Dear Friends & Colleagues of WUSD,

Although it doesn't feel so amidst April's snowy start, Spring has arrived. Spring is a perfect time to pause, breathe in, and settle back into the routines of the classroom following a rejuvenating Spring Break. It is a time to renew our commitments to engaged learning and continued growth.

With Springtime comes many opportunities for learners and takes us one step nearer to the year's end. High school graduation is less than two months away, statewide assessments are underway this month across all sites, and many content area classrooms are headed into penultimate or ultimate units for the school year. As we inch toward the conclusion of the school year, please keep an eye out for opportunities for learners and families including year-end celebrations and recognitions, summer learning opportunities at WUSD and in the community, engagement opportunities, and key processes to prepare for a successful 24-25 school year.

Wishing you positivity and renewal,

Terilyn Robles

WUSD Director of Teaching & Learning

This month, learners at every level at WUSD are participating in state testing with the WI Forward Exam to demonstrate their growth and mastery across core content areas as part of the Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS). The WSAS is a statewide program designed to provide information about what students know in core academic areas and whether they can apply what they know. To learn more about the WI Forward Exam, click here. To learn more about WSAS, click here.

Whitewater has again been recognized among the Best Communities for Music Education from The NAMM Foundation! Congratulations!

As we have worked to shift our practices toward structured literacy to align with the Science of Reading across our three elementary schools, student progress has been monitored regularly. For students well below grade level in literacy and receiving Tier 3 intensive intervention, progress monitoring occurs weekly. For students below grade level receiving Tier 2 intervention, progress monitoring occurs bi-weekly. For students at and above grade level in literacy, progress monitoring occurs monthly. The assessment tool utilized at WUSD is Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) in English and a similar assessment, Lectura, in Spanish within the Amplify mCLASS platform. mCLASS provides universal screening and progress monitoring to assess students on their reading trajectory and to identify what literacy skills they need to continue to develop.

To learn more about the elementary literacy progress monitoring resource and assessments through Amplify mCLASS utilized at WUSD, please click on the link below.

Feb. 5 to March 8 marked the first of two elementary literacy curriculum pilots, Wonders. If you would like to learn more about the efficacy and success of the Wonders curriculum, please access more by following this link.

The second elementary literacy curriculum pilot, Into Reading, began on March 12 and runs through April 19. If you would like to learn more about the the Into Reading curriculum including an overview and alignment with the Science of Reading, please access more by following this link.

Click the image below to view the new WUSD Library Link Newsletter to get to know our Libraries!

Click the image below to view the most recent WUSD Advanced Learner Newsletter!

Email: trobles@wwusd.org
Website: https://www.wwusd.org/
Location: 419 South Elizabeth Street, Whitewater, WI, USA
Phone: 262-472-8711 608-561-8477