1. Towers Elementary ELMAC
Sandy Skora, Principal
September, 2017

2. Attendance
Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success.
Any student absent more than 10 days is considered excessive.
Research has shown that regular school attendance raises student achievement
school-attendance/

3. Homework ST Math everyday Reading – 20 minutes every day
Teacher share at Back to School night
Struggling students – meet with teacher

4. Discipline Procedures
PBIS – Positive Behavior Intervention Systems of Support
Positive vouchers
Incentives
Low Level Referrals
Office Discipline Referrals

5. Home/School Communication
Towers website – towers.tusd.org
E-packet/e-blasts
s – teacher’s last name.first
Parent Conferences

6. Standards and
State Testing Data

7. Common Core Standards. Standards can be found at www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc.
The Council of Great City Schools offers roadmaps for Common Core Standards from kindergarten through 8th grade. The documents have a great focus on Common Core and even include small examples of the continuum of math beginning in kindergarten and progressing through the grades. Go to to find these roadmaps.

16. Signature Practices Support/Coaching
K-2 Cognitively Guided Instruction
3-5 CMAST (Centered Math and Science Teaching)
K-5 Guided Reading Instruction
English Language Arts – D3
Next Generation Science Standards

17. School Programs Available
Intervention Teacher - 20 hours per week
Support Tier II and Tier III Intervention (Reading/ELA)
Student Counselor – 2-1/2 days per week
Learning Center
Health Assistant
PE Teachers – 1 day a week (1st-5th)
Chromebook carts in the classrooms
Music program for 4th and 5th grades.
PBIS – Positive Behavior Intervention Support
Response to Intervention

18. Budget Proposals
Total Budget: Supplemental - $55,000; Student Achievement - $9,000 = $64,000
Intervention Teacher – 20 hours per week - $45,000
GATE Enrichment - $3,000
PBIS - $2,000
Mystery Science License/T4T = $1,000
Summer Professional Development - $8,500

19. Towers P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)
Library
Makerspace
Towers P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)
Wolf Run Club on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m.
Supports majority of programs and activities on campus
YMCA before and after school program on campus.
Variety of after school programs available (chess, dance, art, drama, basketball).
Zumba and Strength Training available for adults on Wednesdays from 6:00-8:00.
Stay tuned – Science lab coming!

20. Principal Coffee When: Fridays after flag assembly – 9:15
Where: Cafeteria
How many? 4-5 during the school year
Topics: You select by filling out survey –e- blast
Examples: PBIS, Rti, Common Core, etc.

21. For more information on Towers, please go to www.towers.tusd.org
This powerpoint presentation will be available on our website.