Mission: Honoring All Learners Through Educational Excellence
School Website
2008 Bond Projects
History
School Focus
Achieving Academic Success
What Makes Erie Unique
Before/After School Activities
Feeder Pattern
Erie Elementary School
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Grades: Pre Kindergarten - 5th |
Ellen Sauer, Principal |
School Website
Erie Elementary School maintains a separate school web site [http://ees.stvrain.k12.co.us]. The school's web site makes it easier to communicate news and information to parents. Please visit the web site for more detailed information and events concerning Erie Elementary School.
In addition to the separate school web site, an overview of Erie Elementary School is provided [below]. A similar summary is provided for each school within the District to make it easier to find the same information for each of the District's schools.
2008 Bond Projects
Thanks to the community, the passage of the 2008 Bond will provide funds for building repairs and infrastructure upgrades.
History
The town of Erie was founded, settled, and incorporated several years before Colorado became a state and was once home to coal mines, railroads, and agriculture. Situated near the center of town is Erie Elementary School, home of the “Tiggers.”
School Focus
At Erie Elementary, a strong sense of commitment and enthusiasm prevails among the staff as they strive to work together with parents, the community, and each other to help each child be successful both academically and socially. Specifically, the school’s goals are centered around reading, writing and mathematics.
To meet these goals, instructional decisions are based on the continual gathering of data throughout the year. A professional learning community exists within the building that allows staff members to meet weekly to examine lessons and resulting student work and assessment data. The result is classroom instruction that is engaging, thoughtful, and changes to meet the varying needs of the children.
Achieving Academic Success
Achieving academic success for all students involves a wide variety of instructional tools, strategies, and programs that include:
- Trained parent volunteers that work with students on both enrichment and mediation in small group settings.
- Literacy lab that provides small group instruction daily for those students in kindergarten through grade 3 who are below grade level.
- Buddy mentoring. Students in the intermediate grades periodically meet with primary students to mentor and tutor.
- After school tutoring and clubs, sponsored by certificated teachers, provide a variety of enrichment and remedial opportunities in each of the content areas.
What Makes Erie Unique
Small town community feeling. The school is the center of the community.
A Parent Teacher Community Organization (PTCO) that seeks and implements resources in order to assist and improve the areas of communication, academic excellence, and school unity for the benefit of every child at Erie Elementary.
A preschool and an all day every other day kindergarten program.
Before/After School Activities
Outside the school day the school is bustling with activity. Enrichment programs are offered that include Science Club, MESA (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement), Odyssey of the Mind, Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, Math Wizards Club, Math Olympiad, Reading Club, Honor Choir, and Bell Choir.
Tigger Time: a before (7:00-9:00 a.m.) and after (3:30-6:00 p.m.) school day care program is in place and provides a variety of creative activities and social interactions for students. Tigger Time also provides “no school” day care (other than holidays).
Feeder Pattern
Students leaving Erie Elementary School will attend Erie Middle School and then move on to Erie High School.
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