Report Card -
Sunrise Acres Elementary School
 
Sunrise Acres Elementary School
 
Sunrise Acres Elementary School
Joanie K. Monroy, Principal
211 28th St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-799-7912 Fax: 702-799-8556
Website: schools.ccsd.net/sunrise
 
 
Mission Statement
The mission of Sunrise Acres Elementary School is to develop a learning community where scholarship, acceptance, respect and communication are valued. We will create authentic opportunities to construct our own understandings and become self-directed. We will pursue our goals in order to realize our hopes and dreams.
 
Highlights
As a committed team of professionals, staff worked diligently to increase student achievement. Professional Learning Communities focused on analysis of student data in relation to academic standards.
  • Title I-funded Pre-K program provided early-learning opportunities to prepare 30 students for kindergarten.
  • Full-day kindergarten increased learning opportunities based in the Voyager Universal Literacy program provided by Title I.
  • Class size reduction program provided smaller class sizes for students in grades one through three.
  • After-school tutoring was provided with Title I funds for students in grades 1 -5.
  • The Accelerated Reader program provided students with opportunities for independent reading practice.
  • Monthly Title I parent meetings provided parents with strategies for improving student achievement.
  • C.A.R.E.S. skills provided a monthly focus on the five social and emotional skills most critical to academic success.
  • Kids to Kids and Breakfast with Books provided students with books to build their personal libraries.
  • Drug Abuse Resistance Education program provided strategies for 5th grade students to resist drugs, alcohol and gangs.
 
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1
Sunrise Acres will improve instruction, increase active student engagement and achievement in ELA and math.

Objective(s):
As measured by the Nevada Writing Proficiency Exam and CRT's, all subgroups will make AYP or Safe Harbor by the end of 2010-2011 school year.

Goal 2
Teachers will use differentiated instruction, inclusive practices and scaffolding strategies to increase achievement.

Objective(s):
As measured by the Nevada Writing Proficiency Exam and CRT's, underachieving subgroups will make AYP or Safe Harbor by the end of 2010-2011 school year.