GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY

In Wayne Township School District

BY: Raychel Able

MISSION STATEMENT

Garden City School, a partnership of staff, families,

and community, provides a safe and caring

environment for our students. We strive to maximize

individual student potential through standards-based

instruction. Our staff models the importance of

lifelong learning through on-going research based

professional development.

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

http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/curriculum/lesson_design.htm

PEP- Personalized Education Plan

Social Reconstruction School

S C H O O L D E M O G R A P H I C

Numbers:• Students: 944

• 54% 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

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html

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

http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/district/

http://www.greatschools.org/indiana/indianapolis/1

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http://indianapublicmedia.org/stateimpact/2012/10/

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http:// www.wayne.k12.in.us/gce/

Ashley Goodpaster- 4th grade teacher