Welcome From Mrs. Boyce, Our Principal
Welcome to Metcalf Elementary School and our school’s website. We hope you find this an informative way to learn about our school. Please take some time to review some of the excellent resources and links provided on our website. Metcalf School was built in 1966 as the first project of the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District. Metcalf was named after the Metcalf family of Exeter, at the request of Katherine Metcalf. I am the principal at Metcalf and am so happy to be a part of the Metcalf family. I have been teaching for 15 years. I have taught Special Education, and grades 2 through 5. I look forward to creating a true professional learning community at Metcalf!
At Metcalf we believe that all students can achieve. We are working smarter to help all children meet or exceed the standards in all areas. Our goal is to provide a journey of exciting educational opportunities for our students, with our highly qualified, professional staff. We strive to insure that all children have the opportunity to reach high standards of success. We have created a learning environment that will encourage active learning, positive social interactions, and self-motivation with the utmost emphasis on a happy, safe, and nurturing atmosphere.
We recognize that students are unique individuals. Children come to school with varied experiences, skills, strengths, and needs. We focus on helping students connect new learning with prior knowledge in order for each child to succeed. We assess students’ learning needs and teach our district’s curriculum based upon those needs.
We strive to deliberately provide students with the learning time and teaching time they need to achieve. We believe that all students can and will learn. Children vary in the rate of time it takes to learn a concept or skill. Strategies which are successful for one student may not work for another child. This is why Differentiation of instruction is so important in reaching all students.
Promoting and sustaining continuing development of the professional staff to improve the teaching and learning process is a key factor of a total professional learning community. The Metcalf staff is dedicated and committed to a quality education for our students.
Building community confidence is a significant component of being an effective school. We truly appreciate the tremendous parent support at Metcalf. We want parents and community members to visit our school and feel welcome. As parents and guardians, you are the first and most important educator in your child’s life. Your children bring life to our school each day, ready to participate with excitement and eagerness. It is both a privilege and an honor to have this opportunity to be a partner in the education of your children. I am so proud to be the principal of Metcalf Elementary! Please do not hesitate to call me or e-mail me at louise_boyce@ewg.k12.ri.us.
Your Partner in Education,
Louise K. Boyce
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