School Strategic Plan & SMART Goals

Goal 1: Academic Excellence

Students will perform at or above level or make more than one year's growth in Reading and Mathematics. BCS will eliminate opportunity gaps and recover learning through support school-wide systems.

SMART Goal

South Middle School achievement scores will increase, Math by 7%, Reading Language Arts by 7%, on the statewide general summative assessment, WVGSA.

Strategy 1

Assessment

Action Steps

  1. Tiered Intervention

  2. Data Analysis

  3. MTSS grouping

Strategy 2

Intervention services for ELL students

Action Steps

  1. Grouping by level

  2. Collaboration with content teacher

  3. EL pull-out services

Goal 2: Health and Well-Being

All Berkeley County Schools will create and maintain safe learning environments that promote excellent academic achievement. BCS will nurture all students’ intellectual, physical, mental, and social-emotional growth with specific emphasis on recovering from complex trauma.

SMART Goal

1. Martinsburg South Middle will increase the overall health and wellbeing of students by increasing the percentage of students with no out of school suspensions by 5%.

2. The chronic absence rate of at risk students at Martinsburg South Middle School will decrease by 5%, resulting in a decrease in truancy.

Strategy 1

  1. Proactive Measures

  1. Attendance Monitoring

Action Steps

  1. Referral screening

  2. Use of re-teach and lunch detention

  3. Intensive contact home

  1. Attendance incentives

  2. Meaningful Contact

  3. Attendance Worker Involvement

Goal 3: Operational Excellence

Efficient and effective operations will allow BCS to maintain its focus on student learning.  BCS will strengthen and improve system-wide operations through federal, state and local financial resources to meet the needs of the district’s growing and changing community.

SMART Goal

South Middle School will strengthen operational efficiency and communication during the 2025-2026 school year by streamlining systems that support staff, facilities, and daily school operations.

Strategy 1

Enhanced Communication

Action Steps

  1. Daily Bulletin

  2. Operational clarity to staff

  3. Regular Walk throughs