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Hopefully, this handbook will provide you with guidance and insight into the educational benefits and policies at Schofield School. Our major goal is to educate your child(ren) to the best of their ability. We are committed to serve in any way, and hope to keep you informed and active in various programs here at Schofield.
Schofield School is organized into Units:
Unit 1: Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2
Unit 2: Grades 3, 4 and 5
Your child will be assigned to a classroom. As Schofield employs the team teaching concept, your child may receive instruction from a variety of certified teachers. These practices will help to enable us to:
- provide learning to meet your child’s learning style
- target instruction to meet your child’s strengths/weaknesses
- create activities that are interesting to your child
- modify instruction to increase success for your child
- use a teacher’s expertise to maximize learning for your child.
The elementary school day runs from 8:45 AM- 3:35 PM. Approximately 330 minutes of direct instruction constitute the instructional day. Schofield focuses a vast majority of the school day on basic education. Of the total number of
minutes per day, 100 minutes are spent on reading, 60 minutes on math, 60 minutes on language/arts, 30 minutes on social studies, and 30 minutes on science. The remainder of the school day/week consists of: physical education, wellness, penmanship, silent sustained reading time, art, music, library, guidance, and computer literacy. Schofield believes that all students can learn and that a variety of instructional strategies are necessary for a child to acquire/apply information learned.
The D.C. Everest District employs specialists to assist the schools in developing the total child. Certified personnel provide music, art, guidance, physical education, and library instruction. Your child will receive two 30-minute periods per week of music and physical education
experiences. A child receives 45 minutes of art instruction once per week. All students will visit the IMC (Instructional Materials Center) weekly and receive specific instruction on its use and the materials available. Students will be allowed to check out print and nonprint materials that are available. A guidance counselor is available four mornings per week for individual, group, and classroom counseling.
Special programs throughout the year will focus on drug/alcohol education, character education, life education, environmental issues, and the importance of education. In addition, the school tries to incorporate a variety of stimulating activities that create
excitement such as: National Library Week, Talent Show, Track and Field Days, Spelling Bee, and selective fine arts and learning assemblies. Again, we want to enrich your child’s education as well as provide the basic learnings to prepare him/her for the future.
During the course of the year, a number of events will be publicized that will invite you to school to visit and observe. We hope you will be able to find the time to see our facilities and staff members in action. The staff is well rounded, with various experiences and expertise that will be of great value to your child.
The teaching staff is very child centered and works diligently to provide the positive atmosphere that is needed to stimulate and generate student success. We are here to serve and provide for your child. |
