Last year, Lake Center joined several hundred other Michigan schools to adopt a framework for school improvement which targets the reading achievement and social development of our students.  MiBLSi stands for Michigan’s Integrated Behavior & Learning Support Initiative.  A team consisting of school leadership, teachers, reading and behavior specialists began attending work sessions at KRESA intended to help us determine our building needs and possible strategies to address them.  Goals for reading and behavior have been identified.  Whole school lessons intended to teach SAILING behavior to our students have been developed and taught.  We analyzed the five big ideas in literacy and determined that our students need additional instruction in fluency and vocabulary building.  Teachers have attended training and have implemented new programs designed to address these skills.  This is an ongoing project with data review periods conducted at regular intervals throughout the school year.