This week was extremely busy for both our staff and students as it included various assessments across the curriculum. Students started by being assessed in reading as it helps to understand the strengths and needs of each of our students. All of the efforts were directed towards the evaluation of students’ reading accuracy rate, fluency, and comprehension, letter and sound identification as well as phonemic awareness for our younger students. If we view reading as a series of strategies and skills, then we likely believe that phonemic awareness and reading comprehension are critical to students’ development as readers. “Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader” Margaret Fuller.