Thank you for another wonderful and productive school year.  I can’t thank everyone enough for your endless hours of volunteering, reading, organizing, donating and doing whatever was necessary to support students—both at home and at school.  Special thanks to our Student Council who, as usual, went above and beyond the call of duty to provide whatever was necessary to add to our students’ already rich school experience.

Many of you are aware of the changes in education and the new assessment measurements, AzMERIT.  The Sirrine teachers have been teaching the standards that build on knowledge and skills from prior grade levels as they deal with increasingly complex topics. They stress conceptual understanding to ensure that students truly absorb what they are learning, instead of merely memorizing for a test, then forgetting much of what they learn.