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Dear (School) Families,

To guide the Everett Public Schools continuous improvement process, each year schools survey students, families, and staff in an ongoing effort to understand our specific strengths and challenges that impact school quality. The School Stakeholder Annual Survey is only one of many pieces of data analyzed by school leaders and staff. In addition to survey data, student achievement, attendance, discipline, and program data is evaluated to create School Improvement Plan goals.

For the School Stakeholder Annual Survey, we use the same platform used for the Panorama Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) survey. Questions about school quality will be added to the SEL survey your student is already familiar with. These additional questions will be anonymous and used to guide school improvement.

As we shared prior to the fall administration of the SEL survey, SEL is critical for student success. The survey prompts students to reflect on their own actions and thoughts as well as their general experience at our school. Survey data will help school staff create a more positive school experience for all students as well as provide specific support for students in need.

The results from the SEL survey will be shared with pre-approved adults who work closely with your children in the school. SEL data, alongside academic and attendance information, will allow adults to provide specific and targeted interventions as needed to support students succeeding at school. Again, questions related to the School Stakeholder Annual Survey will be anonymous.

The questions that students will answer are research-backed, valid and reliable. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact (insert school information)

Students at (school) will begin taking School Stakeholder Annual Survey with the SEL Survey on (insert school specific dates). If you do not want your student to take this survey, please contact your student’s principal.

Take care,

School Principal/contact information

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