Month: March 2022

West Point kindergarten teachers thinking out of the box

At Monticello Academy’s West Point campus, kindergarten students are participating in fun and inventive activities in the classroom. Thanks to the school’s amazing kindergarten teachers, Ms. Bean and Ms. Mcbride, students have celebrated the 100th day of school, Dr. Seuss day, a marriage between Q and U, and more!

All of these great activities continue to build kindergarten students’ love of school and contribute to the school’s high early reading growth scores. Monticello Academy West Point finished the 2020-21 school year with the highest reading growth scores in Davis County (compared to other districts and charter schools).

The marriage between Q and U serves as an easy way to remind West Point kindergarten students that in the English language, the letter Q will (almost) always come paired with U.

March 2nd, which is Dr. Seuss’s birthday and also the birthday and the National Education Association, is a day celebrated across the country that promotes the importance of reading. For Dr. Seuss day, the West Point kindergarten students read The Cat in The Hat, including some fun decorations and activities.

During the celebration of the 100th day of school, Ms. Mcbride and Ms. Bean dressed up as if they were 100 years old and students celebrated with lots of counting and math games.

These classroom celebrations give kindergartners a space to play and learn in the classroom, leading to strong academic achievement AND joy in learning.

With Monticello Academy’s well-rounded, rigorous Core Knowledge curriculum and the amazing work of our West Point kindergarten teachers, students in north Davis County have a great environment to learn and grow. Add in the school’s specials classes, which include art, music, and physical education, and Monticello Academy may be the school for you.

Starting in the 2022-23 school year, Monticello Academy West Point will be offering full-day kindergarten as a choice for parents and families in the north Davis County area. If you are interested in enrolling your kindergarten student in Monticello Academy, be sure to apply now as seats for the 2022-23 school year are limited. CLICK HERE to apply.

Monticello Academy offering full-day kindergarten for 2022-23 school year

Monticello Academy is excited to announce that next school year, 2022-2023, the school will be offering the option of full-day kindergarten for parents and families at both the West Point and Highbury campuses.

All parents will be able to choose between full-day kindergarten or half-day kindergarten. The half-day program will focus on math and reading. Kindergartners who already demonstrate academic preparedness for first grade may also have the option of a half-day program focused on art, music, history, and science.

We look forward to having many of our kindergarteners on campus for the full day next year!

Click here to apply.

West Valley City school has highest reading growth scores in area

Monticello Academy in West Valley City, Utah, received its end of the year data from 2021, and–regardless of the pandemic–students saw incredible growth. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of students in first through third grade were making typical or better progress in reading by the end of the 2021 school year and the school’s scores were the highest in West Valley.

When comparing the results to other schools in West Valley, Monticello Academy finished five percentage points ahead of the next closest school and over ten percentage points higher than the Granite School District schools. Monticello Academy is a public school that is tuition-free.

The Best Reading Curriculum in West Valley City

In English, Monticello Academy, builds a love of reading through an emphasis on both independent reading and a study of classic works of literature. From the earliest grade levels, the curriculum is designed to prepare students in West Valley City for advanced high school programs (such as AP classes), with an emphasis on both foundational reading skills (systematic phonics instruction) and critical thinking and writing. Click here to see Monticello Academy’s curriculum maps for K through 8th grade in West Valley City and learn more about what students are being taught on a daily basis.

Monticello Academy, in West Valley City, Utah, starts students off with phonemic awareness, which is the ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds. From there, students move into basic code, which teaches students the basic alphabet–short vowel sounds and consonants. Lastly, students explore advanced code, diving into the sounds of multiple letters, one sound with multiple spellings, or multiple pronunciations behind one spelling.

The early reading curriculum offered to students in WVC gives a systematic exposure all of the phonics rules students need to know to become fluent readers. But the the reading curriculum is not just dry, disconnected reading skills. We use rich content from history and literature to make reading meaningful. Students engage in discussions and debates about the content they read, making reading come to life. The failure of typical schools to provide this rich background knowledge is one of the reasons most schools are failing out kids.

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If you would like to learn more about how Monticello Academy is helping students in West Valley City learn how to read, be sure to schedule a tour below to take a look at the school.

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