• DEMOGRAPHICS
    YEAR SCHOOL OPENED
    1988
    ATTENDANCE RATE (%)
    95.0
    student Enrollment
    390
    Race/Ethnicity (%)
    African American....................... -
    Hawaii/Pac. Islander.......................... -
    White.............................. 88.8
    Multiracial...................... 3.9
    Hispanic......................... -
    American Indian/AK....................... -
    Asian.............................. 3.4
    GENDER (%)
    Male................................ 57.3Ā 
    Female........................... 42.7
    Special Services** (%)
    FARMS........................... 0.5
    504.................................. 5.5
    Special Ed..................... 7.8
    LEP................................. -
    Title 1............................. No

    Ā **Special Services Terms Glossary

    School Renovation Details - 2017 Replaced windows and exterior doors

Shipley's Choice Elementary School

Key Challenges to Student Success

  • The students who attend Shipley's Choice Elementary School are influenced daily by events, situations, and circumstances that occur at home and in their neighborhood.  While there are numerous factors that contribute to student achievement at Shipley's Choice Elementary, the school leadership team has narrowed its focus to the following challenges to student success, with the acknowledgement that this is not an all-inclusive list and that some students may be affected by other opportunities or issues in their young lives. 

    This school's key challenges to student success are also noted in the boxes shown below.
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  • Traditional MSDE and/or school-based student challenges

    • Quarterly Assessments scores - English/Language Arts
    • Quarterly Assessments scores - Mathematics
    • State Assessment Scores - Mathematics 
    • State Assessment Scores - English/Language Arts

  • Non-Traditional Socio-Economic Challenges

    • Continue to increase the sense of school community and social emotional connectedness

    Key Challenge #1:  Social-Emotional Learning

    Even though our students arrive each day ready to learn and we have an exceptional teaching staff and a highly supportive community, there are still challenges to student success. One of the key challenges for Shipley’s Choice Elementary School is  to continue fostering high levels of academic success while meeting the needs of the whole learner, specifically students’ social-emotional needs. While our students excel and achieve tremendous academic success, the challenge faced by many of our students is in finding a healthy balance between high academic performance and perfection. Our goal is to provide Shipley’s Choice Elementary students with social-emotional skills to help them develop a sense of community and belonging. In addition, through social-emotional learning our students will develop self-awareness, self-control and interpersonal skills to help them navigate everyday academic and social challenges and succeed at school and in life. 

    Routines to foster a sense of community and belonging include reviewing expected behaviors, such as the “Shark Code,” and recognizing students who are able to work and play together as “Shining Sharks.” In addition, mindfulness techniques have become a standard practice, with students practicing breathing and other techniques to calm themselves. 

  • HISTORICAL SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CHALLENGES THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE WRITING OF THIS SCHOOL'S STORY

    • None

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