Elementary School Choices by Thomas Pack

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Welcome to JCPS................................................................................2 How to Register...................................................................................2 How to Apply.......................................................................................3 Overview of Specialized Schools and Programs................................4 Elementary Magnet Schools and Programs........................................5 Magnet Schools at a Glance.............................................................10 Elementary School Clusters • Cluster 1............................................................................................. 12 Layne, Medora, Stonestreet, Trunnell, and Watson Lane

• Cluster 2............................................................................................. 14 Dixie, Eisenhower, Foster Traditional, Greenwood, Johnsontown Road, Kennedy Montessori, Sanders, and Wilkerson Traditional

• Cluster 3............................................................................................. 16

Cane Run, Crums Lane, Gutermuth, Kerrick, Mill Creek, Shacklette, and Wellington

• Cluster 4............................................................................................. 18 Auburndale, Frayser, Jacob, Kenwood, McFerran, Minors Lane, and Semple

• Cluster 5............................................................................................. 20 Blake, Blue Lick, Coral Ridge, Fairdale, Hazelwood, and Rutherford

• Cluster 6............................................................................................. 22 Camp Taylor, Cochran, Gilmore Lane, Indian Trail, and Slaughter

• Cluster 7............................................................................................. 24 Hartstern, Laukhuf, Luhr, Okolona, Rangeland, Smyrna Traditional, and Wilt

• Cluster 8............................................................................................. 26 Bates, Farmer, Fern Creek, Jeffersontown, Watterson, and Wheeler

• Cluster 9............................................................................................. 28 Cochrane, Hite, Klondike Lane, Price, and Tully

• Cluster 10........................................................................................... 30 Bowen, Chancey, Goldsmith, Middletown, Norton, and Stopher

• Cluster 11........................................................................................... 32

Byck, Coleridge-Taylor Montessori, Dunn, Lowe, Roosevelt-Perry, Wilder, and Zachary Taylor

• Cluster 12........................................................................................... 34

Atkinson, Breckinridge-Franklin, Chenoweth, Field, King, Portland, and Shelby Traditional

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Should You Register Before You Apply to Schools and Programs?....2

• Cluster 13........................................................................................... 36 Bloom, Engelhard, Hawthorne, Maupin, St. Matthews, and Wheatley

Exceptional Child Education.............................................................38 JCPS Phone Numbers.......................................................................39 Quick Reference Guide.....................................................................40

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Welcome to JCPS Elementary schools in the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) District focus on the basics—reading, writing, math, science, and social studies—but they also get students interested in the arts, physical fitness, world languages, research, and technology. JCPS boosts success in all subjects by letting parents apply to the school or program that best meets their child’s needs and matches his or her learning style. For example, the district offers a choice of elementary magnet schools and programs that are unrivaled by other school districts. From technology to the visual and performing arts to sports and physical fitness, JCPS elementary students can explore their favorite subject while they build solid skills in core subjects. At JCPS, you also get highly experienced teachers, new education technology, family-support services, and inviting campuses. Visit our schools, and you’ll see for yourself how well the district helps students reach their full potential.

Should You Register Before You Apply to Schools and Programs? All students in kindergarten through grade twelve who have not previously attended a JCPS school need to register online with the district.

Why do Louisville parents choose JCPS elementary schools? • Instruction that meets individual student needs • Before- and after-school childcare • Early Childhood Programs • Solid preparation for middle school work • Magnet programs supported by local companies and community organizations • Award-winning, highly experienced, fully certified teachers—including many with National Board Certification

After registration, students who are entering kindergarten may apply online to schools in the elementary cluster that serves their home address as well as magnet schools, magnet programs, and Hawthorne Elementary’s Optional Program. To find out which cluster serves your address, call the JCPS Demographics Office at (502) 485-3050 or use the online SchoolFinder at http://apps .jefferson.kyschools.us/demographics/schoolfinder.aspx. Applications also are accepted online from older JCPS elementary students who have moved or who want to apply to a magnet school, magnet program, or Hawthorne’s Optional Program. These students do not need to complete the online registration process first.

How to Register Students who are new to the district need to complete their initial registration on the JCPS Web site (www.jcpsky.net) from any computer with Internet access. Computers are available at JCPS Registration Sites, which are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lam Building (4309 Bishop Lane) and the English as a Second Language (ESL) Office (1325 Bluegrass Avenue). Additional registration opportunities, including a schedule of stops for the bus that serves as the JCPS Mobile Student Registration Site, will be announced on the district Web site when they are available. (If you don’t have Internet access, call [502] 485-3323 for the latest information.)

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Overview of the registration process: • Go to www.jcpsky.net, and click the green Register & Apply button in the upper-left corner on the homepage. • The online system will walk you through the registration process. At one point, it will ask for information on the parent/guardian who is completing the registration. After you click Save Registration, you’ll see a confirmation number. Write it down because you’ll be able to use it later to verify your identity. • After you’ve completed all of the questions, you may print a copy of the record you’ve created. • You then will need to take proof of address to a JCPS school or registration site, or you may scan your proof of address and e-mail it to AddressVerification@Jefferson.kyschools.us. The proof of address may be a gas/electric or water bill issued within the last three months, a lease, a house contract, a paycheck or paycheck stub, or a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or other government benefits letter that has your name and address on it. Students whose parents are moving into Jefferson County from another county or another state must provide proof of residence in Jefferson County before registering. For more information on the registration process, call the Parent Assistance Center at (502) 485-6250 or send an e-mail to AskStudentAssignment@jefferson .kyschools.us. Note: You may register your child for school regardless of immigration status and/or a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence.

How to Apply Mon., Nov. 18, 2013, through Fri., Jan. 10, 2014, is the online application period for JCPS elementary schools for the 2014-15 school year. The following students should apply during this period: • Students who are entering kindergarten • Elementary students who have moved • Elementary students who want to apply to a magnet school, a magnet program, or Hawthorne Elementary’s Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Optional Program (See page 36 for information on Hawthorne’s program.) The online application form and instructions will be available on the district’s Web site (www.jcpsky.net) and at registration sites that will be located throughout the district during the application period. See page 40 for an overview of the application process. (If you don’t have Internet access, call [502] 485-3323 for information on how to apply.) After you submit your online application, some schools will ask for additional information, such as a student work sample or test score, a copy of a report card or progress report, and a checklist completed by a teacher or child-care provider. If a school asks you for additional information, please reply promptly and send the information directly to the school.

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Please note: • Submitting an application doesn’t guarantee placement in a school or program. • Waiting lists are not kept from year to year. • Submitting more than one application will void the previous application. • Submitting false information will void an application. • The online application lets you select a first and a second choice when you apply to an optional program, magnet program, or magnet school. Please note that the traditional magnet schools and the Brown School use a random-draw list if openings for new students are limited. Students will be included on the randomdraw list only if they select these schools as their first choice. If openings are not limited, students who selected the schools as a second choice also will be considered for available openings. • Students will be assigned to a school for the next school year before the end of the current school year. • Students who are new to the district may apply to schools and programs, but choices may be limited outside the application period. • Students who are not residents of Jefferson County will not be considered for placement in a school or program until all Jefferson County applicants have been considered. • For more information, contact the JCPS Optional and Magnet Programs Office at (502) 485-3323, the Student Assignment Office at (502) 485-3802, or the Parent Assistance Center at (502) 485-6250.

Early Childhood Programs JCPS serves children 4 years old and younger through a range of programs designed to make the most of each child’s natural desire to learn. Staff members in these programs respect you as your child’s first and most important teacher, and instructors build on your efforts. Early Childhood classrooms are safe and inviting. Children are eager to come to school and to join fun, educational activities that develop awareness and abilities. For more information about tuition-based Early Childhood Programs and the income-eligibility guidelines for free services, contact the JCPS Early Childhood Office at (502) 485-3919.

Overview of Specialized Schools and Programs Magnet programs focus on a specific subject or provide a specialized learning environment. Students who are accepted into a magnet program become a full-time student of the school that offers it and attend the school for all classes, not just the magnet program classes. Some magnet programs accept applications from students throughout the district. Some accept applications only from students who live in specific areas. JCPS provides transportation for most students who are accepted into a magnet program. Magnet schools offer unique, schoolwide curricula. Many magnet schools accept applications from students throughout the district, and JCPS provides transportation for most students who are accepted (except at the Brown School). Hawthorne Elementary (page 36) offers the Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program, which is the only JCPS elementary school optional program. Students who live outside Hawthorne’s cluster (Cluster 13) may apply and be accepted into the program, but because it is an optional program, JCPS does not provide transportation for these students. Note: Sometimes you may hear a JCPS staff member use the term resides school. This is the school that serves the student’s attendance area (the area in which the student resides).

JCPS magnet schools and programs focus on a specific subject (such as technology) or provide a specialized learning environment (such as a Montessori school). Students throughout the district may apply to many of the following schools and programs, but some serve students from specific elementary clusters. JCPS provides transportation for most students who are accepted into a magnet school or program (except at the Brown School). See page 3 for information on the application process.

Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Program • Atkinson (page 34)—Districtwide magnet program Expert and dynamic teachers, the most innovative and current educational practices, and access to the resources of a major metropolitan university—these are a few of the benefits waiting for your child at Atkinson. Additional teachers in the Primary grades enable the school to provide small classes and reading instruction tailored to your child. Collaboration with the University of Louisville (UofL) builds on the expectation that all students will go to college. The Atkinson-UofL team evaluates the most current teaching methods and applies techniques proven to help your child excel in reading, writing, math, and science.

Communications Program • Breckinridge-Franklin (page 34)—Magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13 Communications is a schoolwide program at Breckinridge-Franklin, and students have many opportunities to apply their communication skills to real-life situations. For example, the school newspaper and daily television broadcast are entirely written and produced by students. During the school’s Power Hour, students learn leadership as they practice all types of communication, including theatre, interpersonal communication, public speaking, editing, photography, and videography.

SPOTLIGHT Cane Run named national Green Ribbon School Cane Run Elementary was 1 of only 64 schools throughout the United States that was awarded a 2013 Green Ribbon by the U.S. Department of Education. The ribbon recognizes schools that focus on environmental literacy in their curricula, promote better health, and make exemplary efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs. Cane Run Principal Gwendolyn Goffner says the school is “dedicated to providing a rich, progressive, and interactive curriculum with an outdoor classroom site and environmental programs that allow students to develop appreciation for and stewardship of the environment.” The national Green Ribbon, Goffner adds, “is significant because it recognizes the hard work and commitment Cane Run Elementary School has to growing a more sustainable green school community.”

