Principal Eveline Huh Email: [email protected]
Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! This year will be an exciting time for our students, staff, and parents. Our staff is committed to offering a well-rounded and excellent education in a safe and supportive environment where our students will excel and achieve great things.
OUR MISSION
Pursuing excellence in everything we do...for every child, every day!
OUR VISION
“The Palms staff, parents and community will foster a student-centered education where students will be motivated to pursue and achieve academic excellence in a standards-based curriculum. Students will be successful citizens who are confident, compassionate, and self-aware, respecting themselves and others. Students will be problem-solvers who take pride and responsibility for life-long learning.”
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
TO 800 AND BEYOND!!! We made 28 points growth this past year, bringing our API to 819! We celebrated the achievements of many students at our annual STAR Awards Rally this past year. Students were recognized for their achievements on the California STAR test and received buttons for being proficient and/or advanced, gaining 25 points, and improving two or more levels. Through grade-level collaboration, data analysis, strategic interventions and common assessments, the Palms staff will continue to strive to take the school to new heights.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Not only do we want to focus on student achievement, we want Palms’ students to be excellent in character. Palms is a Peacebuilder school, and students have many opportunities to learn how to build peace at home, at school, and in their community. All our students also recite the Palms Pledge at our weekly Spirit Assemblies where we celebrate our Puma pride. “Today has been given to me fresh and new. I can learn from it or throw it away. I will choose to do my best in thoughts, words, and actions. Today I will be a STAR! I will stop, think, and act responsibly.
PARENT & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
We also recognize the vital role that our partnerships with parents and the community play in helping Palms be a successful school. Palms has an extremely supportive PTA that sponsors various field trips, assemblies, family and movie nights, and special activities like our annual Red Ribbon Week, Jog-A-Thon and Palms Picnic. The city of Lakewood and other businesses from the community continue to support Palms Elementary, enriching our educational programs for our students. This year, we had over 40 community readers volunteer for our Community Read Aloud! Many parents and family members participated in our Family Read Aloud as well.
OUR MISSION
Pursuing excellence in everything we do...for every child, every day!
OUR VISION
“The Palms staff, parents and community will foster a student-centered education where students will be motivated to pursue and achieve academic excellence in a standards-based curriculum. Students will be successful citizens who are confident, compassionate, and self-aware, respecting themselves and others. Students will be problem-solvers who take pride and responsibility for life-long learning.”
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
TO 800 AND BEYOND!!! We made 28 points growth this past year, bringing our API to 819! We celebrated the achievements of many students at our annual STAR Awards Rally this past year. Students were recognized for their achievements on the California STAR test and received buttons for being proficient and/or advanced, gaining 25 points, and improving two or more levels. Through grade-level collaboration, data analysis, strategic interventions and common assessments, the Palms staff will continue to strive to take the school to new heights.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Not only do we want to focus on student achievement, we want Palms’ students to be excellent in character. Palms is a Peacebuilder school, and students have many opportunities to learn how to build peace at home, at school, and in their community. All our students also recite the Palms Pledge at our weekly Spirit Assemblies where we celebrate our Puma pride. “Today has been given to me fresh and new. I can learn from it or throw it away. I will choose to do my best in thoughts, words, and actions. Today I will be a STAR! I will stop, think, and act responsibly.
PARENT & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
We also recognize the vital role that our partnerships with parents and the community play in helping Palms be a successful school. Palms has an extremely supportive PTA that sponsors various field trips, assemblies, family and movie nights, and special activities like our annual Red Ribbon Week, Jog-A-Thon and Palms Picnic. The city of Lakewood and other businesses from the community continue to support Palms Elementary, enriching our educational programs for our students. This year, we had over 40 community readers volunteer for our Community Read Aloud! Many parents and family members participated in our Family Read Aloud as well.