About Mike
This has been the most untraditional start to our school, but things have gone better than any of us could have expected. We appreciate everyone’s patience and support as we navigate these uncharted times.
I began my administrative career as an elementary principal at SCMT in 2005, which is now part of the West Fork CSD. Even then there was a lot of sharing between SCMT and Rockwell-Swaledale. So it is exciting for me to return to a district that has so many great things going on. We have great kids, awesome staff, and a very supportive community. Our facilities are terrific, and if you have not been in the buildings for a while, I would encourage you to give me a call and I would be happy to give you a tour. As a staff, we are committed to the improvement process, as we want to provide the best educational opportunities for our students. Because of that, we have a 1-hour late start on Wednesday mornings. This allows for staff professional development opportunities and for valuable time for teachers to collaborate within their Professional Learning Communities. Our staff has also created a schedule for interventions that we call W.I.N. (What I Need). This helps us to ensure that all students will have the supports in place to be successful. This year we are also doing School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS). We call this S.O.A.R, which stands for Safe- Outstanding citizens- Accountable- Respectful. Students are taught the expectations for what it would mean to S.O.A.R in all parts of the building.
I am really looking forward to getting back to some sense of normal, where the main topic is about the great things that are happening daily in our classrooms, versus something COVID related. For now I am just grateful that we are back in session, and hope that we will soon have all of our students back on campus. We are all in this together!
Mike Kruger