Welcome to Silver Star Elementary, home of the Wolfpack’.
Our motto is “Tomorrow’s Stars are Here Today”.
Our mission “is to inspire and develop a community of lifelong learners who can communicate, think creatively, problem-solve, collaborate, and understand their personal and social responsibilities.”
The staff at Silver Star are highly skilled and believe that every child in our school will succeed socially, emotionally and academically..
Our Belief System is Silver Star Wolfpack – Be a “S.TA.R.“, reinforcing our school expectations.
S – Self Regulation – a safe and healthy lifestyle
T – Teamwork – a collaborative approach to learning
A – Attitude & Achievement – promoting academic excellence
R – Respect and Responsibility – empathy, compassion and life long learning
Our school is situated in a well established and highly regarded residential area in East Hill since the school’s inception in 1957. Silver Star is a dual track school with a population of 400. We offer a regular Kindergarten to grade seven program and a grade one to grade six Montessori program.
Our library is the heart of the school and our music program is highly respected in throughout the school community. Students can participate in choir, learn to play different instruments and attend different musical performances in the community.
Silver Star Elementary is in close proximity to Kalamalka Lake, Okanagan Lakes, Kalamalka park, The Rail Trail, Vernon Recreation Centre, Sovereign Lake and Silver Star Mountain. Our students have the opportunity to experience these lakes and mountains by participating in swimming, x-country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing and skating. In addition to the school’s reputation for academic success, we have sports teams for every sport offered in the district, and a strong intramural program. Silver Star students appreciate and respect the environment and are involved in our school community garden.
Our school P.A.C. is an integral part of our school community. Silver Star Elementary P.A.C. provides an outstanding lunch program which includes a healthy salad bar and supports the students in all areas of school life.
We are proud of Silver Star Elementary and how our students work hard to become life long learners and socially responsible individuals in our ever changing world. We all work hard to make Silver Star the Best it Can Be!
For the strength of the wolf is the pack, and the strength of the pack is the wolf –
Rudyard Kipling
Success can be defined by students achieving at their full potential in all aspects of life. We foster a caring community that provides opportunities in all areas to promote growth. Success is measured in many different. Silver Star students have a clear understanding of what it means to be a part of the “Wolf Pack” and to follow and value our ‘School Belief Matrix’.
The staff work to create environments where students feel welcome, safe and connected to their school.
Students are focusing on individualized learning opportunities to improve student outcomes to meet or exceed literacy expectations and numeracy expectations for each Grade level.
Students encounter opportunities to develop their core competencies in formal and informal settings. They move from demonstrating competence in relatively simple and highly supported situations, to demonstrating independence in more complex and varied contexts.
The Silver Star Wolf Pack prides itself on a strong sense of community. We strive to prepare our students for a world that is changing at an exponential rate.
As a team we work towards the goals of Learning, Engagement, and Self Regulation which allows each student to grow and feel success.
Students know they belong, feel safe, supported, and are valued members of our school community.
At Silver Star we work together as a team. We engage in conversations with the school community and all stakeholders to find ways to move forward in all areas of school life. Which include academic, social and emotional aspects of each student’s life. Our teaching staff sets time aside weekly to collaborate about how to improve best practice to ensure our students are meeting their potential as a learner.
Welcome to Silver Star Elementary, home of the Wolfpack’.
Our motto is “Tomorrow’s Stars are Here Today”.
Our mission “is to inspire and develop a community of lifelong learners who can communicate, think creatively, problem-solve, collaborate, and understand their personal and social responsibilities.”
The staff at Silver Star are highly skilled and believe that every child in our school will succeed socially, emotionally and academically..
Our Belief System is Silver Star Wolfpack – Be a “S.TA.R.“, reinforcing our school expectations.
S – Self Regulation – a safe and healthy lifestyle
T – Teamwork – a collaborative approach to learning
A – Attitude & Achievement – promoting academic excellence
R – Respect and Responsibility – empathy, compassion and life long learning
Our school is situated in a well established and highly regarded residential area in East Hill since the school’s inception in 1957. Silver Star is a dual track school with a population of 400. We offer a regular Kindergarten to grade seven program and a grade one to grade six Montessori program.
Our library is the heart of the school and our music program is highly respected in throughout the school community. Students can participate in choir, learn to play different instruments and attend different musical performances in the community.
Silver Star Elementary is in close proximity to Kalamalka Lake, Okanagan Lakes, Kalamalka park, The Rail Trail, Vernon Recreation Centre, Sovereign Lake and Silver Star Mountain. Our students have the opportunity to experience these lakes and mountains by participating in swimming, x-country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing and skating. In addition to the school’s reputation for academic success, we have sports teams for every sport offered in the district, and a strong intramural program. Silver Star students appreciate and respect the environment and are involved in our school community garden.
