 |
| Quick Facts |  |
|
|
Special features |
before- and after- school care |
|
School Mission
- Amelia Earhart School inspires academic excellence, a passion for learning and respect for self and community.
| Curriculum |
- Special education programs designed specifically for students with specific learning disabilities.
|
|
Instructional Program Highlights
- In math,science and language arts students use the adopted text from the Hartcourt Company. In addition teachers supplement with additional instructional materials.
- All classroom instruction is Standards Based and student progress is reported to parents on a Standards Based Report Card.
- Our Wings reading program supports readers who are performing below the school average but not necessarily below the 50th percentile.
- Reading intervention is offered to grades K-4 by a certificated reading specialist.
| Activities and Sports |
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: after school enrichment classes; after school music; noon sports leagues; noon tunes music and academic intervention.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: art, chorus and MOCHA Art and Parent Art Docent Program.
|
|
Parent and Community Support
- Parents and the community play a very important role at Earhart School. Parent volunteers work daily in the classrooms and through our PTA support many special programs at Earhart. PTA supported programs include MOCHA Art, Art Docent, Kindergarten music, classroom fieldtrips and assemblies, classroom wish lists and more.
Other news or notes
- Amelia Earhart School provides a strong academic program with incredible parent and community support to insure student success. Parents volunteer daily in classrooms supporting student learning. Community volunteers participate in the "I can read" program by reading with individual students each day.
| Technology and Facilities |
- This school has 10 students per computer. Numbers used to calculate this ratio were provided by the principal. This ratio may differ from the ratio given elsewhere on this profile where the numbers were provied by the state.
- 95% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established between 1970-1979.
|
|
| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Graduates typically go to: Lincoln Middle.
- Almost all of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
|
|
| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: certificated supervision, crossing guards, safety patrol.
|
|
| Other Features and Highlights |
- Regular classroom hours: 8:20 to 2:50.
- Principal has been at this school for 3 years.
|
|
| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 03/03/2006. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
|
|
| 
