Accelerated Math Program generates any
number of practice assignments that are specific to each student's needs. One of
the best parts of the program is the instant feedback given to students as they
progressively master mathematics objectives. Each portion of the program is
automatically scored. The student's mistakes and how to correct them are shown.
This program allows the teacher and
student to access all objectives to be taught while documenting the mastery of
the individual student's needs, abilities, and learning style. Accelerated Math
aids the students in practice of precise skills necessary to move ahead at their
own pace.
For more information,
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Accelerated Reader is an electronic
reading enrichment program used by more than 20,000 schools in the United Sates
alone. This reading program gives teachers feedback about each student's
individual reading progress over the school year.
Each student is assigned a personal
identification password which s/he uses to access the program. The student first
selects a book from the recommended reading title list. Students are encouraged
to choose books according to their current reading level and particular
interests. After reading the book, the student completes a computerized test
made of multiple-choice questions. The computer instantaneously calculates the
student's score and updates the child's reading record. The tests are available
to students and teachers via the network.
Accelerated Reader Program awards
points to the student based upon his or her strengths and weaknesses. The points
can be used as a basis for reading encouragement programs. Information
provided by the Accelerated Reader Program affords teachers and parents
with plenty of information about student advancement and educational needs in
reading.
For more information, click here.
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VRS is fortunate to have teachers
willing to give a few extra hours after school to provide enrichment courses for
interested students. Through the provision of grant monies, classes often
include accelerated classes in Reading and Math. Also, computer skills ranging
from the basic components and functions of the computer to how to acquire your
own email address and website have been offered for all levels of
students.
Disciplined Based Arts Education
or 
is a program which recognizes the value of ALL arts in
teaching across the curriculum. A visitor to Vaughn Road School notices the art
posters located throughout the school hallways. These posters along with other
pieces of art work and musical compositions are integrated within the core
curriculum to enhance all parts of the curriculum. Often the artwork is the
springboard for higher level discussions offering a well-balnced training of
each student's mind. We will rely on one of our partners-in-education - Alabama
Shakespeare Festival - to help our faculty continue to build upon the foundation.
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Manners of the Heart curriculum in an
introduction to manners and etiquette for elementary school-aged children. Its
objective is to teach children that manners come from the heart, not from
memorizing sets of rules.
The role of the teacher is to provide a
steady, patient guidance in training each child to be respectful. The role of
the parent or immedicate caregiver at home is to recognize the importance of
repetition of good manners in the home environment. It is the goal of this
curriculum to provide teachers and parents a creative and hands-on approach to
instilling important principles of manners and etiquette.
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Vaughn Road School is very pleased to
become a part of the NSchool.com network. This program provides us with a k-12
communications service that brings together administrators, teachers, parents,
and students through the power of the Internet.
NSchool.com is a new online community
of educational resources that offers our school a free and secure web-based
system that includes a variety of tools that should improve communication and
enhance the learning process. As community members, we enjoy a calendar of
events and activities; an email service that links all members; a managed
discussion area for school-wide or group-specific topics; a resource center with
valuable content and information tools; instant messaging; and much
more!
Look for immediate information about
your personal family accounts. Welcome to NSchool.com!
For more information, click here.
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Project: C.L.A.S.S. (Cooperative
Learning for Achievement and Student Success) is a Vaughn Road Elementary School
enrichment program designed to enhance your child's education here at Vaughn
Road Elementary School.
This enrichment program meets once a
month during the regular school day for 45 minutes. At this time, depending on
the nature of the activity, students are involved in community field trips,
science experiments, cooking, acting, gardening, recycling, and much more.
We depend heavily on parent and
community volunteers to work with the teachers at Vaughn Road School to make
this program possible. We solicit help from many sources and feel this is a time
for parents to be directly involved in the education of their children. This is
also an opportunity for area businesses and agencies to be involved in public
education where it counts, in the classrooms working directly with the
students.
Each year volunteer sheets are sent
home to the parents asking for their help. We ask only that they share in the
education experience in areas comfortable to them such as sharing a hobby or a
craft once a month with our students. These activities are funded primarily
through donations from businesses and parents of Vaughn Road School.
If you have an area of interest that
you would like to share with us, please let us know. We always need help
teaching chess, foreign languages, art, crafts, cooking, science, and whatever
meets your own need.
Vaughn Road Elementary School is here
to meet the needs of your child in public education. So far we have been highly
commended for our efforts in providing Project: C.L.A.S.S. for Vaughn Road
students. We have commendations from Red Book Magazine on the national
level, the State Superintendent of Education Ed Richardson and former Mayor
Folmar, as well as the local Chamber of Commerce.
So, come on and join with us. Bring
your chessboard, your cross-stitch, your painting, and even your baseball cards.
Let's continue to make Project: C.L.A.S.S. the winning enrichment program that
it is.
If you want to be involved or have any
questions please call the office at 260-1031.
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is a program for the intellectually and creatively gifted
students. The program serves qualifying students in K-6 in the Montgomery Public
Schools. This program focuses on developing independent study skills, critical
thinking skills, creative thinking, and creative writing through thematic
units.
VRS Quest teacher B. B. Burnette has
joined the faculty in the NEW QUEST Enrichment wing at
Danelly Elementary. She continues to service our gifted and talented students
from that location.
Technology Clubs are relatively new to
the Vaughn Road School family. As we integrate the use of various previously
mentioned programs into classroom work, we are addressing the needs of the
student population by forming various 
.
One recent teacher addition is the
formation of the Grade Level Committiee for the advancement of computer literacy
among the faculty. Each grade level representative along with two nominees from
the specialists at VRS attend a series of nine inservices. Workshop information
and materials are distributed throughout VRS by these representatives. The
2002-2003 representatives are: Mrs. Williamson, Technology Coordinator for VRS, Ms. Gamble, Mrs. Loughridge, Mrs. Wagstaff, Mrs. Gray, Miss Cooley, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Quantock, Mrs. Gorman, Mr. Gluschick, Mrs. Cobern, Mrs. Kientz, Mrs. Rogers.
Students are selected by homeroom
teachers to qualify for admission in the NEW Apple Bytes Computer Technology
Club at VRS. These students must have an
interest in computer related euipment and materials, be good listeners and able
to follow directions, be dependable, and have good conduct grades. These
students are trained as assistants in the regular classroom to help with
computer related needs.
More information is forthcoming as
other clubs are formed. Guidelines for participation are to be included. Check
back often to stay informed of our progress!
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The Ultimate Writing and Creativity
Center is new to our school this year! UWCC gives young writers the opportunity
to use technological tools to improve writing and illustrating skills.
An 'kid-friendly' word processor
invites students to transform their ideas into multimedia presentations complete
with sound, music, and animation. Cross-curricular student activities in the
Teacher's Guide reinforce the five steps of the writing process.
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