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Contents
Welcome to JCPS ...2
Should You Register Before You Apply to Schools and Programs? ...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
Alex Kennedy, 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
• Cluster 13
... 36
Bloom, Engelhard, Hawthorne, Maupin, St. Matthews, and Wheatley
Exceptional Child Education ...38
JCPS Phone Numbers ...38
Application Quick Reference Guide ...39
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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 a wide array of other subjects, including the arts, physical fitness, world languages, 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 at-tended a JCPS school need to register online with the district. After registration, students who are entering kindergarten as well as older students who are new to the district may apply online to schools in the elementary cluster that serves their home address and to 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 School-Finder 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 need to complete their initial registration on the JCPS Web site (www .jcpsky.net) from any computer with Internet access. Computers are available at the JCPS Registration Site, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lam Building (4309 Bishop Lane). The English as a Second Language (ESL) Office (1325 Bluegrass Avenue) serves families who need help with English. Contact the ESL Office at (502) 485-3623 to make an appointment.
Why do Louisville
parents choose JCPS
elementary schools?
• Instruction that meetsindi-vidual student needs • Before- and after-school
childcare
• Early Childhood Programs • Solid preparation for middle
school work
• Magnet programs supported by local companies and com-munity organizations
• Award-winning, highly experi-enced, fully certified teach-ers—including many with National Board Certification
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Before- and
After-School Childcare
Kids like the Childcare Enrich-ment Program (CEP) because it’s fun. Homework help, healthy snacks, crafts, and physical activity keep kids learning and laughing. Parents like the pro-gram—a partnership between JCPS and the YMCA—because it provides high-quality care in a safe, familiar school enrivon-ment for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. • Before-school care starts at7 a.m. After-school care lasts until 6 p.m.
• Full-day care is available on holidays and other days when there’s no school.
• CEP sites are located at more than 50 JCPS schools. • Financial assistance is
avail-able.
For more information, visit www.ymcalouisville.org or call
Melissa Barman (485-3834) or
YMCA School-Age Childcare
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 Supplemen-tal 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 Cen-ter at (502) 485-6250 or send an e-mail to askstudentassignment@jefferson .kyschools.us. For questions about optional programs, magnet programs, or magnet schools, call the JCPS Optional and Magnet Programs Office at (502) 485-3323.
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. 17, 2014, throughFri., Jan. 9, 2015, is the online application period for JCPS elementary schools for the 2015-16 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 Pro-gram (See page 36 for information on Hawthorne’s proPro-gram.)
The online application form and instructions are available on the district’s Web site (www.jcpsky.net) and at the registration site located at 4309 Bish-op Lane. See page 39 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 in-formation, 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 pro-vider. If a school asks you for additional information, please reply promptly and send the information directly to the school. Applications will be considered incomplete if requested information is not sent to a 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.
• Applications can be edited only during the application period.
• 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 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 random-draw 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 or the Parent Assistance Center at (502) 485-6250.
Overview of Specialized
Schools and Programs
Magnet programs focus on a specific subject or provide a specialized learn-ing 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 applica-tions from students throughout the district. Some accept applicaapplica-tions 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 ac-cept applications from students throughout the district, and JCPS provides transportation for most students who are accepted (but not 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 elementary 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
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 informa-tion about tuiinforma-tion-based Early Childhood Programs and the income-eligibility guidelines for free services, contact the JCPS
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Elementary Magnet Schools
and Programs
JCPS magnet schools and programs focus on a specific subject (such as tech-nology) 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 programExpert and dynamic teachers, the most innovative and current educational prac-tices, 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 instruc-tion tailored to your child. Collaborainstruc-tion 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 stu-dents 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.
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 investiga-tions. 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 les-sons 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 and opportunities in the arts are hallmarks of King’s program. The
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Teacher receives
environmental
education award
Cane Run Elementary teacher Darleen Horton has been honored with theTrailblazing Teacher Award from the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.
The award recognizes out-standing educators who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting ecoliteracy and environmental sustainability in the classroom.
