Wolf Point Students Continue Improving
The Wolf Point School board heard about improvements made by students during the monthly meeting held on Monday, Feb. 14.
“Teachers are doing fantastic,” Wolf Point’s curriculum director Sarah Chambers said to trustees. “New things are being thrown at them left and right.”
Chambers noted that elementary students are trending toward 50 percent reaching grade level expectations. Usually, 20 percent is a goal by a school district.
Superintendent of schools Loverty Erickson notes that the programs are only as good as the teachers getting their students to work on improvements.
In other business during the meeting:
•Trustees approved $20,287 for the purchase of new home and away football uniforms.
•Individuals hired included Dezi Adams for the after-school language program, Michael Beston for assistant custodian, Royal Buckles as assistant cook, Jeffrey Harada as substitute teacher, Xanthia Jackson as Southside paraprofessional, Tia Nygard as student worker custodian, Johnelle Pipe as junior high/ high school non-instructional paraprofessional and Jerry Worley as junior high/high school teacher starting in August 2022.
•Extra-curricular hires included Jazzamyn Benson for Little Wolves volleyball, Cristina Moore for high school assistant track, Lindsay Nefzger for Little Wolves volleyball, Andrea Sansaver for high school assistant track and Marques White Horse for junior high track.
•Out-of-state travel was approved for a senior trip to Minneapolis and a swing choir tour to Chicago.
•Southside principal Patrick Drapeau said the school averaged seven staff members out each day during January. “Teachers worked really hard and were greatly appreciated,” Drapeau said.
•For the month of January, attendance dropped from 92 percent to 80 percent.
•Northside principal Georgie Gourneau said that 71 students grew in test scores and earned a pizza party. William Henry met with fourth-grade students and worked on bully prevention strategies.
•Junior high principal Greg Gourneau said that William Henry and the junior high group have set goals and brought different ideas. They decided on the name wolf Pack.
•High school principal Kim Hanks said attendance is strong at 87 percent for seniors. Students in the HiSet Options Program have been submitted to OPI.
