Principal's Message
Welcome to Pio Pico Span School (Pre-kindergarten through 8th). As principal, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our website. We are proud of our students, teachers, and educational programs. We have a very supportive school community, an outstanding staff and great students. Our teachers and staff, along with students and parents have common goals of providing what is best for our students. I am proud to be a part of such a positive learning environment.
Beginning in January 2009, Pio Pico Span School will implement a comprehensive intervention plan to address the achievement and behavioral needs for all of its students. Our goals reflect staff commitment and enthusiasm in moving towards a culture of high expectations for all students at Pio Pico. The seven essential points listed below will be our guiding principles.
- Integration of Pio Pico's vision with a philosophy and mission that refelect the intellectual and developmental needs and characteristics of young children through adolescence.
- Implementation of an educational program that is comprehensive, challenging, purposeful, integrated, relevant, and standard-based.
- Development of an organization and structure that supports academic excellence and social-emotional growth.
- Delivery of classroom instruction, appropriate to the diverse needs and characteristics of children and young adolescents, provided by skilled and knowledgeable teachers, with fidelity to the core curriculum.
- Strong educational leadership that encourages, facilitates, and sustains involvement, participation and guidance in development of a learning community.
- Implementation of a multi-tiered network of academic and behavior supports available for all students, and monitored for response to intervention.
- Involvement by all staff in professional learning activities and staff development programs that are purposeful, collaboratively developed, and promote the creation of a learning community.
Thank you so much for being a part of our school community.
