Forest Pines Drive Elementary - Student Handbook & Attendance Plan for 2012 - 2013
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Our Mission Statement...
Through challenging academics and community collaboration, Forest Pines Drive Elementary provides a safe, healthy environment dedicated to preparing students to become productive citizens.
Our Vision...
Forest Pines Drive Elementary meets the educational needs of all students by providing resources to stimulate intellectual curiosity, promote achievement, and develop personal growth as we prepare students to function as lifelong learners in an ever-changing society.
We believe...
- ~In delivering high quality instruction.
~Student performance based and formal assessments will provide information to plan instruction for each individual student.
~In celebrating diversity where all people and cultures are respected and incorporated into the curriculum.
~Technology will be integrated across the curriculum school-wide.
~In providing a safe environment that fosters learning as well as respect.
~The development of the whole child is essential in producing a life long learner.
~That learning is most successful through a strong emphasis of communication between home, school, and community.
~Student performance based and formal assessments will provide information to plan instruction for each individual student.
~In celebrating diversity where all people and cultures are respected and incorporated into the curriculum.
~Technology will be integrated across the curriculum school-wide.
~In providing a safe environment that fosters learning as well as respect.
~The development of the whole child is essential in producing a life long learner.
~That learning is most successful through a strong emphasis of communication between home, school, and community.
As per FPDES School Improvement Plan 2012-2014
Forest Pines Drive Elementary - School Improvement Plan 2012-14
| FPDE SIP Goals & Key Processes 2012-2014 |
Welcome to Forest Pines Drive Elementary!
In 2005, we opened our doors as a modular school on the old Dubois School campus in Wake Forest, NC. Two years later (2007) we moved to our new home. Since then we have settled in our permanent brick and mortar building. Our school mascot, "Sly" Fox, was voted for and named by our first group of students. They also selected the school colors of forest green and gold. You can see our Fox Pride throughout the building, as well as in the character of our students.
Forest Pines Drive Elementary is a participant of Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS). PBIS is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior. Classes receive Sly compliment cards when they are observed following behavioral expectations, or being "SLY". We chose to use the letters of our mascot’s name as a reminder of expectations. Each letter stands for a behavioral phrase. S = Show Respect; L= Listen and Learn; Y = Your safety counts
Classes are rewarded for receiving a certain number (e.g. 75, 125, and 200) of compliment cards. Various prize levels are awarded and announced daily according to the number of compliment cards received.
The Forest Pines Drive Faculty believes strongly and works effectively in Professional Learning Teams (PLTs). Imagine teachers of varying backgrounds and experience levels working together to improve the way children learn. We see this as collaborative time with the purpose of reviewing student performance for improvements. We have found our teams to be very beneficial for our students’, as well as our teachers’ learning and growth. These PLTs also provide a platform for professional development as needed to identify best practices related to teaching and learning. Teachers at Forest Pines are life-long learners. Our teachers focus on meeting the needs of individual students, using data to drive instruction, and sharing successful strategies. When teachers learn ---- students learn. There is no greater gain!
Our parents and community are dually involved at Forest Pines Drive Elementary. Parents are welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our exciting learning culture. Thank you for having taken the time to visit our school via this website. If you have any further questions, please contact us.
Dr. C. Patrick Grant- Principal
cgrant@wcpss.net
919-562-6262
Holly Shaw - Assistant Principal
hshaw@wcpss.net
919-562-6262
Forest Pines Drive Elementary is a participant of Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS). PBIS is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior. Classes receive Sly compliment cards when they are observed following behavioral expectations, or being "SLY". We chose to use the letters of our mascot’s name as a reminder of expectations. Each letter stands for a behavioral phrase. S = Show Respect; L= Listen and Learn; Y = Your safety counts
Classes are rewarded for receiving a certain number (e.g. 75, 125, and 200) of compliment cards. Various prize levels are awarded and announced daily according to the number of compliment cards received.
The Forest Pines Drive Faculty believes strongly and works effectively in Professional Learning Teams (PLTs). Imagine teachers of varying backgrounds and experience levels working together to improve the way children learn. We see this as collaborative time with the purpose of reviewing student performance for improvements. We have found our teams to be very beneficial for our students’, as well as our teachers’ learning and growth. These PLTs also provide a platform for professional development as needed to identify best practices related to teaching and learning. Teachers at Forest Pines are life-long learners. Our teachers focus on meeting the needs of individual students, using data to drive instruction, and sharing successful strategies. When teachers learn ---- students learn. There is no greater gain!
Our parents and community are dually involved at Forest Pines Drive Elementary. Parents are welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our exciting learning culture. Thank you for having taken the time to visit our school via this website. If you have any further questions, please contact us.
Dr. C. Patrick Grant- Principal
cgrant@wcpss.net
919-562-6262
Holly Shaw - Assistant Principal
hshaw@wcpss.net
919-562-6262
