Emerald Elementary is a neighborhood school with a balance of diversity and a high mobility rate that mirrors the real world. Being a "magnet" school for English Language Learners adds an incredible dimension of diversity. Multiple languages are spoken in the homes of our families.
Our strong balanced literacy program challenges all students. The block schedule has allowed us to implement "flooding," direct guided reading instruction for all students in K-2. This is only a small piece of the total literacy block, so many of our students are getting a double dose of reading instruction. We are a model school for flooding in the district and state and have had over 360 visitors.
The Emerald staff has received training in reading, writing and oral language programs, First Steps and Six Traits writing, as well as Investigations Math. We have had extensive training in the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol and now our focus is math and differentiation. All students benefit from the progressive attitude, high expectations and hard work of the staff, parent involvement and low class sizes, as indicated in the improvement on our CSAP scores.
We are proud of the progress our students are making in spite of the changing demographics and the high mobility rate. We invite you to come watch us in action.