	21%	13%

5th Grade - Math
Student at each band:	FALL	WINTER	SPRING
%Mid/Above	7%	11%
%Early On Grade Level	14%	22%
%One Grade Below:	41%	37%
%Two Grades Below:	12%	13%
% 3+ Grades Below	25%	16%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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Kindergarten Beacon

ELA	Sept.	Dec.	March
Support Needed	56%	48%
Near Target	36%	41%
Prepared	8%	10%

Math	Sept.	Dec.	March
Support Needed	73%	44%
Near Target	24%	51%
Prepared	3%	7%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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��1st Grade Beacon

ELA	Sept	Dec.	March
Support Needed	60%	39%
Near Target	28%	45%
Prepared	12%	16%

Math	Sept	Dec.	March
Support Needed	49%	35%
Near Target	49%	64%
Prepared	1%	1%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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2nd Grade Beacon

ELA	Sept	Dec.	March
Support Needed	49%	39%
Near Target	38%	32%
Prepared	13%	29%

Math	Sept.	Dec.	March
Support Needed	49%	39%
Near Target	46%	47%
Prepared	4%	15%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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3rd Grade Beacon

ELA	September	December	March
Level I	47%	45%
Level II	18%	30%
Level III	26%	17%
Level IV	9%	8%

Math	September	December	March
Level I	5%	9%
Level II	56%	51%
Level III	27%	33%
Level IV	12%	8%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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4th Grade Beacon

ELA	September	December	March
Level I	53%	49%
Level II	21%	30%
Level III	23%	17%
Level IV	4%	4%

Math	September	December	March
Level I	20%	28%
Level II	46%	37%
Level III	25%	26%
Level IV	9%	10%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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5th Grade Beacon

ELA	September	December	March
Level I	30%	29%
Level II	34%	21%
Level III	31%	44%
Level IV	5%	6%

Math	September	December	March
Level I	36%	38%
Level II	32%	25%
Level III	31%	31%
Level IV	1%	6%

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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Informal/Formal Monitoring of Instructional Data

Informal/Formal Walkthroughs
SBC Look-fors
Timely Feedback w/ Teachers
Attending PLC
Professional Learning
Electronic Data Wall (sample on next slide)
Anchor Charts
Vocabulary Wall (being used and utilized)

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Informal/Formal Monitoring of Instructional Data

Electronic Data Wall - 25-26 ASES Data (Working Copy)

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How are we tracking student progress?

Benchmark Assessments:

Illuminate
GMAS

Indiv. and group progress (Monitor scores, growth percentages, achievement levels

iReady
Beacon
Illuminate
ThinkCERCA

Observations

Informal - SBC, Collaborative Classrooms, etc.
Formal - TKES

Lesson Plans

Weekly Mondays by 8:00 am
Differentiated small groups with students identified

Daily Practice and grades within the classroom

Lesson Plans

Electronic Data Wall

iReady
Beacon

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Douglas County School System

Community Strategic Planning Meetings

�The Douglas County Board of Education will hold a series of community meetings as part of the district's five-year strategic improvement plan process. All meetings will be held in the media center of the host school at 6:00 p.m.

The first meeting will be held March 4, 2026, at Douglas County High School – ASES Day.

Following meetings on

March 17, 2026, at Lithia Springs High School;

March 19, 2026, at New Manchester High School;

March 23, 2026, at Mirror Lake Elementary School;

March 24, 2026, at Alexander High School.

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EVOLV: Electronic Sensing Equipment

https://youtu.be/1OIdwoW-noM?si=5OZUijQEF6K1rcpD

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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Why Attendance is Important!

Early elementary students with good attendance receive 25% more reading instruction that chronically absent students
Early attendance habits affect later attendance – and school success.
Chronic absenteeism is an indicator. By 6^th grade, chronic absenteeism is the leading indicator a student will drop out of high school
Parents make a difference! When parents communicate to their young children that attendance is important, their absenteeism rate is about 7% �When parents don’t their absenteeism rate nearly doubles.
There is a direct relationship between chronic absenteeism and literacy.

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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Attendance Matters

Missing a day of school, here and there may not seem like much…

But absences add up!

When a student misses 2 days a month…
They will miss 20 days a year.
They will miss 30 hours of math over the school year.
They will miss 60 hours of reading and writing over the school year.
They will miss over 1 year of school by graduation.

When a student misses 4 days a month…
They will miss 40 days a year.
They will miss 60 hours of math over the school year.
They will miss 120 hours of reading & writing over the school year.
They will miss over 2 years of school by graduation.

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Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

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Important Dates

Tuesday, March 3 – K-2^nd Parent Academy – Registration went out via text message
Monday, March 9 – Teacher Workday – No school for students
EVOLV – online – Thursday, March 19
Friday, March 20 – Report Cards
Tuesday, March 31 – 5^th grade Savannah Trip money is due
April 6 – April 10 – Spring Break
Tuesday, April 14 – 3^rd -5^th GMAS Virtual Parent Meeting – 6:00 pm
Tuesday, April 28 – May 4 – GMAS dates
Friday, May 8 – Kindergarten Ceremony – 9:00 am
Friday, May 8 – 5^th grade Transition Ceremony – 12:00 noon

Dr. Felton, Principal – Direct Office phone number – 770-651-3011

Douglas County School System .

Dr. Trent North, Superintendent .

dcssga.org