Points of Pride
- We take pride in teacher collaboration and the positive relationships and personal connections they make to support all students.
- Real world diversity, kind and caring positive climate and high expectations for all. Health/wellness is supported through many after school activities.
- Of 36 subgroups in the district Growth Model our students made more growth than other students in 29 of the 36 subgroups.
- 99 percent of our parents attended fall parent/teacher conferences and continue to support us in so many ways through literacy/math nights and our PTO/SIT.
Academic Goals
We expect a 5 percent median growth in reading for all students. To close the gender gap, the median growth of males in reading will show an 8 percentile gain and a 7 percentile gain for all Hispanic students. Our K-3 Guided Reading Plus program provides small group instruction and challenges for all students. We will support students in knowing how to work within the school community to solve problems, build positive relationships and enhance the learning environment. We are working to create a schedule that best meets the needs of all learners and providers.
School Profile
Emerald Elementary is a neighborhood school with a balance of diversity and a high mobility rate that mirrors the real world. Being a "magnet" school for English Language Learners adds an incredible dimension of diversity. Multiple languages are spoken in the homes of our families.
Our strong balanced literacy program challenges all students. The block schedule has allowed us to implement "flooding," direct guided reading instruction for all students in K-2. This is only a small piece of the total literacy block, so many of our students are getting a double dose of reading instruction. We are a model school for flooding in the district and state and have had over 360 visitors.
The Emerald staff has received training in reading, writing and oral language programs, First Steps and Six Traits writing, as well as Investigations Math. We have had extensive training in the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol and now our focus is math and differentiation. All students benefit from the progressive attitude, high expectations and hard work of the staff, parent involvement and low class sizes, as indicated in the improvement on our CSAP scores.
We are proud of the progress our students are making in spite of the changing demographics and the high mobility rate. We invite you to come watch us in action.