Principal's Message

Hello Woodmont Families,

As the proud principal of Woodmont K-8, I am excited to continue the work at our school dedicated to providing an exceptional learning environment for all scholars. I am so grateful for our wonderful scholars, families, and staff who continue to support Woodmont being an incredible place to learn and grow!

While continued growth is still at the forefront, I am incredibly proud of our scholars for working so hard each day to learn new skills. This school year, we celebrate earning high growth recognition from OSPI and remain committed to strengthening our instructional practices in service of all scholars. With nearly 70% of our scholars being multilingual learners, we will continue our dedicated focus on sheltered instruction strategies to ensure every scholar can access grade-level content.

One of our biggest focuses this year is standards-aligned core instruction that meets every scholar where they are. We will continue small groups in core instruction and skill-based groups for both ELA and Math to provide targeted intervention and extension opportunities. Through bell-to-bell learning with high student engagement and strong learning routines, scholars will receive exactly what they need to thrive. Our goals include increasing our overall math and ELA scores schoolwide by at least 10%. We also have a stretch target to ensure 97% of scholars do not have any exclusionary discipline while utilizing our strategies to help scholars be successful emotionally.

We have so much to celebrate as we continue to have a laser focus on learning and growth. Our goal is to focus on Social Emotional Learning coupled with Multi-tiered Systems of Support through effective collaboration. We are proud to be in the top 3 schools in the district with the highest attendance and will continue to ensure scholars feel that they belong and are connected here at Woodmont. As one of only 3 K-8 schools in the district, we are honored that families choose our middle school program for their scholars.

We are hopeful for a wonderful year together and I am proud to continue serving the Woodmont community.

In partnership,

Principal Shawn Kocher
skocher@fwps.org