Environmental Studies Program • Cane Run (page 16)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6 • Portland (page 35)—Magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13 The Environmental Studies curriculum is brought to life by outdoor investigations. They culminate in field studies at each grade level that activate students’ imaginations and deepen their understanding of the world. The environmental curriculum also helps students master basic academic skills and reinforces lessons in other elementary subjects, including math and science.

Gifted and Talented Program • King (page 35)—Districtwide magnet program Open to outstanding first- through fifth-grade students, the Gifted and Talented Program helps students learn according to their own interests and teaches them to set and reach individual goals. The program recognizes multiple learning styles as well as multiple forms of intelligence. Rigorous academic expectations

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and opportunities in the arts are hallmarks of King’s program. The gifted-and-talented resource teacher provides critical-thinking lessons, and enrichment activities help students investigate advanced topics in math, science, social studies, and literacy.

Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning Program • Wellington (page 17)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6 • Rangeland (page 25)—Magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13 This program offers a holistic approach to learning through rigorous academic enrichment, health education, team building, and character development, along with physical fitness. Students develop lifelong healthy living habits while they enhance their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The Humana Foundation and other community partners support students, their families, and the community by providing classroom enrichment and after-school programs.

Institute for Creativity and Innovation Program • Maupin (page 37)—Districtwide magnet program This program provides a small-class environment in which each student receives the individual attention necessary to improve academic performance. Achievement also is enhanced through the development of strong study skills, character, and good work habits. Collaboration with Spalding University offers Maupin’s teachers, students, parents, and community partners an opportunity to work with the university’s faculty, staff, and students. This Maupin-Spalding team creates a model school setting for the most effective new educational practices.

world history, current events, and world cultures prepare students for their leadership roles in tomorrow’s international community.

International Baccalaureate School • Young (3526 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, 485-8354)—Districtwide magnet school At Young Elementary, an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, “Young” minds are developed to become thinkers and inquirers through the comprehensive, globally recognized IB Primary Years Programme (PYP). Young became the first IB elementary school in Kentucky in 2010. The schoolwide PYP Program is designed with the whole child in mind. It prepares twenty-first-century learners with the skills needed in an interconnected world by offering hands-on, relevant experiences. French instruction is provided in kindergarten through grade five. The school also offers a range of student activities, including Zoo Crew, Student Council, Safety Patrol, Newsletter Club, basketball, soccer, volleyball, track, and cheerleading.

Leadership Academy Program • Mill Creek (page 17)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 5 This program incorporates leadership principles and Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People across the curriculum by involving students in service-learning projects, cooperative groups, and school-to-college-to-career initiatives. Dedicated adults mentor students and help them develop skills in such areas as decision making and critical thinking. Students also learn teamwork, ethical behavior, and empathy. Unique experiences contribute to the development of innovative, passionate citizen leaders.

Mathematics/Science/Technology Program International/Cultural Studies and Language Program • Fairdale (page 21)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 7 • Goldsmith (page 30)—Magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13 This program challenges students with a world-class, rigorous curriculum. The multilanguage environment, service-learning projects, and opportunities to connect with other students worldwide take students on a journey to every continent. Students also participate in various field trips and exchanges with cultural organizations throughout the community. Explorations of

• Wheatley (page 37)—Districtwide magnet program Designed to strengthen both academic skills and problem-solving abilities, this program provides hands-on math and science learning activities in a laboratory setting. It also enhances students’ appreciation for cultural arts. The humanities component of the program engages students’ imaginations and offers them opportunities to study music, art, dance, and drama.

• Brandeis (2817 West Kentucky Street, 485-8214)—Districtwide magnet school At Brandeis, math, science, and technology are taught through hands-on, exploratory, and interactive classrooms and labs. Students take charge of their learning by becoming problem solvers and critical thinkers. Brandeis offers the Primary Talent Pool and a range of extracurricular activities, including chess, fencing, and basketball. Brandeis also provides Chinese language instruction and has an award-winning Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP). The school recently developed new student enrichment programs, including robotics and engineering in collaboration with UofL.

MicroSociety Program • Indian Trail (page 23)—Magnet program for Clusters 6 and 7 Creating a microcosm of the world, Indian Trail students participate in the MicroSociety Program for 35 minutes each school day. Student entrepreneurs produce goods and services, and elected officials establish laws. Judges arbitrate disputes, and reporters track down stories. MicroSociety students not only learn but also practice the twenty-first-century skills that are essential to their future success—communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, initiative, and innovation.

Montessori Program • Kennedy Montessori (page 15)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 8 • Coleridge-Taylor Montessori (page 32)—Magnet program for Clusters 9 through 13 The Montessori method of education encourages students to engage in critical thinking and self-directed learning. The curriculum provides a firm foundation in such core areas as language arts, math, science, geography, and social studies. Students of all ages work together in groups, which allows older students to act as role models and leaders for the younger students. A noncompetitive atmosphere helps all students develop teamwork and problem-solving skills as well as self-confidence, self-esteem, and social awareness.

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SPOTLIGHT JCPS students perform at state music conference The LPAS Orff Ensemble was the only elementary group selected to perform at the 2013 Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) In-Service Conference at the Kentucky International Convention Center. KMEA has a highly selective screening process. Only 25 groups were selected from public schools, colleges, and community organizations throughout the state. Besides the Lincoln ensemble, three other JCPS groups were selected: the Eastern High Symphonic Band, the Ballard High Concert Choir, and the Brown School Jazz Combo.

• Lincoln (930 East Main Street, 485-8291)—Districtwide magnet school As Kentucky’s only public elementary performing arts magnet school, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts School (LPAS) offers students a range of arts instruction, including Orff Instrumental, Vocal, Piano, Dance (ballet, modern, tap, and creative movement), and Drama (improvisation, mimicry, pantomime, role-playing, and storytelling). Primary Program students receive instruction in all five areas. Fourth- and fifth-grade students choose two areas of focus for the school year. LPAS also emphasizes a strong academic program in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. The school’s performing arts curriculum complements the instruction in basic subjects while offering a thorough exploration of the performing arts through an integrated, multisensory approach to learning.

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The facilities at LPAS are unique, attractive, state-of-the-art spaces that provide the best artistic learning environment possible. In January 2012, LPAS unveiled it 40,000-square-foot performing arts wing. This space includes a 200-seat black box theater, two dance studios, a drama room, a piano lab, vocal and instrumental rooms, and a broadcasting area. Community partnerships with leading arts groups provide experiences and instruction that JCPS students cannot get anywhere else. Professional teachers from the Louisville Ballet, Stage One Family Theatre, and Presto Strings! provide after-school instruction. For more information about the Lincoln admissions policy and application process, visit http://lincoln.jefferson.kyschools.us. For more information on the JCPS online application process, see page 3.

Preparatory Academy Program • McFerran (page 19)—Magnet program for Clusters 4 through 7 McFerran Preparatory Academy sets high goals for its students. The staff helps students reach the goals by providing a structured, orderly learning environment. McFerran students wear uniforms and can earn badges for academic achievement, leadership, good behavior, and completion of special projects.

Self-Directed Learning School • Brown (546 South First Street, 485-8216)—Districtwide magnet school Serving more than 725 elementary, middle, and high school students in the same building, the Brown School’s mission is to recognize, respect, and foster the unique potential of each student in an informal environment that reflects the diversity of our community. This mission lends itself to true student-led exploration. It is a school community where innovation and creativity are encouraged and highly regarded. Applicants should be able to function in a less-structured learning environment and possess age-appropriate social skills to be successful at the school. To apply to the Brown School, you need to complete the JCPS online application (see page 3), and parents and students applying to kindergarten must tour the school. For all other grades, parents and students must attend an open house or a scheduled building tour. After you submit your application, the Brown staff will contact you and ask for additional information, including a recommendation from a teacher or a child-care provider. Applicants for grades one through five will also need to supply a copy of their current year’s academic and attendance record. Brown considers geographic diversity in selecting students. Most students enter the school in kindergarten; therefore, openings may be very limited at other grade levels. The JCPS online application lets you select a first and a second choice when you apply to a magnet program or school, but note that the Brown School uses a random-draw list if openings for new students are limited. Students will be included on the random-draw list only if they select the Brown school as their first choice. If openings are not limited, students who selected Brown as a second choice also will be considered for available openings.

Success for All Accelerated Reading Program • Jacob (page 18)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 5 Designed for prekindergarten through fifth-grade students, this program provides a fast-paced approach to literacy designed to ensure that all students read at or above grade level by the third grade. Each quarter, all students are given an individual assessment and then placed in a reading group tailored to meet the needs of their specific reading levels, regardless of age. The school’s flexible, cross-grade grouping gives students the opportunity to work with higher-level materials.

Talent Development Program • Byck (page 32)—Districtwide magnet program The Talent Development Magnet curriculum is based on principles of active learning, multiple intelligences, arts in education, integrated themes, problem solving, and student choice. Through a combination of opportunities in the arts and rigorous academic expectations, students receive a well-rounded education. Byck provides all Advance Program students in grades four and five with talent-development services and differentiated instruction.

Technology Program • Roosevelt-Perry (page 33)—Districtwide magnet program Roosevelt-Perry is a school where students build robots from scratch, join class discussions through tablet computers, and get ready for leadership roles in our high-tech world. The students learn not only engineering, science, and math but also how the subjects build on each other. For example, the engineering curriculum expands the science curriculum to a higher level. Students collaborate with other students both locally and internationally through podcasts, Webinars, wikis, and blogs. Roosevelt-Perry’s program helps prepare students to apply to middle school math, science, and technology magnet programs.