Horton has introduced Cane Run students to environmental concepts through extensive work with the school’s garden. In addition to ecology and plant science education, the garden and its water feature have become central to math, literature, and social studies lessons.
Horton also received the 20l4 Joan Riehm Environmental Leadership Award from Louis-ville’s Partnership for a Green City.
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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
This program offers a holistic approach to learning through rigorous academic enrichment, health edu-cation, 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 provid-ing classroom enrichment and after-school programs.
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 con-nect 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 world history, current events, and world cultures prepare students for their leadership roles in tomorrow’s international commu-nity.
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 compre-hensive, globally recognized IB Primary Years Pro-gramme (PYP). Young became the first IB elementary school in Kentucky in 2010 and received successful evaluations from the IB and Magnet Schools of
Ameri-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, in-cluding Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly
Successful People, across the curriculum by
involv-ing students in service-learninvolv-ing 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 contrib-ute to the development of innovative, passionate citi-zen leaders.
Mathematics/Science/Technology Program
• 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’ appre-ciation for cultural arts. The humanities component of the program engages students’ imaginations and offers them opportunities to study music, art, dance, and drama.Mathematics/Science/Technology School
• 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. The school also provides
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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 Mi-croSociety Program for 35 minutes each school day. Student entrepreneurs produce goods and services, 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 stud-ies. 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.
Performing Arts School
• Lincoln (930 East Main Street, 485-8291)—Districtwide magnet school As Kentucky’s only public elementary performing arts magnet school, the Lin-coln 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 and also may join band and orchestra.
LPAS also emphasizes a strong academic program in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. The school’s performing arts curriculum comple-ments the instruction in basic subjects while offering a thorough exploration of the performing arts through an integrated, multisensory
approach to learning. The facilities at LPAS are unique, at-tractive, state-of-the-art spaces that provide the best artis-tic learning environment possible. In January 2012, LPAS unveiled its 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 instrumen-tal rooms, and a broadcasting area.
Community partnerships with leading arts groups provide experiences and instruction that JCPS students cannot get anywhere else. Students experience professional performances both in school and at such venues as the
Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. Professional instructors from such organizations as the Louisville Ballet, Stage One Family Theatre, and Presto Strings! provide after-school instruction. Performers and visual artists often serve in-school residencies.
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Noted guests visit
LPAS
Students at many JCPS schools often welcome spe-cial guests, including profes-sional performers, authors, and artists.
At the Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts School last year, one of the guests was Jeff Corwin, host and execu-tive producer of cable televi-sion’s Animal Planet.
At a school assembly, Corwin told the LPAS students that before he began traveling the world to study animals—and to sometimes rescue them from the perils of human encroachment and reckless-ness—he was a struggling student. In fact, he was failing a biology class.
What saved him and kept him interested in school was being active in theatre, which, of course, was an idea that resonated with the LPAS students.
Corwin said he eventually found the focus he needed to become a stellar student and combined his theatre interest with a burgeoning passion in animals and science.
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For more information about the Lincoln admissions policy and application pro-cess, visit http://lincoln.jefferson.kyschools.us. For more information on the JCPS online application process, see page 3.
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 explora-tion. 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 en-ter the school in kindergarten, so 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 sec-ond choice also will be considered for available openings.
Parents of siblings who share the same birth date (twins, triplets, etc.) must sub-mit a separate application for each child, but these applications will be treated as one application. Brown does not give admission preference to siblings of cur-rent students. Transportation is not provided for Brown School students.
Talent Development Program
• Byck (page 32)—Districtwide magnet program
The Talent Development Magnet curriculum is based on the principles of active learning, multiple intelligences, arts in education, integrated themes, project-based learning, and student choice. Through a combination of an arts-infused curriculum and rigorous academic expectations, students develop their artistic, academic, and creative talents. Byck provides Talented and Gifted services and differentiated instruction for all Advance Program students.
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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 engi-neering, science, and math but also how the subjects build on each other. For example, the engineering cur-riculum expands the science curcur-riculum to a higher level.
