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Executive Summary
Park City Elementary School
Every school has its own story to tell. The context in which teaching and learning takes place influences the processes and procedures by which the school makes decisions around curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The context also impacts the way a school stays faithful to its vision. Many factors contribute to the overall narrative such as an identification of stakeholders, a description of stakeholder engagement, the trends and issues affecting the school, and the kinds of programs and services that a school implements to support student learning.
The purpose of the Executive Summary (ES) is to provide a school with an opportunity to describe in narrative form the strengths and challenges it encounters. By doing so, the public and members of the school community will have a more complete picture of how the school perceives itself and the process of self-reflection for continuous improvement. This summary is structured for the school to reflect on how it provides teaching and learning on a day to day basis.
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Executive Summary
Park City Elementary School
Describe the school's size, community/communities, location, and changes it has experienced in the last three years. Include demographic information about the students, staff, and community at large. What unique features and challenges are associated with the community/communities the school serves?
Park City Elementary is a public school housing students in grades preschool through six, with an enrollment of 430 students. We have fiftysix classified and certified staff members at Park City Elementary. The school is located within the city limits of Park City, KY, a rural town with a population of approximately 537(U.S. Census 2010). Park City Elementary is one of seven elementary schools in the Barren County
School District. Enrollment has increased from 353 in 2009 to 430 at the present time.
When one looks at our demographics, one can see that our ethnic diversity is reflective of the Barren County School District, with our Minority population growing at almost twice the rate of the District, as a whole. Our percent of students eligible for Free/Reduced lunch has grown to
79%. Reflective in our rise in relative poverty, as measured by Free/Reduced Lunch eligibility, has been a rise in Transiency Rate. Last year we had a transiency rate of 42%, a population the size of almost half of our student enrollment, was either not here at the beginning of school, or at the end. Our average household earns $38,374; lower than the national average of $51,914 (U.S. Census 2010). Our 2011 county unemployment rate was 10.2%; higher than the national average of 8.9% (B.R.A.D.D.).
Park City Elementary employs 31 certified staff (consisting of 17 homeroom/common core teachers, 3 related arts teachers (PE/Dance,
Music/Art/Drama, Library Media), 1 MAF Teacher, 4 ECE Teachers, 2 Speech-Language Pathologists, 3 Preschool Teacher, 1 Guidance
Counselor and 1 Principal) and 24 classified staff (consisting of 1 School Secretary, 1 Attendance Clerk, 3 custodians, 6 nutrition services workers, 1 21st Century Grant Coordinator, 1 Daytime ESS position, 1 FRYSC Coordinator, 2 kindergarten aides, 1 Americorps position, 2 preschool aides, 3 ECE aides, 2 instructional assistants.
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Executive Summary
Park City Elementary School
Provide the school's purpose statement and ancillary content such as mission, vision, values, and/or beliefs. Describe how the school embodies its purpose through its program offerings and expectations for students.
Park City Elementary School is committed to the success of all students. We strive to strengthen partnerships among students, parents, teachers, and the community. Our school's mission is to provide a safe, caring, and positive learning environment where all students are encouraged and expected to be life-long learners and contributors. The curriculum at Park City Elementary School is enhanced by several outstanding programs that include a balanced literacy program, SRA Reading Mastery, Scott Foresman's Reading Streets, Shurley English,
Math in Focus Mathematics, and a rigorous physical education and arts curriculum. Students are recognized school-wide through the
Leaders of the Month program, Rising Stars Program, Math Masters, Positive Office Referrals, attendance incentives, writing celebrations, and academic achievement awards.
Park City Elementary School has adopted the school vision, "Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders, Today!" because of the belief that all children can succeed and achieve at high levels. Students are provided quality opportunities to think, learn, grow, experience, succeed, and contribute. This vision along with the Barren County Schools mission statement, Barren County Board of Education policies, SBDM policies, and the Consolidated School Improvement Plan ensure that equitable educational opportunities are provided to all students without regard to race, gender, socioeconomic status, or previous academic performance.