Traditional Education Traditional education provides a back-to-basics learning environment characterized by: • A focus on core subjects and grade-level coursework. • Highly structured, orderly classrooms that require nightly homework and strict adherence to school rules (including dress codes). • A mission centered on time-tested instructional approaches that help students build basic knowledge and gain high competence in fundamental skills. At the following traditional magnet elementary schools, students are assigned based on their home address: • Audubon Traditional (1051 Hess Lane)—485-8205 • Carter Traditional (3600 Bohne Avenue)—485-8225 • Greathouse/Shryock Traditional (2700 Browns Lane)—485-8259 • Schaffner Traditional (2701 Crums Lane)—485-8217 The Traditional Magnet Program is available at Foster Traditional Academy (page 14) and Shelby Traditional Academy (page 35). Both schools accept applications from students throughout the district. All six schools are part of the traditional education feeder pattern to Barret Traditional, Jefferson County Traditional, and Johnson Traditional Middle Schools. Wilkerson Traditional Elementary (page 15) and Smyrna Traditional Elementary (page 25) offer traditional education, but they are not part of the feeder pattern to the traditional middle schools. Parents of siblings who share the same birth date (twins, triplets, etc.) who are applying to a traditional elementary magnet school or program must submit a separate application for each child, but these applications will be treated as one application. See page 3 for details on the application process. Traditional schools do not give priority to siblings of students previously enrolled. Because most students enter a traditional school or program in kindergarten, openings may be limited in other grades. The JCPS online application lets you select a first and a second choice when you apply to a magnet program or school, but note that the traditional magnet schools use a random-draw list if openings for new students are limited. Students will be included on the random-draw list only if they select

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Parents of siblings who share the same birth date (twins, triplets, etc.) must submit a separate application for each child, but these applications will be treated as one application. Brown does not give admission preference to siblings of current students. Transportation is not provided for Brown School students.

Transportation is provided for most students accepted into a traditional magnet school or program. If you have questions, contact the school to which you are applying or call the Optional and Magnet Programs Office at 485-3323.

Magnet Schools at a Glance The following table provides information only on districtwide magnet schools. Information on other schools is available in the Elementary School Clusters section (the next section) of this guidebook.

Visual and Performing Arts Program

Students enjoy innovative and challenging visual arts opportunities while they learn basic subjects because the Visual Arts Program is integrated with math, science, social studies, reading, and writing. An enhanced learning environment includes community and global connections that help students master advanced techniques in drawing, painting, sculpting, and pottery. Local, renowned artists partner with Rutherford and Price to offer your child unique educational experiences.

• Byck (page 32)—Districtwide magnet program Byck’s Waldorf-Inspired Program offers an artsinfused curriculum that includes poetry, painting, rhythm, dance, song, handwork, storytelling, and drama to educate the whole child—“the heart and hands as well as the head.” This program allows students to build community within the classroom setting. In addition, Waldorf-inspired classrooms place an emphasis on nature and gardening as part of the kindergarten through grade-three curriculum. The Waldorf-Inspired Program is led by Waldorf-trained kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers.

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• Price (page 29)—Magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13

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• Rutherford (page 21)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6

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English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

This program is available for students in grades one through five who audition and exhibit interest and potential in one of the school’s Talent Pool areas: Creative Drama, African Dance/Ballet/Jazz, Gymnastics, Piano/ Keyboard, Visual Arts, Drawing and Painting, Martial Arts, Show Choir, Spirit of the Drum, or Fencing. Through a combination of opportunities in the arts and rigorous academic expectations, King students receive a well-balanced education.

Early Childhood Program*

• King (page 35)—Districtwide magnet program

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traditional schools as their first choice. If openings are not limited, students who selected the schools as a second choice also will be considered for available openings.

Traditional

International Baccalaureate

*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

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Elementary School Clusters Most JCPS elementary schools are part of 1 of 13 clusters. You may apply online to any school in the cluster that serves your address as well as elementary magnet schools and programs. To find out which cluster serves your address, call the JCPS Demographics Office at (502) 485-3050 or use the online SchoolFinder at http://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/demographics/schoolfinder.aspx. See page 3 for information on the online application process. See page 5 for information on magnet schools and programs. Please note: JCPS strives to make the information in this guidebook as complete and accurate as possible, but talk to a school representative to make sure you have the most up-to-date information.

Individual cluster maps are available on the following pages.

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Cluster 1

■ Layne

9831 East Avenue • 485-8290 Slogan: Layne Leaders can and will ACHIEVE!

Highlights: • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) • Maintains extensive technology integration with a computer lab staffed by a full-time technology teacher, a SMART Board and three student computers in every classroom, and technology-based programs • Offers a Gold-Level Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) • Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council • Offers band and orchestra • Provides a range of after-school activities, including volleyball, track, basketball, cheerleading, chess, and Academic Team

■ Medora 11801 Deering Road • 485-8298

Highlights: • Recognized as an HPSE • Offers many athletic activities, including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, cross-country, Turkey Trot, and Jump Rope For Heart • Offers chess, guitar club, and STLP

■ Stonestreet

10007 Stonestreet Road • 485-8333 Slogan: Stonestreet Superstars—success for tomorrow begins today.

Highlights: • Provides English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction • Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, STLP, Peace Education, and Cooperative Games Leaders • Other student activities include Academic Team, Drama Club, chorus, cross-country, and basketball. • Recognized as an HPSE

7609 St. Andrews Church Road • 485-8337 Slogan: Reach, Teach, Succeed ... Expect Excellence

Highlights: • Offers educational experiences through district initiatives, including Math Investigations 2, Science Modules, and comprehensive literacy instruction • Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, Community Scholars, and STLP • Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, basketball, volleyball, flag football, karate, and chess • Provides Spanish classes • Offers family events, including literacy and math nights • Maintains a fully equipped computer lab. Technology is an essential part of classroom instruction. • Provides ESL instruction

■ Watson Lane

7201 Watson Lane • 485-8341 Slogan: Every child a success in a warm and caring environment

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• Offers a range of student teams and clubs, including art, clogging, dance, gardening, Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, flag football, track, and volleyball • Recognized as an HPSE • Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, Safety Patrol, STLP, and community-service projects • Maintains two fully equipped computer labs and SMART Boards in every classroom • Offers family events, including literacy and math nights, Talent Show, and festivals

SPOTLIGHT Stonestreet students participate in unique science fair What began as an Earth Day unit about the environment evolved into an Environmental Science Fair at Stonestreet Elementary. Students from all grade levels toured a display of 80 fourth-grade student projects, which promoted magnetic-powered public transportation, new uses for recyclable items, a solar-powered oven, and strategies for making great compost. One student displayed various toys—a soccer ball, a ball and cup game, and a musical instrument—that could be crafted from recyclable household items. Another student conducted a water quality test and found that Louisville tap water had fewer contaminants than a popular brand of bottled water. The fourth graders got to select their own project topics. Then they had to research them, create displays, and polish short speeches to explain their ideas.

Magnet Program*

*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

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■ Trunnell

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Cluster 2 ■ Dixie 10201 Casalanda Drive • 485-8238 Slogan: Dixie Dragons are the Heart and Future of the Community.

Cluster 2

Highlights: • Provides innovative and engaging studentcentered instruction in the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS) to ensure that each student reaches his or her potential • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) • Provides daily acceleration and remediation through SuccessMaker Reading and Math, Study Island, Accelerated Reader, Extended School Services (ESS), and Brain Pop. • Uses integrated technology throughout the school; provides a computer lab, classroom workstations, SMART Boards, document cameras, laptops, electronic readers, and iPads • Offers the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, archery, volleyball, biweekly school-based clubs, weekly Math Stars, Student of the Week, and monthly recognition for academic and attendance success • Receives support from a highly active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and a Family Resource Center (FRC) that hosts family events and student activities and that publishes a weekly parent newsletter

■ Eisenhower 5300 Jessamine Lane • 485-8244 Slogan: Education for One and All

Highlights: • Offers the Primary Talent Pool • Uses integrated technology throughout the school, including two labs, classroom workstations, SMART Boards, document cameras, laptops, electronic readers, iPads, and Wii systems in physical education (PE) • Offers an extensive menu of student activities, including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, archery, Academic Team, Girl Power (a sports/fitness program), cross-country, band, orchestra, Student Council, and Safety Patrol • Provides a range of enrichment programs, including technology, health, library media, arts and humanities, and French • Provides acceleration and remediation through SuccessMaker Reading and Math, Study Island, Accelerated Reader, Reading Recovery, and Corrective Reading Programs

■ Foster Traditional Academy

1401 South 41st Street • 485-8253 Slogan: Together we make a difference for all students.

Highlights: • Offers the Traditional Magnet Program (Foster is a feeder school to a traditional middle school. See the information on traditional education on page 9.) • Uses a new uniform policy that includes vests and ties for all students • Offers several academic and extracurricular activities, including STLP, drama club, basketball, track, cheerleading, All About Animals, board games, We Succeed (an after-school math and reading program), band, choir, and ESS • Each student attends five different special area classes (PE, art, music, library, and computer lab) each week. • Provides SMART Board technology in every classroom; offers a mobile iPad lab • Maintains beautiful 40-acre campus facilities

■ Greenwood 5801 Greenwood Road • 485-8260 Slogan: Effort creates ability.

Highlights: • Recognized as an HPSE • Uses SMART Board technology • Offers academic clubs, including clubs focused on drama, art, and technology • Provides programs that involve the whole family • Receives support from a highly active PTA • Offers academic and athletic activities, including soccer, basketball, cross-country, volleyball, cheerleading, and Academic Team

■ Johnsontown Road 7201 Johnsontown Road • 485-8278 Slogan: Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders

Highlights: • Offers a scholastic program for the Primary Talent Pool and advanced learners as well as interventions and supports for all levels of ability

Childcare Enrichment Program*

• Receives support from a highly active PTA that hosts family events and student activities • Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, soccer, volleyball, basketball, crosscountry, cheerleading, drama, and yearbook • Provides specialized instrumental programs, including band, orchestra, and the Weisberg Suzuki Violin Program • Provides proficient teaching and student-centered learning with SMART Boards, tablet computers, iPad stations, projectors, scanners, document cameras, and an IBM computer lab • Offers student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, Safety Patrol, Peer Mediation, and STLP • Offers family support services, including the STAR FRC and the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program

Uniforms

Highlights:

CARE for Kids Program

8408 Terry Road • 485-8322 Slogan: Where Children Come First

Family Resource Center

■ Sanders

• Recognizes the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, responsibility, caring, respect, fairness, and citizenship • Honors students’ accomplishments at monthly town meetings • Recognized as an HPSE • Offers many after-school activities, including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, cross-country, Academic Team, and art club • Provides technology in every classroom, including student desktop computers, SMART Boards, and document cameras • Offers leadership opportunities, including Student Ambassadors and Safety Patrol • Receives support from a highly involved PTA, which sponsors activities throughout the school year • Offers traditional education (But Wilkerson is not part of the feeder pattern to a traditional middle school. See the information on traditional education on page 9.)

