August 2025 Student Spotlight
William
William has attended Sierra School of Peoria since 2022. His current teacher, Ms. Lininger, has seen a significant change since she’s known William and shares, “William has truly come a long way. It’s wonderful to experience his quirky sense of humor on a daily basis. When he started with us, that was overshadowed by the difficulties he had in the classroom. Now he is a role model for other peers.” Most recently, William displayed accountability during a lesson on iReady. When he was having difficulties, he persevered through the adversity and asked for help!
Working through the difficulties that come with changes of new classrooms, new staff, and new peers over the years, William has worked very hard to improve his ability to ignore the negative behaviors of others, participating in academic tasks, problem-solving, listening to others, taking advice, and taking time to process. Congratulations to William! All of the staff and your friends at Sierra School of Peoria are so proud of you!
Thatcher
Thatcher has attended Sierra School of Peoria since 2019. Thatcher has made a great deal of progress since starting out as an elementary school student. Most recently, he has impressed others with his accountability. Mr. Gustavo, his teacher, reports that he has been checking in with staff as he completes assignments, ensuring that he is caught up and has no outstanding tasks to complete. Thatcher’s shown a lot of growth in terms of maturity this year. We are all thrilled to see him becoming a young adult.”
Working through the difficulties that come with changes of new classrooms, new staff, and new peers over the years, Thatcher has worked very hard to improve his ability to ignore the negative. behaviors of others, participating in academic tasks, problem solving, listening to others, taking advice, taking time to process, and becoming more focused and engaged in his own responsibilities. Congratulations to Thatcher! All of the staff and your friends at Sierra School of Peoria are so proud of you.
Isreal
Isreal has only attended Sierra School of Peoria since the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, but has already impressed his classmates and staff. His current teacher, Mr. Gustavo, has seen a significant change since he’s known Isreal and shares, “Isreal has been a positive addition to our classroom. He is a true leader in that he continuously models mature, appropriate behavior for his peers. He is regularly on task and engaged with lessons.”
Working through the difficulties that come with changes of new classrooms, new staff, and new peers over the past few weeks, Isreal has worked very hard to improve his ability to Ignore thenegative behaviors of others, participating in academic tasks, problem solving, listening to others, taking advice, taking time to process and becoming less argumentative were all happening on aregular basis. Mr. Gustavo shared, “Although I haven’t been Isreal’s teacher for long, I have been able to see the potential in him. He has the capability to be a responsible, capable, mature young man. Congratulations to Isreal! All of the staff and your friends at Sierra School of Peoria are so proud of you.
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