Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.

1. What is the key to lifelong learning?
2. Waht is the best way to contact you?
3. What is the scoop on AR?
4. What is the #1 goal for our students?
5. What does the research say about developing good readers?
6. What are some ways to help my child be a more effective reader?

What is the key to lifelong learning?

The key is information literacy, the ability to locate and use information and
this goal is at the heart of the school library.

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Waht is the best way to contact you?

The easiest way is by email; just click on the email icon in the upper 
right corner of the "home" page.

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What is the scoop on AR?

Check out the AR Reading links on the Home page.

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What is the #1 goal for our students?

We hope to teach them to be independent and life-long learners.  If we can 
accomplish this everything else will fall into place.

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What does the research say about developing good readers?

Early reading success is a strong predictor of academic success in 
later grades, and the early childhood years - birth through age eight - are 
critical ones for literacy development. Research has identified the 
following five critical components of reading development and 
instruction.

*	Phonemic awareness: the ability to notice, think about, and work with 
the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.
*	Phonics: the understanding that there are relationships between the 
letters of a written language and the individual sounds (phonemes).
*	Fluency: the ability to read a text accurately and quickly. Fluency is the 
bridge between word recognition and comprehension.
*	Vocabulary: the ability to store information about the meanings and 
pronunciation of words necessary for communication. Oral vocabulary 
refers to words used in speaking; reading vocabulary refers to words 
recognized in print.
*	Reading comprehension: the ability to understand, remember, and 
communicate with others about what has

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What are some ways to help my child be a more effective reader?

1. Set aside a regular time to read to your children every day.
Studies show that regularly reading out loud to children will produce
significant gains in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and the decoding of
words. Whether your children are preschoolers or preteens, it will increase
their desire to read independently.

2. Surround your children with reading material.
Children with a large array of reading materials in their homes score higher
on standardized tests. Tempt your kids to read by having a large supply of
appealing books and magazines at their reading level. Put the reading
materials in cars, bathrooms, bedrooms, family rooms, and even by the TV.

3. Have a family reading time.
Establish a daily 15 to 30 minute time when everyone in the family reads
together silently. Seeing you read will inspire your children to read. Just 15
minutes of daily practice is sufficient to increase their reading fluency.

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