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Effective Schools Team
The Effective Schools Team
is a diverse group made up of parents, teachers, support
staff and one administrator. Teachers Barb Nevins and
Stephanie Davis are this year’s co-presidents. Parent members are
chosen by Parents as Education Partners (PEP), our
volunteer group, while the support staff representative is
chosen by CSEA union members.
The team was started in 1992 after the “Corner School” was
closed and grades 4-6 were moved to what we now know as
Schuylerville Elementary School. The initial goal of the
Effective Schools Team was to bring the two schools together to
work as one. With that goal accomplished, the Team now
focuses on improving the school environment and funding
programs that the district doesn’t normally pay for
through its regular budget.
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Ideas become reality
The Effective Schools Team has presented many different
ideas for making the school an even better place to learn
and work. For example, team members have made suggestions
for refining report cards, improving the cafeteria
environment and changing procedures for student dismissal.
The Team also awards grants for activities that extend and
enrich opportunities and programs for students in
non-traditional ways. Any staff member, parent or
community member is eligible to submit a grant proposal.
Here’s where some of the Effective Schools Team grants
have gone in the past:
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Funding for an academic
pep rally and an accompanying skit that reinforces the
school’s themes of Attitude, Attendance and
Achievement;
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Student of the Week and
Staff Member of the Week supplies, including
certificates and snack prizes;
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Envelopes and other
supplies for the Pony Express, an internal mail system
that promotes writing and literacy skills within the
school;
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A CD recording of the
school song, “On the Right Track,” which is given to
all incoming kindergarteners so they can learn the
lyrics before beginning school in the fall;
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Notepads for staff that
include school philosophies.
The Effective Schools Team
also funds educational ideas that may seem relatively simple or
inexpensive, such as buying a pizza for a classroom;
students cut the pizza into pieces as a way to visualize
fractions as a mathematical concept.
If you would like to learn more about the Effective
Schools Team, please call the main office at 695-3255.
The Effective Schools Team meetings are open to anyone who
wants to share ideas. You can also contact one of the team
members to present ideas on your behalf during a monthly
meeting.
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