Academic Initiatives:

· Balanced Literacy

· Guided Reading

· Writer’s Workshop

· Power Writing

· Differentiated Math Instruction

· Integrated Units of Study

· Read 180

· Thinking Maps

· Specials– Art,  Music, Violin,

      Physical Education and Dance

Academic Assessments:

· Developmental Reading Assessment

· Scholastic Reading Inventory

· Georgia Kindergarten Assessment Program

· Criterion Referenced Competency Test

· Iowa Basic Skills Test

· Guided Reading Running Records

· Georgia Writing Rubric

Enrichment Activities:

· Chorus/Honors Chorus

· Honors Art Program 

· Honors Violin

· Honors Xylophone

· Suzuki Violin Instruction

· After School Enrichment Programs-YAMS (Youth in Arts and Movement)

· Artists in residence programs

· Step Teams

· Student Special Interest Groups

· Student Council