Principal’s Message

Greetings Aldan Students and Parents

Welcome to Aldan Elementary School!  It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year! Aldan Elementary School is a dedicated community; I feel so honored to serve the community as Principal.  Along with my colleagues, I appreciate the support  that you have  provided to our school students, teachers, and staff every day.  I want to thank you, our community stakeholders, teachers, staff, and families, in advance for a fruitful year for our students ahead! We are very committed to ensuring that Aldan Elementary School honors the William Penn School District’s commitment to work.

We have been anticipating a great 2024-2025 school year ahead!  We appreciate and look forward to strengthening our community relationships and partnership with families, teachers, and staff to ensure our collective WPSD and Aldan Elementary School Visions are achieved for every student.  Aligned with The William Penn School District Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan 2021-2025 – William Penn School District (williampennsd.org), AES will focus on the collective vision of the school:

“Aldan Elementary School will maintain a safe and nurturing school climate where teaching and learning are priorities. Students will receive a firm academic foundation through data driven and standards-based instruction. We will prepare our students for the rigors of academic excellence beyond the elementary years. We will help our students develop appropriate values by encouraging them to make the right choices and consider how their actions may affect their lives.”

Our work is not easy, but as a community, WE ALL have important roles and talents to share in helping our children reach their full potential, and we are proud to join with you, Community Members, as a vital resource when educating our children.  We look forward to partnering with you to achieve our School‘s Goals to move our children Forward with Focus in:

• Reaching Overall Achievement Goals
• Meeting the achievement expectation for our students to perform at or above grade level on Benchmark Assessments in ELA and Math,
• Applying Higher Order Thinking Skills across the content areas,
• Differentiating Instruction in ELA/Math to meet the needs of every learner, and
• Hosting a variety of Title, I Parent Involvement events.

We look forward to your partnership throughout the 2024-2025 School Year!  We are all excited to have students with their families back to school on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, Grades 1st-6th, and Monday, September 9, 2023, Kindergarten, our youngest learners!  You are invited to attend our Back to School Night on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 5:00 PM.

With Sincere Regard,

Dr. D. Watson-Bouie, Principal