Students collaborate with other students both locally and internationally through podcasts, Webinars, wikis, and blogs. The program helps prepare students to apply to middle school math, science, and technol-ogy magnet programs. Roosevelt-Perry provides the Advance Program for students in grades four and five, talent-development services for younger students, and differentiated instruction for all.
Traditional Education
Traditional education provides a back-to-basics learn-ing environment characterized by:
• A focus on core subjects and grade-level course-work.
• Highly structured, orderly classrooms that require nightly homework and strict adherence to school rules (including dress codes).
• A mission centered on time-tested instructional ap-proaches 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 Fos-ter Traditional Academy (page 14) and Shelby Tra-ditional 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
Smyr-na TraditioSmyr-nal Elementary (page 25) offer traditioSmyr-nal 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 ap-plications 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, open-ings 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 open-ings for new students are limited. Students will be included on the random-draw list only if they select traditional schools as their first choice. If openings are not limited, students who select the schools as a second choice also will be considered for available openings.
Transportation is provided for most students ac-cepted into a traditional magnet school or pro-gram. If you have questions, contact the school to which you are applying or call the Optional and Mag-net Programs Office at 485-3323.
Visual and Performing Arts Program
• King (page 35)—Districtwide magnet 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: Cre-ative Drama, African Dance/Ballet/Jazz, Gymnastics, Piano/Keyboard, Visual Arts, Drawing and Painting, Martial Arts, Show Choir, Spirit of the Drum, or Fenc-ing. Through a combination of opportunities in the arts and rigorous academic expectations, King students receive a well-balanced education.Visual Arts Program
• Price (page 28)—Magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13
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
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Magnet School
Advance Program Early Childhood Program* English as a Second Language Program Extended School Ser
vices
Family Resour
ce Center
CARE for Kids Program Uniforms Childcare Enrichment Program*
Magnet* Audubon Traditional = = = Traditional Brandeis = = = = = = Mathematics/ Science/Technology Brown = = = = Self-Directed Learning Carter Traditional = = = = Traditional
Greathouse/ Shryock Traditional
= = = Traditional
Lincoln = = = = = Performing Arts
Schaffner
Traditional = = Traditional Young = = = = = = International
Baccalaureate
*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.
and global connections that help students master advanced techniques in drawing, painting, sculpting, and pottery. Local, renowned artists partner with Price to offer your child unique educational experiences.
JCPS also is offering a new magnet
pro-gram with a curriculum inspired by
Wal-dorf education.
See the back cover for details.
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 Clus-ters” section (the next section) of this guidebook.
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Individual cluster maps are available on the following pages.
Elementary School Clusters
Most JCPS elementary schools are in 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 in-formation on magnet schools and programs.
Please note: JCPS strives to make the information in this guidebook as com-plete and accurate as possible, but talk to a school representative to make sure you have the most up-to-date information.
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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
in-tegration 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 • Provides English as a Second
Lan-guage (ESL) instruction
• Offers a Gold-Level Student Technol-ogy Leadership Program (STLP) • Provides student leadership
opportu-nities, including Student Council • Offers band and orchestra
• Provides a range of after-school activities, including volleyball, track, basketball, cheer-leading, chess, and Academic Team
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Medora
11801 Deering Road • 485-8298
Highlights:
• Recognized as an HPSE
• Offers many athletic activities, including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, cross-coun-try, Turkey Trot, and Jump Rope For Heart
• Offers chess, guitar club, and STLP
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Stonestreet
10007 Stonestreet Road • 485-8333
Slogan: Stonestreet Superstars—success for tomorrow begins today.
Highlights:
• Provides ESL instruction
• Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, STLP, Peace Edu-cation, and Cooperative Games Leaders
• Other student activities include Academic Team, Drama Club, chorus, cross-country, and basketball.
