A Message from the National Summer Learning Association:
To succeed in school and life, children and young adults need ongoing opportunities to learn and practice essential skills. This is especially true during the summer months.

Many [parents] have a wonderful image of summer as a carefree, happy time when "kids and be kids", and take for granted the prospect of engaging in enriching experiences.

Did you know that all young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer? Studies over the past 100 years show that students lose approximately two months of grade level equivalency in math computation skills over the summer months. Additionally students lose familiarity with academic vocabulary and drop in levels of reading fluency and proficiency when these skills are not practiced.

Please see the activities and resources provided in the Summer Learning folder available on the right hand side of this webpage to keep your learners engaged in growing their thinking skills during our summer break.

Sealy ISD will begin hosting staff, student, parent, and community focus groups to develop "Portraits" in conjunction with our recently developed Mission, Vision, Beliefs and Parameters. The purpose of developing "Portraits" is to verbally illustrate what we envision and expect for:

• an SISD Graduate
• an SISD Educator (including all positions)
• an SISD Partner (including parents and community members)

If you would like to participate in development of these descriptions for SISD, please see the dates and times below. We are eager to have this be a joint effort and want to hear from you regarding what you value for your student and our system.

All events shown below will take place in the SISD Staff Development Room unless otherwise noted.

Monday, May 11, 2015 from 5:30-6:30pm -PARENT AND COMMUNITY
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 7:00-8:00am-PARENT AND COMMUNITY
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from 7:00-7:35am-STAFF (OPEN TO ALL)
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from 1:30-2:30pm-INT & JH STUDENTS
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 8:15am-8:45am-ELEM STUDENTS (Elem. campus)
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 9:40-10:30am-HS STUDENTS (HS campus)
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 3:30-4:40pm-STAFF (OPEN TO ALL)

Please contact Dr. Poenitzsch with any questions: (979) 885-3516 or [email protected].

Sealy ISD is "flattening classrooms" by Going Global through a partnership with a cohort of doctoral students at Texas Tech University. Upon learning of the Superintendent and SISD School Board's vision to "Create engaged students, with a global perspective on opportunity, fully prepared to reach their highest ambitions", a member of the Texas Tech doctoral cohort contacted SISD to extend their group's expertise and resources. The efforts of the Texas Tech team and the SISD teacher volunteers will assist in both broadening SISD students' horizons through an influx of information and potentially expand opportunities for SISD students to collaborate with students across the globe to share data, feedback, and work in conjunction on purposefully designed projects in alignment with course content and required knowledge and skills.

Meet our team of Instructional Coaches working to provide resources and support to assist teachers in all classrooms across the district. Each of the members of our Instructional Coaching team serves in a full-time role in other capacities in addition to working to provide valuable resources and support to their team members. Our Instructional Coaching Team from left to right includes:

Ms. Sarah Johnson, 4-5th Grade Math Interventionist, [email protected], Ext. 4610
Dr. Nicole Poenitzsch, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, [email protected], Ext. 1111
Ms. Linda Lehde, PK-1 Reading & Math Interventionist, [email protected], Ext. 2314
Ms. Mona Norris, 8th Grade Science Teacher and Department Chair, [email protected], Ext. 5083
Ms. Jamie Hofford, 9th Grade ELAR Teacher, [email protected], Ext. 7610

Our Instructional Coaching Team is here to assist in any way needed. Teachers of Sealy ISD, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team for ideas, resources, advice, or support. We are each eager to support the success of our campus and district teaching team members and students.

Greetings SISD DEIC Members!
We will have meetings on the following dates for the 2014-2015 School Year:

Monday, October 6
Monday, December 1
Monday, February 2
Monday, April 13
Monday, May 18

All meetings will take place from 4:00-5:00pm in the SISD Staff Development Room located in the Central Administration Building.

Sealy Independent School District and each of our independent campuses has Met Standard according to the 2014 Texas Accountability Rating system. We are now ready to move beyond the aim of reaching standards on state assessments. Our work for the 2014-2015 School Year and Beyond is aimed at the reaching the vision of creating engaged students, who have a global perspective on opportunity, and are prepared to reach their highest ambitions.

SISD and campus accountability reports can be access on the Sealy ISD Website under the About Us location. These reports are also available on the Curriculum & Instruction homepage.

"It has seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education, so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up in a world of thought- that is to be educated." - Edith Hamilton

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