Instructional Program
At Mattie we are committed to ensuring that all students receive a challenging academic program as they begin their school career. We have a balanced curriculum, which combines hands-on, real life experiences with the basic skills needed for success. Our focus is on early literacy with the goal that all students will be fluent readers as they leave first grade. Our award-winning Early Intervention Program called SKOR (Starting Kids Out Right) provides additional support to students. Through our regularly scheduled SOS meetings we are able to identify at-risk students and offer intervention to those students. Teachers use the Houghton Mifflin Reading Series, which has a strong phonic base. Teacher use an innovative hands on Math program called Bridges from the University of Oregon. It teachers basic math skills and high level reasoning skills. We also have a two-year kindergarten class called KinderSkor for young kindergarten students who are age appropriate but are not ready for the standards of kindergarten.

A standards based report card charts the growth that students make in all academic areas and gives parents the knowledge of how their child is doing in school. The reading Results assessments are administered to all students by the classroom teacher three times a year. Teachers also give the school-wide math and written language assessments three times a year. This helps us closely monitor the students’ achievement and provide assistance when needed. This careful monitoring helps to ensure that no student slips through the cracks and continues to show progress.