Aaron Likens, author of "Finding Kansas: Decoding the Enigma of Asperger's Syndrome", will be at the Monett Park Casino from 10:30AM- 12:00PM on April 8th.  Please call at 417-890-1399 or 800-420-7410 to reserve your seat.

The Monett R-1 Gifted Advisory Council will meet on Wednesday, February 29th, at 3:30 pm in the Monett Intermediate School Library classroom.  Parents, teachers, administrators, and community members are invited to attend.  Program improvements made over the last year and current practices will be reviewed and discussed.  Your input for the Gifted Program is encouraged!  Please call Kim at the Special Services Office or email Kim Martin (click on link below) to RSVP.

Thank you to all the stakeholders- parents, teachers, administrators, counselors, community members, for all your hard work in setting the goals for an Improvement Plan for Special Education for next school year!  The November 13th and December 12th stakeholder meetings and smaller team meetings were very productive, and all of your input is much appreciated.  The main goals in a nutshell include:

• Increasing graduation rate of students with IEPs to 83.2%.
• Increasing participation in the general education curriculum to > 80% of the day for > 61% of students with IEPs .
• Decrease dropout rate of students with IEPs to < 4.5%
• Increase performance of students with IEPs on MAP in Communication Arts by 5% on individual scaled scores.

Excellent strategies were recommended, including expansion of co-teaching at all grade levels, expanding use of  Scholastic's System44 and READ 180, that has show great results in grades 5-12, and training personnel in the Check and Connect program, to name a few.