Parma Elementary
Reports

Annual Report 2006
 

Accreditation

     Parma Elementary, accredited by the North Central Association since 1991, met the criteria to continue accreditation for the 2005-2006 school year.  Accreditation signifies that Parma recognizes the needs of its students and has specific goals to improve student learning.

Expanded Curriculum

            * Overnight camp experience for fifth graders

            * Field day for 1st - 5th graders

            * Daily library access to over 8,700 volumes

            * Parent-Child Learning Packets for Young Fives

            * School-to-Work Employability Skills

            * Pioneer Living Day - 3rd graders

            * Reading Buddies and Reading Month activities

            * Asset Building

            * Hands-on presentation  -  Binder Park

            * Experientia  -  Exchange City

            * Parma Today announcements

            * C.P. Federal Credit Union (banking)

            * Parent Literacy Program

            * Michigan Week Activities

           * Spring Arbor University tutors

           * Underground Railroad experience for 5th graders

           * Fourth grade Mackinaw Field Trip

           * Family Math Night

           * Impressions 5 Museum  -  1^st  grade

Student Support Services

     Social Work/Counseling - Certified personnel use individual/family counseling while employing preventive and intervention strategies.

     Student Assistance Program - Available for students and families when problems cannot be solved within the school environment

     Title I Reading & math support provided by a full time certified teacher.

     A Reading Recovery teacher supports reading instruction for first grade students who qualify.

     Special Education Resource and Categorical Rooms - Full time teachers instruct those students who qualify.

     Jackson County Intermediate School District - Speech and language specialist, school psychologist, school social worker, teacher consultant, physical therapist, and occupational therapist are available for students who qualify.

Student Activities

District-wide - National Geography Bee, Interest Fair, Spelling Bee, 4th and 5th grade boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ wrestling, elementary drama for 4th and 5th grades, and Community Education youth enrichment classes

Special Interests - Mileage Club, Student Council, Service Learning Project, Safeties, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Drama, and Multi-media and Video Clubs, Destination Imagination, and Girl Quest.

     Student Store - Operated by fifth grade students who are responsible for advertising, sales, accounting, inventory, and ordering; the proceeds used for fifth grade camp.

 Parent and Community Support

Parma’s PTA and school volunteers devote many hours to enriching the educational programs for Parma students.  Their fund raising projects provide the necessary finances for special programs, assemblies, author visits, Binder Park Zoo presentations, roller skating, Reading Month prizes, materials, and equipment.  Their volunteer services give additional small group help in and out of the classroom.

Special events such as Santa’s Secret Shop, Fall Family Fun Fests, Carnival, and 2 for 1 Book Sales provide opportunities for quality family time.  The welcoming and open atmosphere of our PTA leadership encourages the participation of many parents and teachers.

     Parma’s average attendance at Parent-teacher conferences is 98%.

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