Extended School Services

• Offers the Montessori method of education for students in Elementary Clusters 1 through 8 (See page 7.) • Rated a 3.8 on a 4.0 scale for overall parent satisfaction • Ninety-five percent of Kennedy students entering the second grade read and write at or above grade level. • Offers STLP, band, violin, fencing, track, basketball, cheerleading, Dance Team, Chess Club, Environmental Club, Academic Team, orchestra, Historical Techno Club, Orff Ensemble, 4-H, Safety Patrol, Girls on the Run, volleyball, tae kwon do, and Entrepreneur Club

Highlights:

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

Highlights:

Slogan: At Wilkerson Traditional Elementary School, Each and Every Staff Member, Parent, and Student TEACHES, NURTURES, and LEARNS Together at HIGH LEVELS!

Early Childhood Program*

3800 Gibson Lane • 485-8280 Slogan: Reaching minds, touching hearts

5601 Johnsontown Road • 485-8351

Advance Program

■ Kennedy Montessori

■ Wilkerson Traditional

Dixie

•

Eisenhower

•

Foster Traditional

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Greenwood

•

Johnsontown Road

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Kennedy Montessori

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Sanders

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Wilkerson Traditional

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Cluster 2

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Magnet Program*

Traditional

Montessori

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*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

Guide to Elementary Schools

• Provides student-centered learning with updated technology, including SMART Boards, computers in classrooms, projectors, scanners, document cameras, and an updated computer lab • Provides leadership opportunities, including National Elementary Honor Society, Student Council, Safety Patrol, and community-service projects • Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team (Quick Recall and Future Problem Solving), band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, cross-country, drama club, choir, and enrichment clubs • Recognized as an HPSE • Rates high in parent satisfaction on Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) and AdvanceED surveys • Receives support from an outstanding PTA, which sponsors activities throughout the school year

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Cluster 3 ■ Cane Run

Cluster 3

3951 Cane Run Road • 485-8223 Slogan: Teaching with the Future in Mind

Highlights: • Dedicated to providing a rich, progressive, and interactive curriculum that uses outdoor classroom sites and programs that allow students to develop appreciation for and stewardship of the environment • Named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education; received state and national awards in the National Energy Education Development Program; the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education named a staff member the 2012 Outstanding Individual for Excellence in Environmental Education. • Offers the Small Class Size Program • Offers the Environmental Studies Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 6 (See page 5.) • Offers band and orchestra as well as a range of before- and after-school programs, including Environmental Club, Green Energy Team, Gardening Club, Cooking Club, and Art Club • Participates in the Breakfast in the Classroom Program and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for all students • Forms amazing partnerships with the community; received the duPont Community Action Award • Recipient of a 5x5 Arts Grant that provides art experiences for students • Offers a Community School Program with a range of activities, including Girls on the Run, yoga, Homework Club, Junior Men of Quality, and Zumba

■ Crums Lane

3212 South Crums Lane • 485-8236

Highlights: • Offers the Small Class Size Program • Offers the Community in Action Program, which partners with various community organizations (such as the 123rd Air National Guard) in monthly service-learning projects to promote awareness and help students make connections with their own community • The school’s Academic Team has placed first or second in the Mayor’s Cup competition during the past three years. • A staff member was named the Kentucky Early Childhood Education Teacher of the Year. • Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) students were national finalists in the 2010 eInstruction Classroom Makeover Video Contest. They competed at the state level in 2013. • Besides Academic Team and STLP, students can participate in Garden Club, Peer Mediation, Student Council, 5X5 pARTnership performing arts experiences, Junior Achievement (JA), spelling bees, Newscast Team, flag football, basketball, yearbook, volleyball, track, cheerleading, band, orchestra, Step Team, sewing, art club, and chess. • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) and a winner in the HealthierUS School Challenge, participates in the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program, and received a Gardening Grant • Provides SMART Boards in every classroom as well as an iPad Lab, in which every student learns new technology skills weekly

1500 Sanders Lane • 485-8261 Slogan: Gutermuth going from good to great!

Highlights: • Focuses on basic skills but provides instruction in a range of enriching subjects, including computers, library skills, music, and physical education (PE) • Recognized as an HPSE • Provides exercise game bikes and other fitness equipment that encourages students to be more active • Offers a range of academic and athletic activities, including basketball, archery, cheerleading, flag football, band, orchestra, Chess Club, and Academic Team

■ Kerrick

2210 Upper Hunters Trace • 485-8284 Slogan: Where Kerrick-ter Grows

Highlights: • Uses classic children’s literature to teach reading • Provides 14 acres of manicured woods and fields on campus • Offers 4-H and Nature Club • Offers Academic Team as well as volleyball, basketball, archery, cheerleading, band, orchestra, and STLP

• Offers several extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, basketball, Boys and Girls Club, cheerleading, chess, chorus, flag football, and volleyball

■ Wellington

4800 Kaufman Lane • 485-8343 Slogan: A healthy mind and a healthy heart = success!

Highlights: • Offers the Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 6 (See page 6.) • Provides health and fitness education and career exploration through business partnerships, family nights, and family field trips • All students participate in the Humana Fitness Lab, which is outfitted with such video technology as Wii and Xbox. • Provides interactive SMART Boards in every classroom along with accessibility to student tablet computers • Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including team sports, cooking club, running club, Student Council, chess, and Academic Team • Serves as a host site for FRESH STOP, where families can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers at affordable prices

3816 Dixie Highway • 485-8301 Slogan: We Create Leaders for Life

Highlights:

5310 Mercury Drive • 485-8325 Slogan: A Community of Champions—we develop the champion in your child.

Early Childhood Program*

Extended School Services

Family Resource Center

CARE for Kids Program

Uniforms

Childcare Enrichment Program*

Advance Program

• Offers the Leadership Academy Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 5 (See page 6.) • Provides in-school electives, the Student Advising and Mentoring Program, and a Weekly Convocation Series • Offers the National Elementary Honor Society, which promotes scholarship and community service • Offers basketball, cheerleading, football, and Academic Team

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

■ Mill Creek

Cane Run

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Highlights:

Crums Lane

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Gutermuth

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Kerrick

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Mill Creek

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Shacklette

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Wellington

•

■ Shacklette

• Recognized as a Mayor’s Top Apple Award School • Placed first in the 2012 Mayor’s Cup competition • Provides a SMART Board, projector, and document camera in each classroom • Receives support from a highly involved Parent Teacher Association (PTA) that sponsors family and student events • Offers family support and services, including the Family Resource Center (FRC) and the YMCA before- and after-school Childcare Enrichment Program (CEP)

Cluster 3

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Magnet Program*

Environmental Studies

• Leadership Academy

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Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning

*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

Guide to Elementary Schools

■ Gutermuth

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Cluster 4 ■ Auburndale

5749 New Cut Road • 485-8204

Highlights:

Cluster 4

• Helps all students learn at high levels using research-based instructional practices, including Reading Mastery, Math Investigations 2, science modules, and world-class teaching standards • Offers an Arts and Humanities Program that provides instruction in music, movement, drama, and visual arts • Provides state-of-the-art technology in the classrooms and the computer lab • Promotes parent involvement through the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) Council, and volunteer opportunities • Offers a wide range of extracurricular and cocurricular activities, including National Elementary Honor Society, Safety Patrol, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), basketball, cheerleading, Visual Arts Club, broadcast team, soccer, band, orchestra, and choir

■ Frayser

1230 Larchmont Avenue • 485-8255 Slogan: Steps to success begin at Frayser Elementary, where everybody is somebody.

Highlights: • Offers the Small Class Size Program • Offers practical living, arts and humanities, and computer programs • Provides technology in all classrooms as well as the computer lab • Provides small-group, research-based reading and math instruction • Promotes wellness (Frayser has a full-time nurse on the staff.) • Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) students the On Our Way to English Program and small-group instruction that supports student success • Offers a range of activities, including co-ed intramural basketball, Super Readers, and Math Wizards

■ Jacob

3701 East Wheatmore Drive • 485-8271

Highlights: • Offers the Success for All Accelerated Reading Magnet Program (See page 9.) • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) • Offers basketball, cheerleading, step team, girls’ volleyball, and karate • Other activities include band, orchestra, Jaguar Singers, drama, newscast, Student Council, Safety Patrol, and STLP.

■ Kenwood

7420 Justan Avenue • 485-8283

Highlights: • Offers a learning environment that is caring and safe and strives to educate the whole child while promoting good character, responsibility, and academic success for every student • Provides enriched learning opportunities through technology integration using SMART Boards, document cameras, and iPads

SPOTLIGHT

■ McFerran Preparatory Academy

Community partners help teach health and safety

Highlights:

Many local businesses and community organizations help Semple Elementary hold an annual health and safety fair. For example, students can visit booths staffed by Small Smiles Dentistry, the Colon Cancer Prevention Project, Passport Health Plan, and Kosair Children’s Hospital. Students receive safety information from the Louisville Fire Department as well as the Louisville Metro Police Mounted Patrol.

1900 South Seventh Street • 485-8297 Slogan: Tradition. Academic Excellence. Diversity.

• Offers the Preparatory Academy Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 4 through 7 (See page 8.) • Awards badges for academic achievement, leadership, and behavior • Uses a dress code that requires uniforms, including vests and ties • Offers basketball and cheerleading as well as Academic Team and math, science, and computer clubs • Provides ESL classes

■ Minors Lane

8510 Minors Lane • 485-8303 Slogan: Galloping Toward Proficiency

Highlights:

“I think having the Mounted Patrol at our Health Fair is so important,” says school nurse Stephanie Richardson. “Not only do the students love the horses, but many of our students would never otherwise have the opportunity to be so up-close and personal with a horse—and it brings the police officers to them in a positive, safe, and nonthreatening atmosphere.”