Our school P.A.C. is an integral part of our school community. Silver Star Elementary P.A.C. provides an outstanding lunch program which includes a healthy salad bar and supports the students in all areas of school life.
We are proud of Silver Star Elementary and how our students work hard to become life long learners and socially responsible individuals in our ever changing world. We all work hard to make Silver Star the Best it Can Be!
For the strength of the wolf is the pack, and the strength of the pack is the wolf –
Rudyard Kipling
Success can be defined by students achieving at their full potential in all aspects of life. We foster a caring community that provides opportunities in all areas to promote growth. Success is measured in many different. Silver Star students have a clear understanding of what it means to be a part of the “Wolf Pack” and to follow and value our ‘School Belief Matrix’.
The staff work to create environments where students feel welcome, safe and connected to their school.
Students are focusing on individualized learning opportunities to improve student outcomes to meet or exceed literacy expectations and numeracy expectations for each Grade level.
Students encounter opportunities to develop their core competencies in formal and informal settings. They move from demonstrating competence in relatively simple and highly supported situations, to demonstrating independence in more complex and varied contexts.
The Silver Star Wolf Pack prides itself on a strong sense of community. We strive to prepare our students for a world that is changing at an exponential rate.
As a team we work towards the goals of Learning, Engagement, and Self Regulation which allows each student to grow and feel success.
Students know they belong, feel safe, supported, and are valued members of our school community.
At Silver Star we work together as a team. We engage in conversations with the school community and all stakeholders to find ways to move forward in all areas of school life. Which include academic, social and emotional aspects of each student’s life. Our teaching staff sets time aside weekly to collaborate about how to improve best practice to ensure our students are meeting their potential as a learner.
Checking
Have we made enough of a difference?
Checking
Have we made enough of a difference?
Silver Star staff become more knowledgeable about how learners progress and develop expertise in coaching learners to move forward. This calls for celebrations. Students become more skilled in taking ownership for their learning and teachers develop a richer picture of what is going on for our learners.
Learner engagement and social emotional-learning, success in challenging academics – this is useful information.
Student are encouraged to reflect on their growth and development. With the teacher and parents they set goals and check on and celebrate their success.
Staff and students build a positive climate to support the social and emotional development and well-being of everyone at Silver Star.
Scanning
What is going on for our learners?
Wise ways Strong ways Physical Well-Being
Scanning
What is going on for our learners?
What is happening for all learners?
Here at Silverstar we weave indigenous ways of knowing, with strong evidence-informed practices and innovative approaches. We work to create powerful learning environment for ALL learners.
What is happening for learners in each of these areas?
Our Aboriginal Support Worker, teachers and SBRT support our Aboriginal students in many different ways. As a team we are working hard to ensure that these students are supported in the strategies that will keep them engaged and help then to take ownership of their learning.
We continue to increasing our aboriginal content throughout the grades. We have guided reading books, as well as Aboriginal guests working within all our classrooms.
Our Aboriginal support workers are involved with all our aboriginal students both in the classroom to support their academics and their social emotional well being.
Our Wolf Pack is a strong group of people working towards making our community the best place it can be.
Wise ways Strong ways Physical Well-Being
Wise ways
Developing a deeper understanding of and respect for Indigenous ways.
Grade 4 survey results for showing learning in different ways.
Grade 7 survey results taking ownership or control of your learning.
Strong ways
Quality focused feedback provides for clear direction for improvement.
Owning our learning
Physical well-being
Daily Physical activities- strong positive impact on learner emotions, attitudes and self-regulation.
Our young people as learners.
Our focus this year is to provide specific and targeted intervention in small groups with these students to bring these students up to grade level.
Focusing
What does our focus need to be?
Reading - Students Emerging and Developing
Self Regulation - Social Emotional Well-Being
Focusing
What does our focus need to be?
Focusing is where we make decisions with a thorough understanding of the context and culture of our school.
This require a collection of information to clarify where energies need to be invested.
What does the data for our Primary Literacy learners tell us?
What does the FSA data for the last 3 years tell us about our Literacy and Numeracy learners?
We are hoping to use our school website, twitter account, and newsletters as a place to share ideas about meeting diverse learning needs, self regulation, and our growing community of learners.
We know that our students will have the greatest success when they believe they are an important part of our Wolf Pack. We are developing new strategies to ensure our students know that there is an entire community that believes in them and what they are capable of accomplishing.
Reading - Students Emerging and Developing
Focusing on our most vulnerable readers through small group instruction will help to improve each student’s reading level with the goal of reaching grade level.