• Recognized as an HPSE
• Offers many family events, including math and literacy nights, a talent show, and Break-fast With Santa—as well as special fall and spring events
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Cluster 1Advance Program Early Childhood Program* English as a Second Languae Program Extended School Ser
vices
Family Resour
ce Center
CARE for Kids Program Uniforms Childcare Enrichment Program*
Magnet Program* Layne • • • • • • • Medora • • • • • Stonestreet • • • • • • • Trunnell • • • • • • • • Watson Lane • • • • •
*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.
Stonestreet hosts
authors and African-
American Read-In
JCPS schools often invite authors to talk to students about their books and the writing process.
During the last school year, Stonestreet Elementary staff members invited Tiffany Robinson to read from her book, Zoe’s Sidewalk. It’s a fictionalized account of a 2009 project at Wheat-ley Elementary that loaned digital cameras to students and encouraged them to take photos in their neighborhood. Robinson was one of 11 guest readers who participat-ed in Stonestreet’s observa-tion of the twenty-fifth annual African-American Read-In, a national initiative.
Stonestreet staff members extended the event into stu-dents’ homes by asking them to explore their own family
traditions and com-pare them to traditions mentioned in the books that were read.
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Trunnell
7609 St. Andrews Church Road • 485-8337
Slogan: Reach, Teach, Succeed ... Expect Excellence
Highlights:
• Offers educational experiences through district initiatives, including Math Investiga-tions 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, volley-ball, flag footvolley-ball, 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 class-room instruction.
• Provides ESL instruction
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Watson Lane
7201 Watson Lane • 485-8341
Slogan: Every child a success in a warm and caring environment
Highlights:
• Offers a range of student teams and clubs, including art, clogging, dance, garden-ing, Academic Team, basketball, cheerleadgarden-ing, 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
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Dixie
10201 Casalanda Drive • 485-8238
Slogan: Dixie Dragons are the Heart and Future of the Community.
Highlights:
• Provides innovative and engaging student-centered instruction in the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS) to ensure that each student reaches his or her potential • Provides daily acceleration and remediation
through SuccessMaker Reading and Math, Study Island, research-based reading and math programs, 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
• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE); offers the Student Tech-nology Leadership Program (STLP), band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, archery, volleyball, cross-country, chorus, drama, Stu-dent of the Week, and monthly recognition for academic and attendance success
• Receives support from a highly active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and a Family Re-source Center (FRC) that publishes a weekly parent newsletter and hosts family events and student activities
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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 work-stations, SMART Boards, document cameras, laptops, electronic readers, iPads, and Wii systems in physical education (PE) • Offers an extensive menu of student
activi-ties, including basketball, cheerleading, vol-leyball, archery, Academic Team, Girl Power (a sports/fitness program), cross-country, band, orchestra, Student Council, and Safety Patrol; also provides a range of enrichment programs, including technology, health, library media, arts and humanities, French,
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Academy
1401 South 41st Street • 485-8253
Slogan: We are Foster!
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 class-room; offers a mobile iPad lab
• Maintains beautiful 40-acre campus facilities
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Greenwood
5801 Greenwood Road • 485-8260
Slogan: Effort creates ability.
Highlights:
• Offers the Primary Talent Pool
• Uses an innovative and nationally recognized standards-based grading system
• Provides remediation and acceleration during ex-tended learning time both before and after school • Offers an array of after-school activities,
includ-ing Junior Beta Club, robotics, basketball, soc-cer, cheerleading, cross-country, volleyball, band orchestra, Safety Patrol, and Academic Team • Recognized as a leader among HPSE schools • Provides technology-rich educational experiences
through SMART Board technology in every class-room, document cameras, iPads, interactive PE programs, green screen activities, and a mobile
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Foster Traditional • • • • • • • Traditional Greenwood • • • • •
Johnsontown Road • • • • • • •
Kennedy Montessori • • • • • • Montessori Sanders • • • • •
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Wilkerson Traditional
5601 Johnsontown Road • 485-8351
Slogan: At Wilkerson Traditional Elementary School, Each and Every Staff Member, Parent, and Student TEACHES, NUR-TURES, and LEARNS Together at HIGH LEVELS!
