Cumming Elementary School
First Glance
Grades: K-5
Mascot: Cougar
Enrollment: 1161
Asian: 1.94%
Black: 1.94%
Hispanic: 20.46%
White: 74.47%
Multi-Racial: 1.18%
American Indian: 0%
Reading CRCT ’06
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
%Meets
%Exceeds
06
03
10
09
12
43
48
56
56
71
51
49
34
34
17
ENG/LA CRCT ’06
Free & Reduced Lunch: 37.11%
%Below
Grade 1
Staff
Grade 2
Certified Staff: 99
Support Staff: 47
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
No Child Left Behind
07
10
10
21
09
%Meets
%Exceeds
68
67
63
57
67
25
23
28
22
24
Math CRCT ’06
%Below
Adequate Yearly Progress: YES
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
2006 Grade 3 Writing Assessments
Stage 1: Emerging Writer
%Below
Grade 4
Grade 5
01
06
03
11
05
%Meets
%Exceeds
36
48
60
59
42
62
46
37
29
53
4%
Stage 2: Developing Writer
10%
Stage 3: Focusing Writer
35%
Stage 4: Experimenting Writer
37%
Stage 5: Engaging Writer
13%
Stage 6 : Extending Writer
1%
2006 Grade 5 Writing Assessments
Science CRCT ’06
%Below
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
1%
Stage 2: Developing Writer
0%
Stage 3: Focusing Writer
5%
Stage 4: Experimenting Writer
30%
Stage 5: Engaging Writer
42%
Stage 6 : Extending Writer
22%
%Exceeds
64
69
72
25
23
20
Social Studies CRCT ’06
%Below
Grade 3
Grade 4
Stage 1: Emerging Writer
11
08
08
%Meets
Grade 5
06
07
08
%Meets
%Exceeds
49
77
67
45
16
25
*07 CRCT scores will be available in the fall.
Georgia’s Single Statewide
Accountability System Platinum
Award-Greatest Gains Recipient
2005!
Title 1 Distinguished School – 5
years!
“Closing the Achievement Gap”
Award from Standard and Poor’s
2006!
Cumming
Cultural
Connections
This outreach
program helps close
the gap between
cultures, thus,
making the
transition to the
American school
system more
understandable to
parents.
Workshops offer
strategies to
Spanish-speaking
families on ways to
help their children
at home with
school.
Technology
 4 Computers per
classroom
 Mobile laptop labs
 Technology Lab &
Tech. Classes K-5
 TV/VCR/Voice Mail in
every class
 ACTIVboard in
every class
 Staff email
PTA Events
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Pajama Night
Karaoke Night
Evening with
Santa
Special Programs
۰Extended Day Program
۰Accelerated Reader K-5
۰Early Intervention Programs:K-5
۰Foreign Language K-5
۰Title 1 Reading & Math
۰ESOL
۰SRA K-2
۰Project WINS
۰CLASE
’06 Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Reading
Language
Math
Social
Studies
Science
Grade 3
69
66
77
74
75
Grade 5
71
64
68
66
72
These are national percentile rankings. This test is administered to 3rd
and 5th Grades only.
District Attendance Map
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/news/main/proposedlines.asp
Student-Teacher Ratios & Class Sizes
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/faqs.asp
Parent Communications
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Special Services
Facility
Student/Parent Involvement
Active PTA/PTO: Yes
540 Dahlonega St.
Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: 770.887.7749
Melinda Barrett, Teacher
Bus Stop Locations & Times
Parent-Teacher Conferences
PTA Newsletter
Homework Hotline
Online Parent Connect
Staff email & web pages
Weekly Portfolios
Located in downtown Cumming on
Dahlonega St., the current building
was constructed in 2002 as a
replacement for the circa 1961 building
on Elm Street. The state-of-the-art
building features spacious classrooms
and an attractive and serene learning
environment
“I love Cumming Elementary School because the
administrators are intelligent, supportive, and caring.
They truly know what best for students.”
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Speech
Music and Art
Gifted
Physical Education
Technology Specialist
Fulltime Nurse
Counselor
Foreign Language-Spanish
ESOL
For more information about this school see
www.forsyth.k12.ga.us
School Time: 7:40 a.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Projected Enrollment: 1276 students
Fax: 770.888.1233