Collettsville K-8 School
Blue Ribbon School
Demographics
School Ethnicity
4 % Hispanic or Latino
96 % NOT Hispanic or Latino
School Race
97 % White
.2 % Black or African American
1.5 % Asian
1.3 % More than one race reported
Demographics cont’d
Student Enrollment:
Kinder: 35
1st Grade: 29
2nd Grade: 32
3rd Grade: 35
4th Grade: 45
5th Grade: 34
6th Grade: 45
7th Grade: 48
8th Grade: 53
Total: 356
Attendance: >95%
Title I School
55 – 60% Free and Reduced Meals
Composites for 2010-11:
Reading 87.4% -- Math 96.7% -- Science 97.7% -- Overall 93.1%
Instructional & Enrichment Programs
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Online study programs: Study Island, Brainchild, Renaissance Place, Accelerated Reading, Accelerated
Math, Virtual Public School for High School courses (Earth/Environmental Science & World History)
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High School level course in Algebra I
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Library has over 10,000 books available to students with over 34,000 books circulated last year and
over 32,ooo AR quizs passed
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Special programs include: AIG, Music, Band, Guitar, Computers, and Media
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Enrichment opportunities include: Girls on the Run, Girls on Track, Elementary Battle of the Books Team,
Middle School Battle of the Books Team, Digital Photography Club, Honor Society activities, Middle
School Model UN Program, Duke University TIP program, Spelling Bee, Geography Bee, Student
Government Association Activities, Fitness is Fun Recess Activities, MathCounts, and TRIO
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Data programs utilized by teachers and administration to inform programming: DIBELS, ClassScape,
EVAAS, and TetraData
Challenge Paradox
How our challenges lead to our strengths.
Challenge Paradox
Challenge
Strength
• Rural School
• Builds Community
Challenge Paradox
Challenge
• Limited Resources
Strength
• Extra Funding
through Title I
• The Giving Spirit of
our Community
Challenge Paradox
Challenge
• K-8 = 9 grades one
building
• Planning
• Curriculum
Resources
Strength
• Smoother Transition
to Middle School
• Opportunity of
Vertical Alignment
Challenge Paradox
History of a Community School
Challenge
• Helicopter Parents
• Taking Ownership
to a New Level
• Prejudices and
Biases
Strength
• Knowing the children
and families on an
intimate level
• Being able to
respond quickly to
needs and supporting
the whole child
Best Strategies for Student Achievement
at Collettsville School
• High expectations communicated to both students and parents and
consistently maintained in the classroom
• Spending time working individually with students
• Positive relationships with parents and working with parents to
ensure that students complete their work
• Willingness to work together as a team makes our student
achievement so high
• Working with parents and letting them know what we are studying
as well as problems a child might be having
Best Strategies for Student Achievement
cont’d
• When the previous teacher informs you of student's strengths
and weaknesses, then you can build from there for each
student's personal goals
• I make my students correct papers when they do not do
something correctly
• Time spent one on one with students or through peer tutoring
• Consistency and Communication
• Using a variety of teaching styles to meet the learners where
they are so they can advance
Best Strategies for Student Achievement
cont’d
• Combining new ideas with well proven ones
• Support from parents on discipline issues
• Vertical alignment of the curriculum
• Inquiry-based learning activities
• Peer tutoring/cooperative grouping
• Integration of subject areas
The 4 C’s of
st
21
*Collaboration
*Communication
*Critical Thinking
*Creativity
Century Skills
Communication
• Administrative
Leadership
• Use of Instructional
Facilitator
• Newsletters
• Website
• Parent/Teacher
Communications
• PTO
Meetings/Programs
Creativity
• Pioneers and
Piloting
• Art and Science
of Teaching
• Flexibility
• Thinking Outside
the Box
Critical Thinking
• Direct Instruction
• Math and Science
Investigations
• Product Based
Learning
• Interdisciplinary
Planning
• Data Analysis
• Cross-Grade Level
Activities
Collaboration
• K-8 ER Days
• Letterland Play with the
high school and feeder
elementary schools.
• Spanish classes taught by
Spanish II high school
students.
• Skyping between middle
schools regarding the
Holocaust
• Grade Level Meetings
• PLC Meetings
• Partnerships with PTO,
Food Lion, Blue Ridge
Membership
Corporation, PolyChem,
ASU Partnership, and
World View.
Collettsville School
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National Blue Ribbon School
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North Carolina Honor School of Excellence
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National Title I Distinguished School Nominee 2010-11
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National Recognition as Gateway to Technology School in the Project Lead the Way Program
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Made Adequate Yearly Progress on NCLB goals in 2010-11
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Caldwell County Middle School Battle of the Books Champions 2010-11
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Conference Champions in Soccer, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, and Volleyball
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Advanced Band received “Superior Rating” at NC Bandmaster’s Association State Festival