Highlights:
• 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 docu-ment cameras
• Offers leadership opportunities, including Student Am-bassadors 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.)
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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 sup-ports for all levels of ability
• Provides student-centered learning with updated tech-nology, including SMART Boards, computers in class-rooms, projectors, scanners, document cameras, and an updated computer lab
• Provides leadership opportunities, including National El-ementary Honor Society, Student Council, Safety Patrol, and community-service projects
• Offers many extracurricular activities, including Aca-demic 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, Empow-ering, Leading and Learning (TELL) and AdvanceED surveys
• Receives support from an outstanding PTA, which spon-sors activities throughout the school year
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Kennedy Montessori
3800 Gibson Lane • 485-8280
Slogan: Reaching minds, touching hearts
Highlights:
• 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, Environmen-tal Club, Academic Team, orchestra, Historical Techno Club, Orff Ensemble, 4-H, Safety Patrol, Girls on the Run, volleyball, tae kwon do, and Entrepreneur Club
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Sanders
8408 Terry Road • 485-8322
Slogan: Where Children Come First
Highlights:
• 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, cross-country, cheerleading, drama, and yearbook
• Provides specialized instrumental programs, including band, orchestra, and the Weisberg Suzuki Violin Pro-gram
• Provides student-centered learning via SMART Boards, tablet computers, iPad stations, projectors, scanners,
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Cane Run
3951 Cane Run Road • 485-8223
Slogan: Teaching with the Future in Mind
Highlights:
• Dedicated to providing a rich, progres-sive, 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 En-vironmental 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
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Crums Lane
3212 South Crums Lane • 485-8236
Highlights:
• Dedicated to excellence in education, Crums Lane partners with families and the commu-nity in all content-area learning.
• Earned second place in podcasting and third place in newscasting at the 2014 state Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) competititon. Students were national finalists in the 2010 eInstruction Contest and have competed at the state level for the past two years. The Crums Lane chess team placed first in the region in 2014.
• Offers the Community in Action Program, which partners with community organizations (such as the 123rd Air National Guard) in monthly projects to promote understanding of the importance of education and teamwork
• Offers the Small Class Size Program (20 students in each first- through fifth-grade class-room)
• Provides SMART Boards in every classroom as well as an iPad Lab and a computer lab; every student learns new technology skills weekly.
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Gutermuth
1500 Sanders Lane • 485-8261
Slogan: Gutermuth: Going from Good to Great!
Highlights:
• Focuses on standards mastery for all students while providing enrichment and remediation
• Offers weekly computer lab classes, a mobile computer lab with laptop and tablet access, and a library equipped with Nooks
• Provides physical education (PE) as well as arts and humanities classes
• Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including after-school tutoring, basketball, archery, cheerleading, step team, flag football, volleyball, running club, chess, Academic Team, band, and orchestra
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Kerrick
2210 Upper Hunters Trace • 485-8284
Slogan: Where Kerrick-ter Grows
Highlights:
• Provides rich, engaging, standards-based instruction • Uses classic children’s literature to teach reading
• Math materials build students’ conceptual understanding of numbers, patterns, and problem solving
• Provides 14 acres of manicured woods and fields on campus
• Offers Academic Team, volleyball, basketball, cheer-leading, cross-country, archery, and band
• Provides state-of-the-art technology in every classroom • Offers a wide range of family support services
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Mill Creek
3816 Dixie Highway • 485-8301
Slogan: We Create Leaders for Life
Highlights:
• 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
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Shacklette
5310 Mercury Drive • 485-8325
Slogan: A Community of Champions—we develop the cham-pion in your child.
