Dear Shadowbriar Students, Parents, and Guardians:

I am very excited to welcome you and your family to the 2019-2020 school year. Our theme for  the school year is “Back to the Basics: Re-Imagining Teaching and Learning for ALL.” This theme will both inspire and challenge us as educational practitioners to reinterpret, rethink, and improve our practices to meet the needs of all our young leaders and learners. This is going to be an amazing school year, and I am looking forward to working with each of you to create a positive school environment with high expectations for all students.

This year’s theme“Back to the Basics: Re-Imagining Teaching and Learning for ALL” speaks to our commitment to developing the whole child with our school’s strong academic and student leadership programming. We have made updates this year to our STEAM Magnet program that will allow students to have hands-on learning activities and experiences aligned to their semester projects. Also, our young leaders and learners will develop character and team-building skills through varied student leadership opportunities as a result of the Leader In Me program. Our team is committed to learning with excellence, no excuses!  All decisions will be made in the best interest of learning, equity in student achievement, and safety.  We will work tirelessly to ensure that our children are prepared for the next grade-level, middle school, high school, college, careers, and beyond.

Collectively as a team, we will prepare our children to become productive citizens and global graduates.  With your dedication and commitment to active engagement-We WILL positively impact the lives of our students.  You are our partners and together we will lead our students into a world of infinite possibilities through education.

As a Professional Learning Community, we promise to:

-Create a classroom and campus environment and culture and climate that supports, develops, and engages ALL student leaders and student learners.

-Use data to inform planning and instructional decisions.

-Engage ALL students with differentiated learning experiences in literacy and numeracy that develop higher-order thinking skills.

-Provide equity for ALL student leaders and student learners through culturally relevant teaching and relationship building.

-Actively engage our students, parents, and community members as stakeholders and partners.

Welcome back again Shadowbriar families, and we look forward to partnering with each of you to ensure your students’ academic success. Have a great year.

Bulldogs Rising-Bulldog Strong!

Mark Samuel

Principal