- Mailing Address:
- Naval Support Facility
- Bldg 193 Dahlgren School
- 6117 Sampson Road Ste 206
- Dahlgren, VA 22448-5166
Office Hours: 0730-1600
Phone: (540) 653-8822
Fax: (540) 653-4591
Principal: Alice Herring
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Continuous School Improvement
Dahlgren School Mission Statement:
To be among the world's leaders in education, enriching the lives of military-connected students and the communities in which they live
Dahlgren School Vision Statement:
The vision of Dahlgren School is to engage all students in varied learning opportunities; to foster high levels of achievement; and to prepare them for success in an ever-changing global environment.
Target Goals:
Smart Goal 1: All students will improve reading comprehension (the ability to understand and express ideas derived from real-world content across the curriculum) as measured by a 5% increase in the number of students scoring at or above standard each academic year, using selected system-wide and local assessments.
Instructional Interventions:
- Students will: Practice retaining important information and deleting unimportant information through the use of graphic organizers at least one time per unit.
- Students will: Practice condensing main ideas in written or spoken form (Retelling – Pre-K–2; Summarizing 3-8) at least one time per unit.
- Students will: Use the rubric to self-assess the effectiveness of their summarizing at least once per unit.
Smart Goal 2: As a stretch initiative, students will ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve, as appropriate, in order to solve problems as measured by a 5% increase in the number of students scoring at or above standard, on Terra Nova Science and Math Assessments and local assessments.
Instructional Interventions:
- Students will apply the steps of the Engineering Design Process a minimum of three times per year
- Students in each grade level will participate in a minimum of three inquiry-based/STEM-related challenges per year
- K-5 = Lego Robotics, Engineering is Elementary
- 6-8 = Robotics, Solar Ovens, Gravity Cars, Sea Perch
Local Assessments:
Local Assessments Smart Goal 1:
- Reading Street Baseline Assessment, Grades K-6 – Pre, Mid, Post Assessments
- Elements of Literature Assessment, Grades 7, 8
Pre, Mid, Post Assessments
- Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) Grades K-3 – Pre and Post Assessments
- Scholastic Reading Inventory Grades 3-8 Pre, Mid, Post Assessments
- Concepts of Print Inventory, Kindergarten, Pre, Mid, Post Assessments
Local Assessments Smart Goal 2:
- All classes (K -12) will complete the National Center for Technological Literacy STEM Assessment in Fall 2012, Winter 2013, and Spring 2013 to measure progress toward Smart Goal 2.
- Each grade band has specific questions geared to that particular level
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