Highlights:
• Recognized as a Mayor’s Top Apple Award School • Placed second in the 2014 Mayor’s Cup competition and
in a 2014 Robotics Competition
• Provides a SMART Board, projector, and document
• Receives support from a highly involved Parent Teacher Association (PTA) that sponsors family and student events
• Offers a range of family support services
• Offers several extracurricular activities, including Aca-demic Team, basketball, Boys and Girls Club, cheer-leading, chess, robotics, and technology
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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 explo-ration 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,
includ-ing team sports, cookinclud-ing club, runninclud-ing 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
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Advance Program Early Childhood Program* English as a Second Language Program Extended School Ser
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Family Resour
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CARE for Kids Program Uniforms Childcare Enrichment Program*
Magnet Program*
Cane Run • • • • • • • Environmental Studies Crums Lane • • • • • •
Gutermuth • • • • • • Kerrick • • • • • • •
Mill Creek • • • • • Leadership Academy Shacklette • • • • • • •
Wellington • • • • • • Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning
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Auburndale
5749 New Cut Road • 485-8204
Highlights:
• Helps all students learn at high levels us-ing research-based instructional practices, including Reading Journeys, Math Investiga-tions 2, science modules, and world-class teaching standards
• Offers enrichment activities for Advance Program students
• 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 Tech-nology Leadership Program (STLP), basketball, cheerleading, Visual Arts Club, chess, broadcast team, soccer, band, orchestra, and choir
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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 coed intramural basketball, Super Readers, and Math Wiz-ards
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Jacob
3701 East Wheatmore Drive • 485-8271
Highlights:
• 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.
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• Offers band, orchestra, chorus, and many student activities, including football, bas-ketball, cheerleading, art, drama, Girls on the Run, and Safety Patrol
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McFerran Preparatory Academy
1900 South Seventh Street • 485-8297
Slogan: Tradition. Academic Excellence. Diversity.
Highlights:
• Awards badges for academic achievement, leadership, and behavior • Uses a dress code that requires uniforms, including vests and ties • Provides ESL classes
• Offers basketball and cheerleading as well as Academic Team and math, science, and computer clubs
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Minors Lane
8510 Minors Lane • 485-8303
Slogan: Galloping Toward Proficiency
Highlights:
• Offers the Reading Recovery Program and small-group interventions in all content areas for all grades
• Uses state-of-the-art education technology in all class-rooms
• Provides an extensive after-school Extended School Services (ESS) Program
• Provides small-group teaching and learning at all grade levels
• Offers a range of activities, including Engineering Club, soccer clinics, Academic Team, and Student Council
• Offers numerous ESL services to ensure academic success
Jacob deputized Art
Detectives
JCPS elementary schools work with many local companies, community groups, and arts organizations to offer students special learning opportunities. Last year, Jacob Elementary was the first district school to
participate in Art De-tectives, a program of-fered by the Speed Art Museum. It brings artwork, cultural ar-tifacts, and conservator tools to the classroom and gives students the chance to act as museum professionals while they study the objects.
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Semple
724 Denmark Street • 485-8324
Highlights:
• Offers the 21st Century after-school 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,
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Magnet Program* Auburndale • • • • • • Frayser • • • • • • Jacob • • • • Kenwood • • • • • McFerran • • • • • • • • Minors Lane • • • • • • Semple • • • • • •
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Blake
3801 Bonaventure Boulevard • 485-8210 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, bas-ketball, cheerleading, and Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP)
• Provides rigorous courses, includ-ing enrichment classes for advanced students
• Provides SMART Board technology in every classroom
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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, Run! Lou-isville. Run!, basketball, cheerleading, Garden Club, and Drama Team
• Provides top-notch technology in classrooms, including SMART Boards, iPads, Nooks, and Webcams
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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 Univer-sity of Louisville (UofL) for student-teacher/methods training
• Recent renovations to Coral Ridge 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 through-out the building, SMART Board technology, SMART clicker systems, document cameras,
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Fairdale
10104 Mitchell Hill Road • 485-8247
Highlights:
• Offers the International/Cultural Studies and Language Magnet Program for Elemen-tary 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 rigorous 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, band, basketball, soccer, and cheerleading
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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, chal-lenges 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
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Rutherford
301 Southland Boulevard •
485-8320 Highlights:
• Students develop their critical- thinking skills in the Advance Program.
