RCPE: School Grade "A"  2006 - 2007

Susan L. Caputo's comments as published by news-press.com  on June 29, 2007

Rayma C Page: From B to A

Rayma C. Page Elementary's grade rose from a B to an A in the San Carlos
Park school's second year.

Principal Susan Caputo attributes much of that success to grouping children
last fall based on their performance in reading.

"If they're in an upper grade and they need that phonetic instruction, we
have a primary teacher who is able to give it to them," she said.

"We would look at the students' assessments and we would then decide what
they need from there.

"Our grade-level teachers meet and they work together as a team."

The pupils also took mock standardized tests every month.

"That got them into the test mode," Caputo said. "When tests came, it wasn't
as fearful, as intimidating a situation."

Samia Abed, whose twin boys just finished fifth grade at Page, was pleased.

"It's just a great school all around. The teachers are great and the staff
in the office are great," she said. "There's still a lot of diversity which
I really love because it reminds me of when my kids went to school in
Miami."

Her son, Yousef Abed, 10, liked Page Elementary, too. "They make you work
hard, but they make it fun."