Teaching & Learning

District Library Plan PDF

E4E Plan Document 

The entire School District of South Shore believes that parents and teachers have a shared responsibility in the education of our children. As partners in our children's education, parents and guardians are crucial in ensuring the educational process and enjoyable and valuable experience, which includes supporting decisions making and policy development around Title I services. As the South Shore School District partners with families, we commit to:

• Hold an annual meeting to explain the Title I program and parent's rights to be involved. 
• Share student assessment results with parents through the school year.
• Encourage parent involvement through volunteering and school-wide activities. 
• Conduct an annual review meeting for parents to discuss needs assessment results and provide time for shared decision making of program implementation and policies. 
• Jointly develop with parents and students a school & parent compact that outlines shared responsibilities.
• Provide timely and frequent information regarding the school via newsletters, letters, Remind, and phone calls. 
• Encourage coordination between school and community groups. 

Parents and guardians a students in the district, have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct their child. Federal law allows parents and guardians to ask for the following information about each of their child's classroom teachers: 

• Is my child's teacher licensed to teach the grades/subjects assigned?
• Has the state waived any requirements for my child's teacher? 
• What was the college major of my child's teacher? 
• What degrees does my child's teacher hold?
• Are there instructional assistants working with my child? If so, what are their qualifications? 

If you would like to receive any of this information, please call the 4K-12 building principal. 

School Assessments: Students in grades 4K-12 participate in various classroom assessments that monitor their mastery towards specific, grade level skills. Teachers may use additional assessments to identify specific strengths and areas of growth for students. In addition the district monitors: 

• Early Literacy Skills: Students in grades 4K-3 participate in an early literacy screener through FastBridge three times a year. This identifies individual student strengths and areas of growth in early literacy skills. 

• Reading and Math Skills: Students in grades K-12 participate in a district-wide reading and math screener three times a year through FastBridge. The information from these screeners are used to provide educators with a snapshot on our students' strength and areas of growth in reading and math. Based on a student's results, the teacher may use additional assessments to get more information on a student's reading skills. 

• Social, Emotional, and Academic Behavioral Screener: Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, the district will implement a social, emotional, and academic behavior screener through FastBridge. The information from this quick screener is used to provide educators with a snapshot on our students' strengths and areas of growth with their social and emotional skills. 

State Assessments: Across the State of Wisconsin, students in grades 3-11 complete at least one state assessment during a Spring testing window: 

• Wisconsin Forward Exam: Completed by students in grades 3-8 for ELA and Math; students in grades 4, 8, and 10 for Social Studies, and students in grades 4 & 8 for Science.  
• Pre-ACT: Completed by students in grades 9 & 10 for English, Math, Reading, and Science. 
• ACT: Completed by students in grade 11 for English, Writing, Math, Reading, and Science. 
• DLM: Completed by a limited number of students in place of the above assessment. This must be indicated in the student's IEP.

More information on state assessments is provided to families during the second semester of the school year. Families may choose to submit a written request for a student to opt out of assessment testing the the principal or the School Board. 

School Accountability Reports can be found at: 

• District and School Report Cards (https://dpi.wi.gov/accountabilit/report-cards)
• WISEdash Portal (http://wisedash.dpi.wi.gov)
• School and District Report Cards (https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/reportcards/)

Please contact the District Office at (715) 774-3500 if you would like a printed copy. 

Title I Annual Review

ESSER III Plan