• Offers the Reading Recovery Program and small-group interventions in all content areas • Uses state-of-the-art education technology to enhance instruction • Offers band and orchestra • Provides small-group teaching and learning at all grade levels • Offers a range of activities, including Engineering Club, sports clinics, and Academic Team • Offers an ESL school that provides numerous services for students to ensure academic success

■ Semple

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Jacob

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Kenwood

•

McFerran

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Minors Lane

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Semple

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Childcare Enrichment Program*

Family Resource Center

•

Frayser

Uniforms

Extended School Services

Auburndale

4 Cluster

CARE for Kids Program

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Offers the 21st Century afterschool program, which provides homework help, cultural activities, and a drama program • Employs a full-time school nurse • Offers individualized instruction to meet the diverse needs of students on a daily basis through small-group intervention and enrichment sessions • Maintains extensive technology integration with two computer labs, three student computers in every classroom, SMART Boards, and technology-based programs • Offers basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, step team, band, orchestra, Safety Patrol, and Academic Team

Early Childhood Program*

Highlights:

Advance Program

724 Denmark Street • 485-8324

Magnet Program*

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• Success for All Accelerated Reading • •

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Preparatory Academy

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*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

Guide to Elementary Schools

• Offers many student activities, including football, basketball, cheerleading, art, drama, Girls on the Run, and Safety Patrol • Offers band, orchestra, and chorus

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Cluster 5 ■ Blake

3801 Bonaventure Boulevard • 485-8210

Cluster 5

Highlights:

• Offers a balanced curriculum to meet the needs of students who have diverse learning styles • Offers many special activities and extracurricular programs, including Student Council, Safety Patrol, basketball, cheerleading, and Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) • Provides rigorous courses, including enrichment classes for advanced students • Provides SMART Board technology in every classroom

■ Blue Lick

9801 Blue Lick Road • 485-8212 Slogan: Children come first.

Highlights: • Collaborates with neighboring Knight Middle School to ease the transition to sixth grade • Employs full-time technology, physical education (PE), and arts and humanities teachers • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) where fitness and nutrition are emphasized • Received a Read to Achieve grant • Offers many student activities, including band, orchestra, STLP, Academic Team, and Run Louisville Run • Provides top-notch technology in classrooms, including SMART Boards, iPads, Nooks, and Webcams

■ Coral Ridge

10608 National Turnpike • 485-8234

Highlights: • Offers the Elementary Redesign Program, which features a 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, a full-time instructional coach to support student success, and a partnership with the University of Louisville (UofL) for student-teacher/methods training • Recent renovations added a secure office entry area, a new library/media center, new heating and cooling systems, and new lighting. • Provides technology, humanities, library, and PE instruction • Provides additional services for English as a Second Language (ESL) students • Offers a range of clubs and activities during and after school, including Academic Team, ECHO outdoor science education, basketball, soccer, step dance team, 4-H, cheerleading, STLP, We Succeed, and a talent show • Provides state-of-the-art technology, including a fully equipped computer lab, Wi-Fi throughout the building, SMART Board technology, SMART clicker systems, document cameras, iPads, a laptop lab, digital cameras, and a broadcast room with a green screen

10104 Mitchell Hill Road • 485-8247

Highlights: • Offers the International/Cultural Studies and Language Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 7 (See page 6.) • Provides instruction in reading, math, and science from highly qualified teachers who use today’s most effective curriculum and instructional techniques • Provides a technology-rich learning environment that includes SMART Boards and document cameras in every classroom as well as Web cams in the computer lab • Provides daily Spanish instruction for all students • Offers a range of student activities, including music, art, Fairdale United Nations, Peacekeepers, Battle of the Books, Chess Club, Academic Team, orchestra, basketball, soccer, and cheerleading

■ Hazelwood 1325 Bluegrass Avenue • 485-8264

Highlights: • Offers the Small Class Size Program • Provides the Reading Recovery Program for first- and second-grade students • Offers the SuccessMaker Math Intervention Program • Provides research-based instruction • Provides homeroom and specialized grouping, which creates a sense of family, challenges students in independent study, provides intensive coaching, and promotes cooperative learning • Offers a range of activities, including basketball, cheerleading, girls’ volleyball, Spanish Club, band, and orchestra

■ Rutherford

301 Southland Boulevard • 485-8320

Highlights:

Early Childhood Program*

Extended School Services

Family Resource Center

CARE for Kids Program

Uniforms

Blake

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Blue Lick

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Coral Ridge

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Fairdale

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Hazelwood

•

Rutherford

•

Cluster 5

•

Childcare Enrichment Program*

Advance Program

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Offers the Visual Arts Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 6 (See page 10.) • Provides a literature-based curriculum enhanced by team teaching • Offers after-school sports and other activities through the Family Resource Center (FRC) • Offers Academic Team, STLP, and Chess Club

SPOTLIGHT Hard-working students get to rock out (a little) Blake Elementary Principal Susan Glenn learned about an interesting motivational technique when she toured a school in Lexington: Teachers there could nominate hard-working, enthusiastic students to eat lunch for a week on a stage overlooking the cafeteria. Glenn brought the idea back to her school last fall and created the Blake Hard Work Cafe, where selected students now enjoy lunch at tables with shimmering metallic tablecloths, a pulsing light show, and Kidz Bop music (child-safe versions of hit songs). Students who earn a seat at the table get another privilege too—they can invite one friend to eat with them each day. “The point is to encourage students to strive for daily success and to let them know that hard work is important and pays off,” Glenn says. “We want them to know their work is meaningful and that to get places in life they have to work really hard.”

Magnet Program*

•

International/ Cultural Studies and Language

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Visual Arts

*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

Guide to Elementary Schools

■ Fairdale

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Cluster 6

■ Camp Taylor

1446 Belmar Drive • 485-8222 Slogan: Where the Learning Adventure Begins

Highlights: • Offers many in-school and after-school activities, including coed basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, step team, photography club, Girls on the Run, band, orchestra, and the Visual/Performing Arts Club • Provides after-school Extended School Services (ESS) • Offers mentoring and an in-school Leadership Academy • Provides full-time technology, library media, arts and humanities, and physical education (PE) instructors • Provides a computer lab equipped with the latest technology; students learn the basics of spreadsheets, word processing, and databases. • Offers many classrooms equipped with audio enhancement to increase instruction • Lets students participate in service learning

■ Cochran

500 West Gaulbert Avenue • 485-8230 Slogan: Where children come first

Highlights: • Proximity to local universities and performing arts groups offers unique opportunities to attend art events and interact with the groups. • Received a 5X5 Fund for the Arts Grant • Uses SMART Boards, classroom computers, and a fully equipped computer lab, as well as a new iPad cart, to enhance instruction • Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, Student Council, Safety Patrol, drama, band, orchestra, basketball, and track • Offers a range of clubs, including chess, crafts, bicycling, walking, photography, sign language, crochet, gardening, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts • Serves as a partnership school with duPont Manual High and the University of Louisville (UofL)

■ Gilmore Lane

1281 Gilmore Lane • 485-8257 Slogan: Home of Terrific Kids!

Highlights: • Partners with the Metrobon Kiwanis Club to recognize character in students through the Terrific Kids Program • Offers a balanced curriculum to allow students to become learners for life • Uses inquiry-based math and science programs to help students explore and develop meaning • Provides interventions/enrichment to all students • Uses SuccessMaker and Study Island, computer-based programs that help boost reading and math skills • Offers a range of student activities, including band, orchestra, Academic Team, and Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) • Participates in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

3709 East Indian Trail • 485-8268 Slogan: Cardinals C.A.R.E. (Cooperate, Always try, are Respectful and responsible citizens, and are Eager to learn). Go CARDs!

Highlights: • Offers the MicroSociety Program for Elementary Clusters 6 and 7 (See page 7.) • Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including STLP, Academic Team, and sports teams • Provides weekly instruction in special areas, including arts and humanities, computer skills, practical living, and physical education (PE) • Offers a walking path • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) and as a Green School

■ Slaughter 3805 Fern Valley Road • 485-8328 Slogan: Home of the Super Stars!

Highlights:

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Indian Trail

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Slaughter

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• •

•

Childcare Enrichment Program*

Gilmore Lane

•

Uniforms

• •

CARE for Kids Program

• •

Family Resource Center

Early Childhood Program*

Cochran

Camp Taylor

Extended School Services

Advance Program

6 Cluster 6

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Offers the Small Class Size Program • Enriches instruction through a computer lab, laptop computers, document cameras, SMART Boards, and wireless Internet access • Provides student leadership opportunities, including Peer Mediators and Student Council, as well as an award-winning Academic Team • Offers many student activities, including band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, dance team, and Junior Achievement (JA) • Offers hands-on science education through outdoor gardens and wetlands

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SPOTLIGHT High school graphic designers help elementary students produce yearbook During the last school year, Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) High students helped Camp Taylor Elementary students create their first student-produced yearbook. Members of the Camp Taylor Photography Club critiqued and edited photos, narrowing down a pool of images from nearly 1,200 to 190. Students in PRP’s Design/Layout class collaborated with the younger students to design the project. Each Camp Taylor student received a free yearbook as a donation from the JCPS Materials Production Department.

Magnet Program*

MicroSociety

•

*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

Guide to Elementary Schools

■ Indian Trail

2014-15 Choices

Cluster 7 ■ Hartstern

Cluster 7

5200 Morningside Way • 485-8262 Slogan: Success is the heart of Hartstern.

Highlights: • Offers a balanced curriculum to help students become learners for life • Enhances instruction with classroom computers, SMART Boards, a fully equipped computer lab, and wireless Internet connectivity • Ensures that Title I, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Exceptional Child Education (ECE) staff members work collaboratively within the classroom • Offers many student activities, including band, orchestra, Student Council, Book Battle, and Ecology Club • Received a 5X5 Fund for the Arts grant, which enhances Hartstern’s arts and humanities instruction by providing artists-in-residence as well as visiting artists

■ Laukhuf

5100 Capewood Drive • 485-8289 Slogan: Where Learners Become Leaders!

Highlights: • Provides full-time technology, library media, and arts and humanities instructors • Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, track, chess, yoga, scrapbooking, Girls on the Run, Hip-Hop Aerobics, and Safety Patrol • Recipient of a 5x5 Fund for the Arts grant two years in a row (The grant provides opportunities for students to work with artists and musicians, including Kentucky Opera, the Louisville Ballet, and Kentucky Shakespeare.)

