Chalmers on the Move!

Chalmers Elementary is on the upswing! Though the school has had some rough years, such is not the case recently. With some hard work, new administration and renewed efforts to excel on the part of the students and teachers, Chalmers has revealed some nice gains in the last couple of years.

The ISAT scores from 2010 to 2011 indicate such growth. Overall, the school-wide reading scores, went from 42.5% of the students either meeting or exceeding state standards in 2010 to 57% doing so in 2011. That's a 11.2% jump!

In terms of math, 46.9% of students met or exceeded the state standard in 2010 while 54.9% did so in 2011. Again, a double growth rate, this time 10.4%.

It takes many individuals and groups to make such outstanding gains. The students, parents, school staff and more have all pitched in to make this happen. No doubt, AmericaSCORES has done much to make the above improvements come to fruition in their afterschool program.

However you examine it, the students are getting the job done over the past couple of years. This is but one more indicator of believing in the staff and children and it gives our charity another reason (we really did need another one!) to continue our partnership with Chalmers.

This success story is another in a long line of those which never finds its way into the press. The general line often talks about the failure of public schools within the inner city. My experience, thus far, at Chalmers, is that it is becoming a much more positive school.

All the more reason to keep helping them!

Thanks,
Dick