Mission & Philosophy
Mission Statement
The Mission of Dorchester Public School is to prepare students to read with comprehension, write clearly, compute mathematically, and utilize information and technology to solve problems.
School Vision
Our vision is to create an educational system that provides all students the opportunity to practice and receive feedback in all academic areas to foster life-long learning for future success.
District School Improvement Goals:
All students will improve their reading skills in the areas of informational text: main ideas and analysis and literary text: theme and analysis.
All students will improve their math skills in the area of number sense.
To view more information regarding our school performance data, please visit our AnnualReport2024-2025.pdf
For more information on statewide receipts and expenditures, and to compare cost per pupil and performance to other school districts, go to: https://nep.education.ne.gov/
Surveys
- Student Results
- Communicate Effectively
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Apply Technology
- Parent Results
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Communicate Effectively
- Staff Results
- Fundamental Skills (reading, math, writing)
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Communicate Effectively
- School Board of Education
- Florida Center of Reading Research
- Center of Teaching and Learning
- Partnership for 21st Century Skill
- National Council of Competitiveness
- Standards
- State/National
- ACT Content Standards
Reading Comprehension
- Phonics
- Phonemic Awareness
- Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Creating Mental Images
- Using Background Knowledge
- Asking Questions
- Making Inferences/Predictions
- Main Idea/Supporting Detail
- Thinking with Text
- "Fix-Up" Strategies
- Text Format
- Literary Elements
- Ideas
- Organization
- Voice
- Sentence Fluency
- Word Choice
- Conventions
- Prewriting
- Revising
- Editing
- Number Sense
- Estimation
- Operations
- Measurement
- Algebraic Concepts
- Geometric Concepts
- Data Analysis
- Probability
- Acquire
- Summarize
- Organize
- Compare/Contrast
- Critique
- Create
- Communicate
- Collaborate
Process
- Problem Definition
- Problem Analysis
- Logic and Reasoning
- Possible Solutions
- Analyze Solutions
- Strategies
- Hypothesis Testing (Guess and Check)
- Root Cause Analysis
- Analogous Thinking
- Brainstorming
- Pattern Analysis
- Working Backwards
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