■ Luhr

6900 Fegenbush Lane • 485-8295 Slogan: Caring enough to create success

Highlights: • Offers an Honors Program • Offers numerous athletic and academic activities, including basketball, cheerleading, Academic Team, and chess club • Provides extra help for students through Extended School Services (ESS), volunteer tutoring, and homework clubs

■ Okolona

7606 Preston Highway • 485-8309 Slogan: Success for Every Child

Highlights: • Earned the Mayor’s Top Apple Award for improving reading scores • Offers Academic Team, the College Bound Program, Chess Club, and Student Council • Recognizes student achievement through the Writing Stars and Cosmic Basketball Programs and through individual classroom celebrations • Offers the Okolona Sport Stacking Club

1701 Rangeland Road • 485-8317 Mission: Fit to Learn: Developing Minds, Building Character, and Strengthening Bodies

Highlights: • Offers the Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning Program for Elementary Clusters 7 through 13 (See page 6.) • Provides the Parent Institute (teachers and parents help other parents prepare for the school year) as well as Reading Recovery and the Attitude, Action, Achievements (AAA) Club • Partners with Junior Achievement (JA) • Offers Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, track, and Girls on the Run

■ Smyrna Traditional

6401 Outer Loop • 485-8329 Smyrna pledge: I am here to learn. I can and will be successful. I will not fail.

Highlights: • Provides traditional education (But Smyrna is not part of the feeder pattern to traditional middle schools. See the information on traditional education on page 9.) • Provides extra help for students through such programs as ESS, Every 1 Reads, homework clubs, and a partnership with Moore Traditional’s Mentoring Program • Offers the YMCA Childcare Enrichment Program (CEP) • Offers many student activities, including art club, band, chess club, dance club, Jump Rope For Heart, karate, orchestra, Academic Team (Quick Recall), robotics, and Student Council

■ Wilt

6700 Price Lane • 485-8353 Slogan: Where Effort Becomes Excellence!

Highlights:

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Rangeland

•

Smyrna Traditional

•

Wilt

•

Childcare Enrichment Program*

Okolona

Uniforms

•

CARE for Kids Program

•

Family Resource Center

Early Childhood Program*

Luhr

Extended School Services

Advance Program

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Designated a Proficient School by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), which means Wilt is among the top 30 percent of schools according to the state’s assessment system • Implements the Assessment for Learning Program • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) Magnet • Offers a wide range of Cluster 7 Program* student activities, including Academic Team, basketball, band, orchestra, Safety Patrol, Jump Rope For Heart, Student of the Week, Student of the Month, chess club, and many other Hartstern • • • • • • • after-school activities and Laukhuf • • • • • • • programs •

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SPOTLIGHT New library system gets students to read more books Students started checking out more books at Okolona Elementary after librarian Amanda Klakamp took every book off the shelves and put them all back in a new way. During the last school year, Okolona became the first elementary school in Kentucky to stop using the Dewey Decimal System in its library and start using a system called the Book Store Model. The shelves for popular subjects—such as animals or sports—now can include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books. Under the Dewey Decimal System, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry usually would be found on different shelves. Switching to the Book Store Model involved packing all 3,000 of the library’s books into 67 boxes and trucking them to the JCPS Library Media Services Department on Crittenden Drive during the summer of 2012. In a large storage area, every book was sorted, relabeled, and tagged. Finally, all of the books were trucked back to Okolona and rearranged on the shelves.

Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning

•

*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

Guide to Elementary Schools

■ Rangeland

2014-15 Choices

Cluster 8 ■ Bates

Cluster 8

7601 Bardstown Road • 485-8208 Slogan: Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow

Highlights: • Provides a comprehensive Extension and Intervention System that helps challenge all students • Provides full-time fitness, computer, and arts and humanities teachers • Hosts Safety City, a police-directed safety program for Jefferson County second graders • Offers numerous extracurricular activities, including basketball, cheerleading, Academic Team, Environmental Club, WBES News, the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), chorus, and hand-chimes choir

■ Farmer 6405 Gellhaus Lane • 485-8625 Slogan: A mind is not an empty vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited. —Plutarch

Highlights: • Employs master teachers who have earned the Excellence in Classroom and Educational Leadership (ExCEL) Award as well as National Board Certification and endorsements in technology and gifted-and-talented education—and who are actively involved in the Louisville Writing Project • Uses community resources to plan about 35 field trips each year to develop student leadership • Incorporates advanced technology—including computers, interactive whiteboards, and document cameras—into instruction • Integrates the arts in all grades to provide a fun, kid-friendly approach to teaching the whole child • Collaborates with artists-in-residence by creating partnerships with various organizations, including the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, StageOne Family Theatre, and Brightside • Uses inquiry-based activities in all grades, including activities in the outdoor classroom, which has a stream, pond, forest, and sensory garden • Recognizes the importance of physical education (PE), nutrition, and consumerism; the staff includes a full-time practical living teacher. • Offers a broad range of extracurricular activities, including Suzuki violin, choir, Student Council, school plays, Battle of the Books, STLP, Safety Patrol, Academic Team, basketball, and cheerleading

■ Fern Creek 8815 Ferndale Road • 485-8250 Slogan: A Child-Centered School

Highlights:

• Provides advanced educational technology, including computers and interactive whiteboards in all classrooms and document cameras for each team • Offers Spanish instruction (kindergarten through third grade) • Integrates the arts and humanities into content areas across the curriculum • Hosts several student clubs, including STLP, Academic Team, Morning Broadcast Team, and Student Guard Team • Offers opportunities for service-learning activities through Student Council, Beta Club, and individual classroom projects

3610 Cedarwood Way • 485-8274 Slogan: Teamwork makes the dream work.

SPOTLIGHT

Highlights: • Offers an Honors Program • Provides Spanish instruction at all grade levels • Offers an expanded arts and humanities program to give students the opportunity to exhibit talents during annual performances • Offers band, orchestra, art, and technology programs • Provides a wide variety of extracurricular activities • Offers students and teachers access to advanced technology in every classroom • Provides an outdoor classroom

■ Watterson 3900 Breckenridge Lane • 485-8342 Slogan: Inspiring great minds to succeed!

Highlights: • Offers the Primary Talent Pool for kindergarten through grade-three students • Provides state-of-the-art education technology, including computer lab, laptops, projectors, SMART Boards, and a wireless network throughout the building • Offers an award-winning Academic Team • Offers band, orchestra, Student Council, technology programs, and the National Elementary Honor Society

Bates educator named PE Teacher of the Year Billie Stone, fitness teacher at Bates Elementary, was selected as the 2012 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (KAHPERD). In the photo, Stone stands beside Scott Gerlach of Oldham County, the 2012 Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. When Gerlach was a University of Louisville (UofL) student, Stone was his field work supervisor.

■ Wheeler 5700 Cynthia Drive • 485-8349 Slogan: Expecting the best, producing success

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Cluster 8

Extended School Services

Early Childhood Program*

Advance Program

• Offers robotics • Offers Spanish, technology, and drama classes • Provides a range of student activities, including Academic Team, band, orchestra, and Suzuki violin • Uses SMART Boards and audio enhancement in all classrooms

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Offers gifted-and-talented education • Offers advanced groups • Hosts an artist-in-residence program • Offers the Engineering Is Elementary Program in collaboration with the UofL J. B. Speed School of Engineering

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■ Jeffersontown

Cluster 9

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Cluster 9

■ Cochrane 2511 Tregaron Avenue • 485-8231 Slogan: A great place for students to learn and grow

Highlights: • Holds family nights that focus on academic/social themes • Offers many student activities, including National Junior Beta Club, Book Club, Chess Club, Student Council, Safety Patrol, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, soccer, and an awardwinning Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) • Introduces students to the field of communications through a student-produced morning news broadcast and the Cochrane Connection student newspaper • Offers orchestra, band, and a Ballroom Dancing Performance Team • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) • Recipient of a grant that provides performing arts experiences for students

■ Hite 12408 Old Shelbyville Road • 485-8267 Slogan: Hite is a family place, where success is the only option!

Highlights: • Provides full-time computer, music, art, PE, and Spanish teachers • Receives a high level of support from parents and the community • Offers band, orchestra, Academic Team, fencing, Jump Rope For Heart, Chess Team, Equestrian Club, cross-country, and the award-winning Junkyard Hawks music ensemble

■ Klondike Lane 3807 Klondike Lane • 485-8286 Slogan: The Perfect Fit

Highlights: • Provides many student clubs, including STLP, art, drama, and Healthy Kids • Offers band and orchestra as well as basketball and cheerleading • Provides full-time art, music, library, and computer teachers so students receive a well-rounded education • Maintains a wide range of technology applications for student use, including SMART Boards, document and digital cameras, a mobile iPad station, and e-readers. In addition, each classroom is equipped with at least three student desktop computers.

5001 Garden Green Way • 485-8315 Slogan: Where Visions Become Reality

SPOTLIGHT

Highlights: • Offers the Visual Arts Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 7 through 13 (See page 10) • Offers the Advance Preparatory Program for kindergarten through grade-three students (See below.) • Helps students develop leadership skills through the Guidance Program • Provides English as a Second Language (ESL) classes • Offers academic and athletic student activities, such as band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, step team, Academic Team, and STLP • Provides artist-in-residence programs through various partnerships

Cochrane collects 900 shoes for international organization

Advance Preparatory Program

Sixteen students in the Cochrane STLP coordinated a schoolwide shoe collection during the last school year to benefit WaterStep, a Louisville-based international nonprofit organization. WaterStep ships the shoes to the same countries where the organization coordinates water and hand pump-repair projects, such as developing areas in India and Haiti. The shoes are sold to micro-business owners at affordable prices, which helps them create a sustainable living for their families.

The Advance Preparatory Program at Price is designed to nurture the abilities of Primary (kindergarten through grade-three) students who perform at high levels. The program engages, stimulates, and challenges students through individualized/small-group instruction and a wide variety of learning experiences that enhance their interests and abilities.

■ Tully 3300 College Drive • 485-8338

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Extended School Services

9 Cluster 9

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Integrates technology into the curriculum • Provides a technology center, a fireside meeting room for taping a morning telecast, and a science lab with an attached greenhouse • Offers spacious and modern facilities as well as a campus with a large, grassy play area and state-of-the-art playground equipment • Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, Art Camp, band, chorus, Jump Rope For Heart, orchestra, track, and cross-country

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Cochrane Elementary students helped bring safe drinking water and shoes to their peers in troubled areas of the world.

The Cochrane STLP students promoted the school’s shoe drive by using technology, including photos and video, to educate their peers about the facts and purposes of the collection effort.

Magnet Program*

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*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.

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■ Price

Cluster 10

2014-15 Choices

Cluster 10

■ Bowen 1601 Roosevelt Avenue • 485-8213 Slogan: The Greatest School on Earth!

Highlights: • Provides special-area instruction in art, music, technology, physical education (PE), Spanish, and hands-on science to all students • Features the latest in educational technology, including SMART Boards, document cameras, and multiple computer stations in every classroom; the school’s computer lab features wireless tablets, desktops, and the latest software. • Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including band, orchestra, Safety Patrol, Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, and track and field • The award-winning Parent Teacher Association (PTA) sponsors monthly Family Fun Nights to keep families engaged in school activities.

