Grant Middle School sees student success through 'Grizzly Power Hour'

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Twice a week, Principal Rodney Cisneros gets connected the intercom and kicks disconnected "Grizzly Power Hour" astatine Grant Middle School.

"Take vantage of your teachers. They're determination waiting for you to springiness you that other support," Cisneros said to the school.

It's a conception the medication and unit came up with to assistance students who whitethorn beryllium struggling.

"When we observe gaps successful their learning, we person a strategy successful spot wherever we tin code that," Cisneros explained.

Twice a week, for 30 minutes, students tin spell to their teachers for structured support.

It's during schoolhouse hours, and it's helping to people struggling students earlier they autumn behind.

"It's not conscionable astir making up homework oregon that benignant of thing. It's truly astir teachers trying to code a concern the kids are successful their learning," Cisneros said.

It's besides for students similar eighth grader Ayva Cuevas.

She's doing good successful her classes, but definite mathematics concepts don't travel easily.

"I'm not behind. I conscionable request to signifier due to the fact that we person a trial coming up," Cuevas said.

Cisneros says the effort has proven successful, and trial scores are reflective.

"Every twelvemonth we're showing improvement, and truthful it's happening successful ELA. It's happening successful math. It's happening successful science," Cisneros said.

It besides helped Grant Middle School gain the designation of Model Professional Learning Community, oregon PLC, astatine Work.

The designation helped the Kings Canyon Unified School District gain the rubric of a Model PLC District astatine Work.

It recognizes teacher collaboration that's focused connected improving pupil learning.

Cisneros says the Power Hour isn't conscionable for students astatine hazard of falling behind. There are enrichment activities for students who don't request added support.

On the time we visited, that included a culinary people wherever students were learning however to marque meal burritos.

Cisneros says he's arrogant to spot the students, galore of whom are low-income, marque advancement and turn done this approach.

"It's conscionable been breathtaking due to the fact that we're capable to get a batch retired of these kids that possibly wouldn't beryllium expected elsewhere," Cisneros said.

The main says the main driving unit down Power Hour and however good it's moving is the teachers.

He says that without them buying in, it wouldn't beryllium astir arsenic successful.

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