School Improvement Plan

Academics and Achievement:

• All professional development shall empower educators to meet learner needs.

  • All professional development tasks must be aligned with the district goal of helping learners take their next step.

• All learners shall grow (academically) and develop (habits and skills) to be college or career ready.

  • Academics—Future Watchdog graduates will be:

    • Articulate, fluent, and analytical readers at or above grade level who are ready to apply their skills to the world.

    • Able to apply mathematics and scientific thinking in real life through effective communication and collaboration at or above grade level.

  • At or above grade level in all academic content areas and be able to apply the essential understandings of the discipline to life after the Beresford School District.

• Skills and Habits

  • College-bound Watchdog graduates will be college-ready.

  • Future Watchdog graduates will be career-ready.

Fine Arts:

• Eighty percent (80%) or more of students that have participated in Choral and Instrumental Music will be advanced or proficient as measured by our designed qualitative and quantitative age-appropriate indicators.

•  Eighty percent (80%) or more of students that have participated in  Visual Arts will be advanced or proficient as measured by our designed qualitative and quantitative age-appropriate indicators.

•  Eighty percent (80%) or more of students that have participated in Theatrical Arts will be advanced or proficient as measured by our designed qualitative and quantitative age-appropriate indicators.

Fine Arts Strategic Plan - Vocal Music Folder -Visual Arts Folder - Theatrical Arts Folder - Instrumental Music Folder - Oral Interpretation/Debate/Speech

Athletics: Report Card of Progress & Athletic Handbook

• Community and Youth Development: 

  •  Athletic programs will create a community environment where youth programs are mentored and developed so that when students enter 7th grade they have a basic skill set and appreciation of the game to set the groundwork for middle school and high school athletic success.

• Participation and Retention: 

  •  Athletic programs will create an environment where its sports teams have sufficient participation numbers and quality of athletes to field teams at the competition levels in grades 7-12

• Competitiveness: 

  • Athletic programs will be competitive based on various measures—preparation and performance for contests, personal and team records, conference standings, region seeding, and state-level competition.

• Sportsmanship:

  • Athletic programs will promote an environment of leadership development and opportunities while using the sportsmanship expectations of the SDHSAA/NFHS as the basis for player, coaches, and spectator behavior with sportsmanship messages and expectations developed, written, and delivered by BHS student-athletes.  

Resources: Parent D.A.W.G.S expectations, Youth Program Expectations -Football, Cross Country, Golf, Girls' Basketball, Boys' Basketball, Wrestling, Softball, Track, Volleyball (2024-2025 development).

Servant Leadership:

•   All JK-12 learners will be engaged in the 16 Habits of Mind on a daily basis.

  • The Habits of Mind are instilled and reinforced with our learners throughout the day in our classrooms, fine arts, athletics, and other co-curricular activities.

  • The Habits of Mind promote the growth mindset, which will result in positive behaviors, choices, and decision-making.

•  All JK-12 learners will be engaged in action-based, service, and leadership-building activities through academics, fine arts, athletics, other school co-curricular activities, and community programs.