■ Chancey 4301 Murphy Lane • 485-8387 Slogan: A Caring Community of High Achievers

Highlights: • Welcomes families as partners in reaching and teaching the whole child • Engages students by providing instruction based on individual interests and learning styles, which meets the students’ academic, social, and emotional needs • Provides monthly opportunities for students to participate in drama, art, wellness, technology, and show choir within the school day • Enhances student achievement through Professional Learning Communities (PLCs—teachers meet weekly to focus on instructional strategies and analyze student assessment data.) • Infuses instruction with technology to meet the needs of twenty-first-century learners

■ Goldsmith 3520 Goldsmith Lane • 485-8258 Slogan: We can show you the world

Highlights: • Offers the International/Cultural Studies and Language Program for Elementary Clusters 8 through 13 (See page 6.) • Students and staff represent and celebrate the diversity of Louisville; more than 25 countries are represented. • Offers special instruction in music, Spanish, art, practical living/career studies, and technology • Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) classes • Offers band, orchestra, Academic Team, Spanish Club, Safety Patrol, and Student Council • Enhances student achievement through PLCs and by partnering with parents • Communicates to the community through print media, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and the school’s Web site (www.goldsmithdolphins.com)

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■ Middletown 218 North Madison Avenue • 485-8300 Slogan: Discovering the brilliance in every child

Highlights: • Staffed by award-winning teachers • Presents a drama/musical each year • Offers a dynamic, award-winning PTA • Maintains an outstanding school Web site • Offers Academic Team as well as soccer, basketball, cheerleading, and chess teams

■ Norton 8101 Brownsboro Road • 485-8308 Slogan: Where all children learn at high levels. No exceptions. No excuses.

Highlights: • Recognized as a Kentucky Pacesetter School for scoring in the top 5 percent on state tests • Designated a Parent Involvement School of Excellence by the National PTA • Offers numerous programs and activities, including Academic Team, Spanish, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts

■ Stopher 14417 Aiken Road • 485-8281

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Early Childhood Program*

10 Cluster 10

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

• Offers the Primary Talent Pool • Provides after-school enrichment programs • Offers an Academic Team that has won Mayor’s Cup competitions and a Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) that has been awarded Gold status on the state level • Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including basketball, cheerleading, flag football, fencing, chess, and dance • Provides Chinese and Latin instruction to all students • Earned a Distinguished rating on the state’s school assessment system

SPOTLIGHT Students get a taste of Taiwan Students at Goldsmith Elementary, which offers the International/Cultural Studies and Language Magnet Program, enjoyed a treat during the last school year when kindergarten teacher Mary Thurman hosted Taiwanese teacher Ling Chung. The special guest introduced the kindergarteners to a drink that’s popular in her country—milk tea with pearls, which is made from sweet tea and milk with gummy-style soybean candies.

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Cluster 11

■ Byck 2328 Cedar Street • 485-8221 Slogan: Developing the Academic, Artistic, and Creative talents of students

Highlights: • Offers two districtwide magnet programs: the Talent Development Program (see page 9) and the Waldorf-Inspired Program (see page 10) • Integrates arts education and enrichment learning into the curriculum • Employs instructors in the arts and humanities (drama, dance, art, and music), library media, technology, and practical living/physical education (PE) • Provides gifted-and-talented services • Offers a range of clubs and activities during and after school, including band, orchestra, Academic Team, Boy Scouts, cheerleading, basketball, chess club, track, choir, Student Council, yearbook, talent show, and celebrations of student academic success • Received a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant, which enhances Byck’s arts and humanities instruction by providing artists-in-residence as well as visiting artists • Provides a technology-rich learning environment that includes a computer lab and classroom SMART Boards and document cameras • Promotes parent involvement through the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) Council, and volunteer opportunities

■ Coleridge-Taylor Montessori 1115 West Chestnut Street • 485-8232 Slogan: Making a world of difference

Highlights: • Offers the Montessori approach to education for Elementary Clusters 9 through 13 (See page 7.) • Provides a tuition-based Montessori Program for 3- and 4-year-olds • Provides cultural arts opportunities, including band, orchestra, drama, and visual art instruction • Offers many student activities, including science club, chess club, basketball, dance team, cheerleading, Girls on the Run, soccer, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), Student Leadership Team, and Academic Team

■ Dunn 2010 Rudy Lane • 485-8240 Slogan: Success for tomorrow begins today!

Highlights: • Honored with the Mayor’s Top Apple Award for reading achievement • Consistently scores in the top 95 percent of JCPS elementary schools in computer application skills • Offers computer, music, art, Spanish, library, and PE classes taught by certified teachers • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) • Maintains a strong partnership with parents and the community to enhance student achievement • Offers a range of student activities, including Student Council, STLP, chess team, chess club, Academic Team, band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, and cross-country

• Offers state-of-the-art education technology, including SMART Boards and document cameras • Provides the Wilder Arts Program, which includes dance, drama, music, and visual arts

210 Oxfordshire Lane • 485-8293 Slogan: Where the Education Adventure Begins!

Highlights:

■ Zachary Taylor

• Awarded National Parent Involvement School of Excellence Certification • Recognized by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) as a Winner’s Circle School for exemplary school climate, safety, and achievement (This honor was presented to only ten schools statewide.) • Offers an Integrated Arts and Humanities Program • Recognized as an HPSE • Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, Bluegrass Book Battle Team, chess club, orchestra, band, choir, basketball, cheerleading, crosscountry, spirit club, running club, soccer, and tennis • Recognized as a National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) Higher Performing School • Recognized by KDE as a Kentucky School of Distinction for college and career readiness

9620 Westport Road • 485-8336 Slogan: Where Learning Takes Flight

Highlights: • Provides ESL classes and support services • Offers band and orchestra • Offers community after-school activities, including Young Rembrandts, Louisville Visual Arts Club, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Mad Scientists Club • Offers Chess Club, Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, and cross-country • Uses SMART Boards to support and enhance instruction in every classroom • Provides PE, technology, dance, drama, music, art, and Spanish classes • Receives support from a highly involved PTA as well as local churches and businesses

■ Roosevelt-Perry 1615 W. Broadway • 485-8319 Slogan: Where Technology Is Child’s Play

Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Dunn

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• Offers the Primary Talent Pool • Provides a highly effective curriculum that includes Everyday Math, Literacy by Design, Being a Writer, and science modules • Offers many after-school activities, including flag football, cheerleading, basketball, Geo Bee, soccer, chorus, drama, and Young Rembrandts • Earned two Mayor’s Top Apple Awards for reading achievement

Byck

Family Resource Center

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Early Childhood Program*

1913 Herr Lane • 485-8350 Slogan: Wilder Wildcats always do their best.

Advance Program

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Extended School Services

• Offers the district’s only elementary Technology Magnet Program (See page 9.) • Offers Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Programs for all kindergarten through gradefive students • Offers robotics and engineering classes for kindergarten through grade-five students • Provides English as a Second Language (ESL) classes • Provides full-time art, PE, and technology teachers • Offers Academic Team, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, chess team, step team, track, orchestra, band, Safety Patrol, and STLP

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

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■ Lowe

Cluster 12

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Cluster 12

■ Atkinson Academy 2811 Duncan Street • 485-8203

Highlights: • Offers the districtwide Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Program (See page 5.) • Uses the Literacy by Design Program to integrate both science and social studies with reading • Maintains a strong connection between writing, science, and math education and the content on state tests • Maintains close community connections and partnerships • Works with the University of Louisville (UofL) as a Signature Partnership School • Offers a range of student activities, including basketball, cheerleading, band, and the Suzuki Violin Program

■ Breckinridge-Franklin 1351 Payne Street • 485-8215 Slogan: Hopping Our Way to Success (The school’s mascot is a frog.)

Highlights: • Offers the Communications Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 8 through 13 (See page 5.) • Participates in the Small Class Size Program • Maintains partnerships with Bellarmine University, WLKY, and The Courier-Journal • Provides a two-acre campus with plenty of outdoor play space, two computer labs, an art room, a music room, a science lab, and an extensive media center • Provides a literacy-based education and an extensive math curriculum, with technology embedded in every classroom • Offers many student activities, including Safety Patrol, basketball, cheerleading, band, orchestra, yoga, track, and Academic Team (which has won several Mayor’s Cup competitions)

■ Chenoweth 3622 Brownsboro Road • 485-8227 Slogan: Chenoweth children charging to be champions

Highlights: • Named a Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) School of Proficiency; ranked in the top 10 among JCPS elementary schools on state tests and in the top 5 of schools that do not have a selective admission policy; ranked in the top 20 percent on the state level • Rated by the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) as a Higher Performing School as recognized by the ACT • Offers special-area classes taught by certified teachers in the following areas: science, arts and humanities, physical education (PE), library, and computer • One wing of the school and an award-winning outdoor classroom allow students to engage in a hands-on, creative learning environment. • Offers Spanish instruction and Reading Recovery • The school’s award-winning faculty includes a JCPS Outstanding Elementary Principal of the Year, Nationally Board Certified and Excel Award-winning teachers, a JCPS Innovator of the Year, and the District Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Outstanding Educator of the Year. • The PTA has earned several awards, including JCPS PTA School of Outstanding Parent Involvement, PTA Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, and Outstanding PTA Newsletter of the Year. • Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, Primary Talent Pool, band, orchestra, Safety Patrols, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, podcast, Technology Club,

Highlights: • Recognized for academic excellence as a No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Blue Ribbon School (Students have scored above state averages in every academic subject area.) • Recognized for student achievement by the Kentucky Governor’s Office, KDE, and the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence • Receives support from Crescent Hill businesses and community organizations for many academic activities, including tutoring, field trips, and community-based service learning • Provides a full-time Mandarin Chinese instructor • Offers a range of clubs and activities

■ King 4325 Vermont Avenue • 485-8285 Slogan: Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School—Where Dreams Come True!