• Provides a literature-based curriculum enhanced by team teaching
• Offers after-school sports and other activities through the Fam-ily Resource Center (FRC) • Offers Academic Team, STLP,
and Chess Club
Students train for
the Triple Crown of
Running
For six years, the Health Pro-motion Schools of Excellence (HPSE) Program has worked with the YMCA to bring the Run! Louisville. Run! program to many JCPS elementary, middle, and high schools. During the past school year, students at 13 district schools that are recognized as HPSE schools also trained for and completed the 2014 Louisville Triple Crown of Running. It includes a 5k, 10k, and 10-mile race.
The participating schools were Bates Elementary, Blue Lick Elementary, Engelhard Elementary, Fairdale High, Farnsley Middle, Greathouse/
Shryock Tradi-tional Elementary, Greenwood El-ementary, Guter-muth Elemen-tary, Johnsontown Road Elementary, Kennedy Montes-sori Elementary, Lowe Elementary, Myers Middle, and Wellington Elementary. HPSE’s partner-ship with the YMCA and the Triple Crown of Running enables the students to re-ceive free entry to the races as well as team T-shirts.
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Family Resour
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CARE for Kids Program Uniforms Childcare Enrichment Program*
Magnet Program*
Blake • • • • • • Blue Lick • • • • • • • Coral Ridge • • • • • • •
Fairdale • • • • • • International/ Cultural Studies and Language Hazelwood • • • • • • •
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Camp Taylor
1446 Belmar Drive • 485-8222
Slogan: Where the Learning Adventure Begins
Highlights:
• Provides full-time technology, library media, arts and humanities, and physical education (PE) instructors
• Uses Building Our Kids Success (BOKS)
morning physical activity; offers the Fresh Fruit and Veg-etable Program
• Provides after-school Extended School Services (ESS) • Meets the needs of all students in a culturally diverse
environ-ment
• Provides technology for twenty-first-century learning, including class-room SMART Boards
• Offers mentoring and school leadership opportunities as well as a wide range of in-school and after-in-school activities, including coed basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, step team, photography club, band, orchestra, the Visual/Performing Arts Club, Jump Rope for Heart, Girls on the Run, 4-H, Junior Achievement (JA), Student Council, Every 1 Reads, the Male Empowerment Program, and the Ladies of Camp Taylor Program
• Maintains a partnership with Ford that enhances students’ social and academic success
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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 at-tend 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 lan-guage, crochet, gardening, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts
• Serves as a partnership school with duPont Manual High and the University of Louisville (UofL)
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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
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Magnet Program*
Camp Taylor • • • • • • • Cochran • • • • • Gilmore Lane • • • • • •
Indian Trail • • • • MicroSociety Slaughter • • • • • •
*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.
• 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
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Indian Trail
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
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Slaughter
3805 Fern Valley Road • 485-8328
Slogan: Home of the Super Stars!
Highlights:
• 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, chess, dance team, and JA
• Offers hands-on science education through outdoor gardens and wetlands • Offers the Talent Pool
Hilliard Lyons Awards
honor top teachers
and administrators
The Elementary School Princi-pal Award went to Tim Foster at Cochran.Arika Jackson at Slaughter re-ceived the Elementary School Teacher Award.
These were among the honors presented during the 2014 Hill-iard Lyons Excellence Awards. Hilliard Lyons began spon-soring the awards in 2013 to recognize the critical role that educators play in our com-munity.
Winners are selected by a committee of community members. Monetary awards of $1,000 to $2,000 are used for professional development, classroom supplies, or other approved initiatives.
In conjunction with the Hilliard Lyons Awards, several other community organizations—in-cluding Junior Achievement, Metro United Way, the Fund for the Arts, the YMCA, and Ernst & Young—also recog-nize educators with awards valued up to $2,000 each. All the awards support the JCPS long-term strategic plan. One of its strategies is to celebrate “the successes of our students as well as the contributions of teachers, administrators, parents, and community stakeholders.”