The end of the year data which clearly indicates that there are students who are “Emerging or Developing” in reading in both primary and intermediate grades.
This year we have a District Reading Intervention teacher who is working with students on a daily basis to provide strategies in fluency and comprehension.
Our Discretionary Reading teacher is working with small groups of primary grade students in reading to bring them up to grade level. The Principal, teacher, Resource teacher are all working four days a weeks with small groups of students to help each student show growth in their reading.
Literacy
We have a Literacy teacher as well as some time with our District Literacy Intervention teacher. They are in classrooms with our early primary teachers to support in Early Learning and Early Interventions as well as our SBRT who schedule themselves in classrooms.
Our Primary staff is working on a projects to support each other within the grade levels to team teach lessons and collaborate to observe each other and work on new reading strategies.
Last year this was also supported through our 1 hour a month collaboration time on Monday mornings.
Some of our primary teachers are engaged in a district projects to develop interventions within their classroom to help improve reading at all levels in their classroom.
Self Regulation - Social Emotional Well-Being
All staff at Silver Star are focusing on developing in students a sense of self-worth and personal initiative.
There are many ways that teachers guide their students develop an appreciation of the fine arts and an understanding of cultural heritage.
We as a team utilize the Play is the Way to develop an understanding of the importance of physical health and well-being along with many other outdoor activities to develop a sense of healthy living and social responsibility.
The Wolf back are learning to be more accepting and show respect for the ideas and beliefs of others.
Developing a Hunch
What is contributing to the situation for learners?
Developing a Hunch
What is contributing to the situation for learners?
At Silver Star we think critically and creatively.
Students learn about their strengths and challenges. They have the opportunity to grow and develop at their own pace.
Our focus on improving students’ reading, using Benchmarks, data, Assessment for Learning practices as well as teacher observations guide conversations with students about where and how teachers can guide and focus instruction.
We also invite guests into our classes to give students authentic learning experiences.
At Silver Star, we are adapting to strategies that will best fit the needs of students.
We know that our whole team works hard to develop a strong sense of community. Our Wolf Pack is the result of our whole teams effort. As we have grown as a Wolf Pack, we have begun to recognize the differences within our community, and want to encourage those differences, while maintaining a clear sense of belonging.
Through assemblies and school activities we will be focusing on First People’s Principles and engaging our students in our aboriginal community. We continue to work in collaboration with our Aboriginal Support Worker.
Learning
Learning is connected to identified learning needs of students.
Learning
Learning is connected to identified learning needs of students.
Our Staff is committed to “life-long learning”. We have identified a variety of areas that we can grow in, and as a result, be better able to help our students.
Our focus on a weekly and daily basis is helping our students learn self-regulation and problem solving skills.
Our counsellor is supporting by team teaching with teachers different programs that suit the needs of their students.
Assemblies each week are focused on how to solve problems and support each other. Also, this is a teaching time to learn and review the expectation to avoid conflicts.
As a school community we believe in a specific set of core beliefs and values. We follow these beliefs and values by focusing on our school matrix daily.
This year, our staff is looking at learning more about social/emotional factors that impact our students, as well as increasing our knowledge about the “Work it Out” program. The Work It Out program was designed by our staff, and helps create a common language for students to help regulate when they are having an issue. We look forward to sharing our learning through our school website, twitter account, and newsletter.
Taking Action
What will we do differently?
Reading - Student Not Yet Meeting
Taking Action
What will we do differently?
At Silver Star, we learn in different ways.
We experience out door learning and experiential learning. We learn how to take care of the world we live in.
We are curious about the world.
Staff recognize that a school wide focus on behaviour and positive problem solving wi have an important impact on the culture of the school. Our students’s abitly to apply skills in daily situations in and out of the classroom.
We have diverse experiences.
Staff continue to build a positive climate and support social and emotional development and well-being of our students.
Participating in “Orange Shirt Day” as we make strides in healing and understanding how decisions from the past affect our interactions today.
Reading - Student Not Yet Meeting
The end of the year data which includes report cards, screeners and performance standards clearly indicate that there are students who are “Not Yet Meeting” in reading in both primary and intermediate grades. This year we have a District Reading Intervention teacher who is working with grade one students on a daily basis to improve their reading. We have a Discretionary Reading teacher who is working with small groups of primary grade students who are “Not Yet Meeting” in reading to bring them up to grade level. The Principal, is working 2 1/2 hours four days a weeks with small groups of intermediate students who are “Not Yet Meeting” in reading to bring these students up to grade level.
Three primary teachers are engaged in a district pilot project to develop interventions within their classroom to help improve reading at all levels in their classroom.