Welcome to the 2019-20 academic school year. As your school of choice we are charged with implementing Common Core State Standards with a rigorous set of guidelines for the English Language Arts and Mathematics curriculum. Our efforts in "Designing 21st Century Learning" helps students across our school meet the rising demands of the 21st century global marketplace. We had great 2018-19 school year that brought a lot of new things to McFadden.

Our teachers and staff have been expanding their knowledge and skills through training and professional development in order to properly instruct our students. The curriculum and experiences in your child's classes may look and feel different than that in years past; their learning and achievement will be at a deeper level. Students will make stronger connections between classroom knowledge and real-world applications. In turn, students will promote to high school truly college and career ready, and, in so doing, will widen the scope of opportunities available to them.

All SCOTS are encouraged to participate in a wide range of challenging and rigorous courses in preparation for college and career. We offer many elective courses that meet the needs of our students such as AVID, Honors, Visual and Performing Arts, STEM, Dual Language, and research-based reading intervention programs. This year we are excited about the launching of our McFadden Pre-International Baccalaureate Academy which will focus on World Language.  Outside the classroom, our students enjoy participating in the tutorial, sports, and academic clubs such as Engage 360, ASB, PALS, Drawing  and more. We are continuing to integrate PBIS across the campus which is based on positive behavior interventions as well as implementing Restorative Practice and Trauma Informed Learning. We are also into year four of our 1:1 iPad  initiative and are excited to get the devices our to our students within the first week of school.