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17800 E. Renault St.
La Puente, CA 91744
(626) 965-2404
(626) 965-3014 (f.)
Principal: Dr. Jeanette Chien Learning Director: Celia Munguia
Mission Statement We believe, as a team, the most important elements of instruction are to inspire students to learn, motivate students to reach above their potential, and varying teaching strategies to meet the needs of individual learning styles. We believe that by giving students the tools and skills in the affective areas, they can synthesize what has been taught and apply it and learn how to incorporate it in "The Real World!"
Principal’s Message
Northam Elementary School continues to hold high expectations for every student. The entire Northam staff works together with our students helping them to be successful in their learning and in all they do. We continue to focus on leading our students to literacy proficiency (reading and writing) and our teachers are trained in specialized instructional strategies to support our English Language Learners. We are also a wonderful community of caring!
During the 2006-07 school year, Northam School:
- Received the California Association for Bilingual Education (C.A.B.E.) Seal of Excellence Award for our outstanding literacy instruction and programs supporting our English Language Learners
- Began our school-wide Accelerated Reader Program
- Continued the expansion of our multi-media programs and purchase of new computers for our Northam Technology Lab
Increased student achievement in Language Arts, Mathematics and Science as evidenced by our state CST and district Multiple Measures scores
- *Granted the construction of our new Wonder of Reading Library for our May 08’ grand opening
- Enriched our Visual and Performing Arts Program by beginning our first “Northam Mariachi Band”
- Ninth year of a successful Literacy Enhancement Program
- Increased number of redesignated ELL students to Fluent English Proficient
- Sixth grade participation in District Advanced Algebra Class
- Third year of successful implementation of Family Friendly Schools Program
- Tenth year of successful completion of our first grade Literacy Intervention Program
- Successful after school intervention programs
- Increased number of students in the Gifted and Talented Education Program
- Successful staff development and implementation of the Thinking Maps and Write from the Beginning Programs
- Ongoing teacher training and professional staff development in the area of English Language Learner student support.
- Continued our school-wide "Royal Readers" reading incentive program for the seventh year.
- Both primary and upper grade students amply surpassed their reading goals:
- Kindergarten goal: Read 9,000 books. Actual achievement: 9,379 books read. - First & Second grade goal: Read 22,00 books. Actual achievement: 25, 153 books read
- Grades 3-6 goal: Read 2,000,000 minutes. Actual achievement: 2,114,342 minutes.
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