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Executive Summary
Park City Elementary School
Describe the school's notable achievements and areas of improvement in the last three years. Additionally, describe areas for improvement that the school is striving to achieve in the next three years.
Park City Elementary Junior Beta Club competed in various academic and talent competitions at the state level. Our students participated in the Governor's Cup competition in areas of quick recall, future problem solving, as well as other academic areas (math, science, social studies, arts and humanities). Park City STLP has consistently sent multiple groups to the regionional and state competitions at WKU and
UK respectively. We are very proud of the accomplishments of our students at Park City Elementary School!
Our free and/or reduced lunch population (79%) is the school targeted GAP population. In addition, a subgroup of focus will be our male versus female score GAP. According to our most recent K-PREP data, the Proicient/Distinguished totals in reading and math are as follows:
(Reading - Non-Duplicated Gap = 42.4% and Non-Gap Group = 56.8%) and (Reading - Male = 34% and Female = 58.8% and Math - Male =
38.6% and Female = 46.4%).
Park City Elementary community partners include, but are not limited to, Mammoth Cave National Park, Jr. Achievement, Barren River
Regional Health Department, Western Kentucky University (BG, G and E campuses), Park City Lions Club, Southern States, Lindsey Wilson
College, SKYTECH (BG, G and E campuses), BG Onstage and Plaza Theatre. Park City Elementary staff taps into the many resources of south central Kentucky to provide real-life learning experiences to help build an individual future story for each student. Some examples include, but are not limited to, Career Fairs, College and Career site visits, economics lessons at school, health and hygiene lessons, vision screenings, drama productions, science lessons at school and on-site at Mammoth Cave National Park.
Research tells us that students must be proficient readers to succeed. We support this by flexibly grouping in reading, and by providing struggling readers, multiple research-based intervention programs. Our school embraces the challenge set forth by the new program reviews and is diligently working to complete curriculum integration continuum documents in each of the program review areas. Futhermore, Park
City Elementary is in year four of the Math In Focus curriculum implementation and continues to see increases in MAP performance at all grade levels. Lastly, Park City Elementary will continue to improve student achievement in all instructional areas by addressing student learning styles, equity issues, school climate, and continuing to build partnerships among teachers, students, parents, administrators, and the community to fulfill the vision and mission of PCE.
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Executive Summary
Park City Elementary School
Provide any additional information you would like to share with the public and community that were not prompted in the previous sections.
Procedures that are in place for safety:
Many procedures are in place to insure student safety. All doors are locked except the front entrance; which is opened via a magnetic lock system. Visitors are required to enter through the office area. They are asked to sign-in and are given a visitors pass. Staff members are required to wear identification badges. Students are informed that if they see anyone in the building without a badge or pass, they are to go to a familiar adult and inform them of the visitor. Parents fill out forms that indicate who has permission to pick up their child(ren) from school. Safety procedures are established and in place for bus and car rider safety as well. Park City Elementary School regularly revises its Emergency Plan Handbook and faculty is advised on any and all changes.
Technology to Teach:
Park City places special emphasis on the integration of technology into classroom learning. All students have the option of participating in
Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP). Students research, investigate, collect, and interpret data, and create electronic presentations to demonstrate learning. Each classroom at Park City Elementary School is equipped with computers for student use and all students have access to our two computer labs. Presently, all classrooms have access to SMART Board technology. In addition, our 4-6 grades have a Chromebook lab at each grade level for further development of 21st centrury learning skills.
Extra-curricular Activities:
At Park City Elementary School, students have many opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities. Some of these activities include:
Student Technology Leadership (STLP), Junior Beta Club, Man-to-Man Mondays Mentoring Program, History Club, Drama Club, Girl Scouts,
Boy Scouts, Academic Team, Future Problem Solving Team, Little League Basketball, Bitty Ball, Lego Robotics, Archery, Strings and Little
League Baseball.
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