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WCS Data
91.98%
Attendance Rate
28.36%
Chronically Absent Rate
250
CTE Completers
51
Interns in Career Launch Program
Spotlight
![Picture of principal, assistant principal, and counselors, along with therapy dog, of Wayne Elementary School.](https://cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net/uploads/10659/file/2645794/fdd39b95-2ec0-40b4-890a-498fbc5ba505.jpeg)
The September, 2023, Board of Education meeting's School Spotlight was Wayne Elementary School. WES is a Communities-In-School's site and was one of the first locations for the Friends with Paws program with the addition of Winnie, a school-based therapy dog.
- Tonji Bowen
![Teacher and principal from Kellogg Elementary School.](https://cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net/uploads/10659/file/2646070/07ba9cbd-fe98-40d3-8021-4e0a60755ce2.jpeg)
The October, 2023, Board of Education meeting's School Spotlight was Kellogg Elementary. April Wallace, 3rd grade teacher, demonstrated how she uses the connection between Renaissance and Nearpod to differentiate to meet her students' needs.
- Tonji Bowen
![Picture o WHS teacher and students with WCS Board of Education members.](https://cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net/uploads/10659/file/2646194/36e3a19d-eee7-4717-94bf-5e9ae945baca.jpeg)
The November, 2023, BOE meeting's School Spotlight was Wayne High School, and the internship program led by teacher, Kristi Booton. The WHS student Social Media team (Addie Adkins, Brooke Adkins, and Aleia Dillon) presented to board members about this valuable program.
- Tonji Bowen
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The December, 2023, Board of Education meeting's School Spotlight was East Lynn Elementary. Marsha Thompson, ELES principal, presented on the Book Vending Machine that ELES has implemented, paid for with a grant from the Save the Children organization.
- Tonji Bowen
![DES](https://cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net/uploads/10659/file/3045824/fbd6c902-26f7-4ce0-9d94-b9af862db2a2.png)
The February, 2024, Board of Education meeting's School Spotlight was Dunlow Elementary. Kimberly Mills, DES principal, demonstrated how she and her staff use student data to drive their schoolwide intervention model at Dunlow.
- Tonji Bowen
![SVHS - GYO](https://cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net/uploads/10659/file/3045849/896c9293-23af-49d7-a16f-90c66b3f0621.png)
The April, 2024, Board of Education meeting's School Spotlight was Spring Valley High School's Grow Your Own (GYO) program, led by Mrs. Terri Dawn Tanner. Mrs. Tanner and her students explained how this program supports high school students in their goal to become teachers.
- Tonji Bowen
![3rd Grade RepCard Committee](https://cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net/uploads/10659/file/3374218/1c08967c-3920-422d-b110-6a72c5498b45.png)
The May, 2024, BOE meeting's Academic Spotlight featured teachers of the 3rd Grade Report Card committee who explained how the piloting of the new report card benefitted 3rd grade students and teachers of WES. This will be implemented countywide for the 2024-25 school year.
- Tonji Bowen