GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY In Wayne Township School District BY: Raychel Able

MISSION STATEMENT

CURRICULUM  Curriculum is done by grade level. (teams)  Curriculum is done across the board from school to school  All around school year calendar  Horizons is used for grades 3-8  Learn and Design Resource  PEP- Personalized Education Plan  Social Reconstruction School

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHIC  Numbers: Students: % Hispanic 24% White 18% Black 4% Multiracial 1% Asian Teachers: 40 Assistants/Paraprofessionals: 23 7% of students participate in programs helping with Special Education (WCJS) 44% English as a new language

ACHIEVEMENT PLAN  Test Scores: Very below average (Rating is 2 out of 10) In growth they got an average score ( Rating is a 5 out of 10) Attendance is high Growth has shown improvement  Improvement Plan Increase the amount of test prep Increase the teacher evaluations

TYPES OF CURRICULAR CHOICE OFFERED  Programs for some students: Honors, Advanced Placement Courses, International Baccalaureate Horizons (must qualify through identification process) EXCEL (must qualify through identification process) Cluster Grouping (must qualify through identification process)  Extracurricular Activities Offered: Math Bowl, Science Bowl, Spell Bowl, Girls on the Run, Boys Running all the Time, Student Council and Gator VIPS  Commercially Known Curricular: HOSTS, Everyday Math Every teacher can decide what he/she wants to use in their own classroom.

SCHOOL FINANCES  Per Student Expenditures: $10,703  90% of students participate in free of reduced lunch  Average Salaries: Teachers: $48,840 (40 teachers in Garden City) Administrators: $82,368  Title One School

OPERATING BUDGET

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY  Homes: 5,373 homes for sale 1,233 homes for rent 17,805 recently sold Starting at homes that are foreclosed on to costing $110K  Demographics: Median Household Income: $37,713 Median Age: 39 $7.39% Married, 15.8% Divorced, 8.39% Widowed, 28.6% Single

oWhite non-Hispanic: 71.8% oBlack: 19.2% oAmerican Indian:.2% oAsia: 1.6% oHispanic or Latino: 5.4%

BUSINESSES IN THE AREA  Wood-Mizer Products Inc. Sam’s Club US Water Systems Applied Composites Engineering Anixter Inc. Sensient Flavors LLC Indianapolis Winair Co. Gardening Center

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT  Lakeview Church Partnership Westlake Church Partnership Marathon Oil Co. Partnership Gleaner's Food Bank Partnership G.R.E.A.T. Program Garden Day (spruce up the school grounds) Girl Scout meeting site OASIS Volunteers Many Contributions from neighborhood businesses for school incentive awards School Partnership with Sam's Club YMCA Basketball Ivy Tech Practicum Students HOSTS

SO WHAT?  Low Income leads to unsteady home life  Most jobs around are manual labor so students move around, that is why they are try to keep the curriculum across the board.  Title One leads to more supervision from the government which is more pressure on the teachers and admin  Teachers are concerned with home life along with standards.  Demographics and location make the difference in the school grade.

SOURCES   City-Elementary-School/ City-Elementary-School/  as-more-bs-in-this-years-indiana-school-letter-grade-release/ as-more-bs-in-this-years-indiana-school-letter-grade-release/   Ashley Goodpaster- 4 th grade teacher