Collettsville K-8 SchoolBlue Ribbon School

Demographics

School Ethnicity4 % Hispanic or Latino

96 % NOT Hispanic or Latino

School Race97 % White

.2 % Black or African American1.5 % 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• Online study programs: Study Island, Brainchild, Renaissance Place, Accelerated Reading, Accelerated

Math, Virtual Public School for High School courses (Earth/Environmental Science & World History)

• High School level course in Algebra I

• Library has over 10,000 books available to students with over 34,000 books circulated last year and over 32,ooo AR quizs passed

• Special programs include: AIG, Music, Band, Guitar, Computers, and Media

• 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

• Data programs utilized by teachers and administration to inform programming: DIBELS, ClassScape,

EVAAS, and TetraData

Challenge ParadoxHow our challenges lead to our strengths.

Challenge ParadoxChallenge• Rural School

Strength

• Builds Community

Challenge ParadoxChallenge• Limited Resources

Strength• Extra Funding

through Title I• The Giving Spirit of

our Community

Challenge ParadoxChallenge• K-8 = 9 grades one

building• Planning• Curriculum

Resources

Strength• Smoother Transition

to Middle School• Opportunity of

Vertical Alignment

Challenge ParadoxHistory 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 21st Century Skills

*Collaboration*Communication*Critical Thinking

*Creativity

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

• National Blue Ribbon School

• North Carolina Honor School of Excellence

• National Title I Distinguished School Nominee 2010-11

• National Recognition as Gateway to Technology School in the Project Lead the Way Program

• Made Adequate Yearly Progress on NCLB goals in 2010-11

• Caldwell County Middle School Battle of the Books Champions 2010-11

• Conference Champions in Soccer, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, and Volleyball

• Advanced Band received “Superior Rating” at NC Bandmaster’s Association State Festival