Quality Profile Report 2022 - Flipbook - Page 4
Quality Profile Report 2022
A Message from the Superintendent
Hello! Welcome to a new school year in Mentor Public Schools! I am
honored and excited to have the opportunity to serve as your
superintendent. Our 2022-2023 school year is off to a great start and
it seems everyone is enjoying the return to a sense of normalcy in
schools, after the last three school years were affected by the COVID19 pandemic in so many ways.
some of our staff and students’ impressive work and accomplishments.
At the same time, our team is continuing to work hard to address
achievement gaps some students are experiencing due to various
conditions of pandemic learning. Last year, the district committed the
majority of its federal covid relief funds hiring extra teachers, who
worked specifically to provide structured, research-based interventions for students who need extra help at all grade levels. We have
more work to do to ensure each student is caught up, but after seeing
some promising gains, we are continuing the use of funding for extra
interventions this year as well.
This year, Mentor Public Schools is responsible for the education of
more than 7,100 of our community’s children in preschool through
twelfth grade. Providing a well-rounded, high-quality education for
our students in a safe learning environment where they can grow
academically, socially and emotionally is our number one priority. To
reach that goal, our team of nearly 1,000 educators and support staff
My core belief in education is that every single student has a gift. Our
will continue to focus on meeting the individual needs of all of our
job is to identify what that gift is, figure out how to tap into that gift,
students. We also continue to make it a top priority to meet our goals
and then build a personalized education program that will allow each
while being good stewards of our community members’ tax dollars.
student to maximize that gift to its fullest potential. All of what we do
Beyond our core-subject curriculum, we are proud to offer an abunin Mentor Public Schools wouldn’t be possible without the support of
dance of other opportunities for our students in Mentor Schools. Stu- our great community! I am eager to listen and learn and work togethdents take four related arts courses at each of the elementary schools er to provide the best possible educational experience for our comand numerous elective courses are available for students at the mid- munity’s children. Our team will continue to work hard and share our
dle schools and high school. We also provide tremendous specialized success stories with you often, through our website and social media
courses for our high school students through career-based learning
channels. Thank you for your continued support of our students, staff,
programs and Advanced Placement (AP) classes, to name a few. And, and schools!
to round-out our students’ educational experience, we have many
extracurricular opportunities for students to explore through clubs,
activities, and athletics. In this report, we are excited to showcase
Meet Mr. Heath!