2025-26 School Year: Brain Power Under the Tower!

Davis students, teachers, and staff members are working so hard during the 2025-26 school year, with amazing support from our students' families and community. 

During the 2025-26 school year, our areas of emphasis are:

1) Academic Growth and Achievement as an IB PYP Candidate School: We are implementing scientifically proven strategies for learning to read, using the SIPPS program to teach reading in small groups of students according to their reading levels, every day. We are also continue our journey as an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme candidate school. The IB PYP brings rigor, and engaging learning to our students, as a key practice of our Community School strategy. We like to say that we have great "brain power under the tower" each and every day at Davis. We are tracking our students' academic progress at every grade level, with special focus on having ALL students reading on grade level or higher by 3rd grade, and all of our students who are learning English as their second language being proficient in academic English by 5th grade. As an IB candidate school, we are also offering weekly Spanish instruction to our students in grades 2-6. 

2) Supporting and Sharing Leadership With Our Students' Families: We want our students’ parents to share in the leadership of our school, through our Community School Leadership Council, our School Site Council, and through other committees and parent meetings. We also want to be a source of help and support for our students' families, in every way possible. Please message or call me, or our office, or visit our Wellness Center or Library to participate at the school or for support at any time. We aim to team up with parents for the good of our students!

3) Safety at School: We teach our students to be respectful, to be responsible, to be safe, and to be problem solvers. We want to practice good, positive habits, and also to be prepared at all times to keep our students, staff and families safe. I list this 3^rd on this list, but want everyone to know that safety is our top priority at Davis. When students feel safe, we know they are ready to learn! ALL students are valued and honored as children who deserve to learn at school, without regard for any category or designation.

Wallace R. Davis was known for his personal warmth and caring nature. We strive to follow his example. He said, "Dream big and once you have that dream, don't let anyone take it away from you. You must have faith in tomorrow...we must have faith in you."

We have the best students, families and school staff at Davis Elementary!

Peter Richardson
Principal
peter.richardson@sausd.us
(714) 564-2200