Mentor Schools Quality Profile Report 2023 - Flipbook - Page 4
Quality Profile Report 2023
A Message from the Superintendent
Hello! Our 2023-2024 school year is o昀昀 to a great start! This year,
Mentor Public Schools is responsible for the educa}on of more than
7,000 of our community’s children in preschool through twel昀琀h
grade. Providing a well-rounded, high-quality educa}on for our students in a safe learning environment where they can grow academically, socially and emo}onally is our number one priority. To reach
that goal, our team of nearly 1,000 educators and support sta昀昀 will
con}nue to focus on mee}ng the individual needs of all of our students. We also con}nue to make it a top priority to meet our goals
while being good stewards of our community members’ tax dollars.
the Ohio Department of Educa}on, where we
earned a 4.5 out
of 5 star ra}ng, we
are seeing some
promising gains.
As you may remember, the district commi琀琀ed the majority of its federal covid relief funds to hiring
extra teachers, who work speci昀椀cally to provide structured, researchBeyond our core-subject curriculum, we are proud to o昀昀er an abunbased interven}ons for students who need extra help at all grade
dance of other opportuni}es for our students in Mentor Schools. Stulevels. This is the 昀椀nal school year these funds are available.
dents take four related arts courses at each of the elementary schools
and numerous elec}ve courses are available for students at the mid- My core belief in educa}on is that every single student has a gi昀琀. Our
dle schools and high school. We also provide tremendous specialized job is to iden}fy what that gi昀琀 is, 昀椀gure out how to tap into that gi昀琀,
courses for our high school students through career-based learning
and then build a personalized educa}on program that will allow each
programs and Advanced Placement (AP) classes, to name a few. And, student to maximize that gi昀琀 to its fullest poten}al. All of what we do
to round-out our students’ educa}onal experience, we have many
in Mentor Public Schools wouldn’t be possible without the support of
extracurricular opportuni}es for students to explore through clubs,
our great community! I am excited to con}nue to work together to
ac}vi}es, and athle}cs. In this report, we are excited to showcase
provide the best possible educa}onal experience for our community’s
some of our sta昀昀 and students’ impressive work and accomplishchildren. Our team will con}nue to work hard and share our success
ments.
stories with you o昀琀en, through our website and social media channels. We’ve worked to make this report more interac}ve with QR
At the same }me, our team is con}nuing to work hard to close the
codes that will lead to more informa}on and videos. Thank you for
achievement gaps some students experienced due to various condiyour con}nued support of our students, sta昀昀, and schools!
}ons of pandemic learning. As noted on our recent report card from