Extra Curricular Activities at STRIDE

My personal goal is to have 100% of the students at STRIDE Academy participate in at least one extra curricular activity during the school year. STRIDE is proven to be an academically strong school that understands and increases student learning. Believe or not, we need to also focus on children being well rounded citizens. Extra curricular activities is one way in which we can teach students about teamwork, communication, dedication, self discipline, leadership and yes, how to fail.
At STRIDE Academy, we have increased our extra curricular offerings over the past few years. The offerings include:
Volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, Knowledge Bowl, Spelling Bee, band, and choir.

We also offer many one-week classes during our three intersessions throughout the school year. We will always work with families to overcome any barriers preventing participation. We offer scholarships for students and have on more than one occasion helped coordinate transportation. If you ever have any questions about our activities, please contact Mr. Lutterman at llutterman@strideacademy.org...

Good Enough

How often have we heard or even stated ourselves, "that's good enough"? This is a statement that I have used or thought throughout my life, I have heard students or staff state and now my own children sometimes parrot these dreaded words (where did they learn that from). As I mature and season, I note that this statement reeks of mediocrity. It is not ok to have mediocrity in my family life, my profession and in your child's education. We will never be "good enough" at STRIDE, I will never be "good enough" at my job or as a father and husband.

I want to think of ways that we can build a culture that strives for excellence and never settles. We cannot and will not simply 'check the box". We have started the culture of excellence here at STRIDE. Going from Good to Great starts with the instruction your child is receiving in the classroom. Your teachers are committed life -ong learners and consistently meet with each other to look at data and other indicators to best meet the instructional, social and academic needs of your child.

STRIDE develops new goals every year. Not goals that are easy to attain; however, goals that will stretch our comfort zone and truly lead us to excellence. STRIDE develops and focuses on goals that directly effect academic performance. We then focus our resources around improving our goals. To view STRIDE 2009-2010 Goals, go to http://www.strideacademy.org/ and click under "downloads" at the bottom of the page.