Her personal care and commitment to Catholic education and
high academic expectations for all students will continue to catalyze positive change at St. Rafael.
In addition to having
high academic expectations for her students — not just in English, but in content areas as well — she hopes they will leave 1st grade «with permanent mental traces of how people can live peacefully with one another» (p. 54).
Data - informed instruction allows us to make adjustments in our own practice in order to meet the needs of our students and hold ourselves accountable to
the highest academic expectations for our students.