Highlights: • Offers two districtwide magnet programs: the Visual and Performing Arts Program (see page 10) and the Gifted and Talented Program (see page 5) • Provides introductory courses for all students in many of the arts during the school day • Provides English as a Second Language (ESL) classes • Offers basketball, cheerleading, Academic Team, Step Team, African Dance/Ballet, martial arts, fencing, Show Choir, gymnastics, visual arts, and more

Highlights: • Provides the Traditional Magnet Program (Shelby is a feeder school to a traditional middle school; see the information on traditional education on page 9.) • Offers accelerated math and literacy classes aligned to the Advance Program • Offers Spanish, science/math lab, art, computer, and library instruction • Provides an arts and humanities emphasis with full-day immersion six times a year; received a grant from the Fund for the Arts • Offers Academic Team, Art Club, Fuel Up to Play 60, Science Club, Shelby Scholars, Shelby STAR Academy, National Honor Society, volleyball, basketball, cheerleading, track, and Environmental Club • Provides ESL classes

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Family Resource Center

Atkinson

Cluster 12

CARE for Kids Program

Extended School Services

• Offers the Environmental Studies Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 7 through 13 (See page 5.) • Provides an expert, unrivaled staff that engages students in a rigorous, relevant curriculum integrated with environmental sciences • Offers small class sizes, which helps teachers tailor instruction to individual needs • Collaborates with UofL to support teachers who are implementing innovative practices in science • Participates in environmentally based service learning and collaborations through community partnerships

Early Childhood Program*

3410 Northwestern Parkway • 485-8313 Slogan: Celebrating Success—Every Class, Every Student, Every Day!

Highlights:

735 Ziegler Street • 485-8327

Advance Program

■ Portland

■ Shelby Traditional Academy

Childcare Enrichment Program*

120 Sacred Heart Lane • 485-8252 Slogan: If you want to reach the sky, take off from the Field.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

■ Field

• Uses sustainable practices and applies them to realworld situations • Maintains one of the world’s Muhammad Ali Center Peace Gardens • Makes connections between students’ experiences, those of others, and the environment to promote awareness of the integral part we all play in our complex global society • Offers many enrichment programs and activities, including environmental club, chess club, basketball, cheerleading, Academic Team, and Book Battle • Participates in the Fund for the Arts 5x5 Program and the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

Magnet Program*

Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Communications

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WCES Broadcast Team, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Flamenco Dance Team

Cluster 13

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Cluster 13

■ Bloom 1627 Lucia Avenue 485-8211

Highlights: • Provides Chinese language instruction at all grade levels • Hosts an artist-in-residence program • Offers many after-school activities, including tae kwon do, chess club, basketball, cheerleading, media club, garden club, Young Rembrandts, Academic Team, and Mad Science Club

■ Engelhard 1004 South First Street • 485-8246 Slogan: Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day

Highlights: • Offers the Elementary Redesign Program, which provides small classes; a full-time, on-site nurse; and teaching support and expertise from UofL • Provides differentiated instruction for all students • Provides ESL classes • The Family Resource Center (FRC) provides many student activities, including basketball, cheerleading, and chess club, as well as family activities and support services.

■ Hawthorne 2301 Clarendon Avenue • 485-8263 Slogan: If you can dream it, you can do it.

Highlights: • Offers the Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program (See below.) • Offers a range of athletic activities, including basketball, soccer, tae kwon do, and running club • Offers many other student clubs and activities, including chess, Young Rembrandts, garden club, Student Council, orchestra, band, Safety Patrol, and drama club • Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE)

Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program (Optional Program) Hawthorne’s program is designed to provide a daily Spanish immersion experience that prepares students to read, write, and speak proficiently in Spanish. The students (kindergarten through fifth grade) receive daily math and science instruction in Spanish. Other content areas are taught in English. Students also benefit from cultural enrichment in a Spanish arts class, which meets twice a week and combines the arts with Spanish language and culture learning. Hawthorne’s program benefits both students who are learning Spanish as a second language and students who are learning English as a second language. In addition, the Hawthorne community is a dual-language community with an expressed appreciation of language learning and inclusion of diverse cultural experiences. Because this program is an Optional Program, transportation is provided only for Cluster 13 students.

1312 Catalpa Street • 485-8310 Slogan: We lead. Let those who can follow. We are as good as the best and better than the rest.

Highlights: • Offers the districtwide Institute for Creativity and Innovation Magnet Program (See page 6.) • Provides the Small Class Size Program • Offers project-based learning and student electives • Provides instrumental music instruction for kindergarten through second-grade students • Offers basketball, band, orchestra, drum corps, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), and the Learn and Grow after-school program

■ St. Matthews 601 Browns Lane • 485-8321 Slogan: A great place to learn!

Highlights: • Provides full-time art, music, PE, Spanish, and technology teachers • Gives every student a chance to star in a class musical • Recognized as a Parent Involvement School of Excellence by the National PTA • Offers a range of student activities, including Academic Team, band, basketball, cheerleading, Chess Club, choir, fencing, orchestra, and STLP • Named a Distinguished (highest-performing) school based on state testing data

■ Wheatley

Extended School Services

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• Offers the districtwide Mathematics/Science/ Technology Magnet Program (See page 6.) • Offers the Elementary Redesign Program, which features small classes; a full-time, on-site nurse; and teaching support and expertise from UofL • Provides ESL classes • Offers an FRC that provides many student activities, including cheerleading, drum corps, and STLP, as well as family activities and support services

Early Childhood Program*

Highlights:

Childcare Enrichment Program*

1107 South 17th Street • 485-8348 Slogan: Where attitude is everything

Magnet Program*

SPOTLIGHT Students develop a taste for science Wheatley Elementary began offering a new after-school Science Matters Club during the last school year. Thirdand fourth-grade students joined for five-week themes, such as Totally Toyriffic, Kitchen Chemistry, and Way Out Water. During the Kitchen Chemistry theme, students tasted sugary, salty, fizzy, and bitter mystery liquids and then rated how the drinks affected their taste buds. The most visibly passionate reaction came when students tasted a strange brown sludge, which the students were surprised to learn was water with unsweetened cocoa powder. “Students are able to make more real-world connections and get a deeper understanding of science content,” says Principal Kristi Gregory. The club “goes one step further than the students get in classroom instruction. They are able to explain why something works instead of just telling what happened.”

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*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served. **Hawthorne’s Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program is an optional program. Transportation is provided only for Cluster 13 students.

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■ Maupin

2014-15 Choices

ECE Services Meet Special Needs Exceptional Child Education (ECE) services are available to JCPS students with disabilities. The students receive specially designed instruction to meet their individual needs as described on each student’s Individual Education Program (IEP). IEP development and placement are determined by the student’s Admissions and Release Committee (ARC), which includes parents. To the maximum extent possible, students with disabilities are educated with nondisabled peers. JCPS offers a placement continuum that includes regular classes with co-teaching, resource rooms, special classes, special schools, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals. Most JCPS schools serve students with disabilities. JCPS also offers specialty groupings of students with similar needs at specific schools. Specialty groupings include Visually Impaired (VI), Hearing Impaired (HI), Functional Mental Disability (FMD), Autism (AU), and Multiple Disabilities (MD). The ECE Parent Resource Center (485-3215) offers information on special education services. Parent liaisons help parents work in partnership with their child’s school. Other contact numbers include ECE Programs (485-6270) and Assessment (485-6052). If your child is new to JCPS and already has an IEP from a previous school, contact ECE Placement (485-3215). The ECE Web site is located at www.jcpsky.net/Programs/ECE /index.html.

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JCPS Phone Numbers

Optional and Magnet Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3323

Information on applying to specialized schools and programs

Advance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3323

Information on Advance Program Policies and Procedures

Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3050

Information on which school a student could attend based on his or her address Parent Assistance Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-6250

Information to help parents with school-related issues

Student Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3802

Information on student assignment, registration, and specialized educational programs

Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3470

Information on bus transportation

Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3387

Information on health policies

Exceptional Child Education (ECE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3215

Information on programs and services for special-needs students

Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSCs) . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3703

Information on social, health, and crisis-assistance resources

Early Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(502) 485-3919

Information on JCPS preschool programs

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3623

Offers academic support during language transition

FactLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-FACT (3228)

Answers to basic questions and transfers to other departments for in-depth information; call this number if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to call.

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Quick Reference Guide Overview of the Online Application Process (If you don’t have Internet access, call [502] 485-3323 for information on how to apply.) This is an overview of the online application process for students who are entering kindergarten and older elementary students who have moved or who want to apply to a magnet school, a magnet program, or Hawthorne Elementary’s DualLanguage Spanish Immersion Optional Program. Students who have not previously attended a JCPS school need to register with the district before they can apply. For more information, see page 2. • You will need one of the following pieces of identifying information to apply to elementary schools and programs: –A JCPS Parent Portal username and password

• Once you have the identifying information, go to the JCPS Web site at www.jcpsky.net and click the green Register & Apply button in the upper-left corner of the homepage. The online system will walk you through the application process. • Be sure to review the information on your child in the system. If any of the information is incorrect, notify your child’s school or go to a JCPS registration site. If the address is incorrect, you will need to provide proof of the new address. • The online system will let you rank the schools in order of preference in the elementary cluster that serves your address. You also may choose to apply to magnet schools and programs. See page 3 for more information on the application process.

–A Parent Portal activation key –A registration confirmation number

■ Magnet Schools and Programs Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Program (page 5) • Atkinson Elementary (districtwide magnet program) Communications Program (page 5) • Breckinridge-Franklin (magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13) Environmental Studies Program (page 5) • Cane Run (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6) • Portland (magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13) Gifted and Talented Program (page 5) • King (districtwide magnet program) Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning Program (page 6) • Wellington (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6) • Rangeland (magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13) Institute for Creativity and Innovation Program (page 6) • Maupin (districtwide magnet program) International/Cultural Studies and Language Program (page 6) • Fairdale (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 7) • Goldsmith (magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13) International Baccalaureate School (page 6) • Young (districtwide magnet school)

Montessori Program (page 7) • Kennedy Montessori (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 8) • Coleridge-Taylor Montessori (magnet program for Clusters 9 through 13) Performing Arts School (page 7) • Lincoln (districtwide magnet school) Preparatory Academy Program (page 8) • McFerran (magnet program for Clusters 4 through 7) Self-Directed Learning School (page 8) • Brown (districtwide magnet school) Success for All Accelerated Reading Program (page 9) • Jacob (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 5) Talent Development Program (page 9) • Byck (districtwide magnet program) Technology Program (page 9) • Roosevelt-Perry (districtwide magnet program) Traditional Education (page 9) • Audubon Traditional, Carter Traditional, Foster Traditional Academy, Greathouse/Shryock Traditional, Schaffner Traditional, and Shelby Traditional Academy Visual and Performing Arts Program (page 10) • King (districtwide magnet program)

Leadership Academy Program (page 6) • Mill Creek (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 5)

Visual Arts Program (page 10) • Rutherford (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6) • Price (magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13)

Mathematics/Science/Technology Program (page 6) • Wheatley (districtwide magnet program)

Waldorf-Inspired Program (page 10) • Byck (districtwide magnet program)

Mathematics/Science/Technology School (page 7) • Brandeis (districtwide magnet school)

■ Optional Program

MicroSociety Program (page 7) • Indian Trail (magnet program for Clusters 6 and 7)

Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program (page 36) • Hawthorne

Donna M. Hargens, Ed.D. Superintendent

Jefferson County Board of Education Diane Porter Chair

Carol Ann Haddad Vice-Chair

Chris Brady Linda Duncan Chuck Haddaway David Jones Jr. Debbie Wesslund

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