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Whittaker Elementary School: - Working Together To Build A World-Class School System

Whittaker Elementary School is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and houses 615 students from pre-k to 5th grade. The student body is mostly African American with smaller numbers of Caucasian and Hispanic students. The school has a student to teacher ratio of 18.5:1 and has received awards from the state department of education for student performance and achievement. In the 2011-2012 school year, 98.8% of 4th grade students tested met or surpassed test score requirements in English Language Arts.

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Whittaker Elementary School: - Working Together To Build A World-Class School System

Whittaker Elementary School is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and houses 615 students from pre-k to 5th grade. The student body is mostly African American with smaller numbers of Caucasian and Hispanic students. The school has a student to teacher ratio of 18.5:1 and has received awards from the state department of education for student performance and achievement. In the 2011-2012 school year, 98.8% of 4th grade students tested met or surpassed test score requirements in English Language Arts.

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Whittaker Elementary School

-Working together to build a world-class school system.

790 Whittaker Parkway Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29115

Whittaker Elementary School is located in Orangeburg, SC. Whittaker houses 36 teachers and 615 students from Pre-k to 5th grade (based on information gathered from the 2011-2012 report card from the State Department of Education website). Of the 615 students, 311 are female, 304 are male, 580 are African American, 18 are Caucasian, and 17 are Hispanic. There are 85 4th grade students, and of those there are 41 females, 44 males, 82 African American students, 2 Hispanic students and 1 Caucasian student. The student teacher ratio for the school is 18.5:1. Whittaker was awarded the Palmetto Silver Award from the South Carolina Department of Education for student performance and growth. They have also met AYP or Adequate Yearly Progress for 5 consecutive years (2003-2007) and in both 2010 and 2011. In the 2011-2012 school year 98.8% of 4th grade students that were tested in ELA 84.4% either met or surpassed test score requirements (1.2% higher than 2010-2011 test scores). Whittaker is also an exemplary Title I school. It is one of the highest performing Title I schools in any given year, and has received accolades for its performance.

Bulletin board in Ms. Kennedys classroom encouraging Reading.

Makeshift bulletin board outside Ms. Kennedys classroom displaying star students work.

Classroom display showing posters about different types of writing styles.

Classroom display showing figurative language posters.

Display on Classroom Cabinet showing Grammar and Phonemic Awareness.

Classroom Expectations, Consequences, and Rewards and Incentives located at the front of the classroom.

Book shelf behind Ms. Kennedys desk that holds Teacher resource books and materials for lessons.

Student dictionaries and Thesaurus

Shelf holding students textbooks.

Students textbooks and library books neatly arranged on the shelf.

Leveled reading books and Library books for students use during non -instructional time

Organizational cart used to store daily work for absent students.

Smart board and dry erase board

Ms. Kennedys work space

Ms. Kennedys primary desk

Students desks 5 rows of 4 desks and 3 extra desks at the back of the classroom.

2 Computers used for AR tests, and Ms. Kennedys work computer

Classroom word wall

Display showing what standards will be taught and vocabulary words for the week

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