WAYSIDE INFORMATION

Before and After School Care:

• Before school care begins at 7:15am. Students are dismissed to their classrooms at 8:45
• Students may stay in After School Care until 6:00pm.
• Families may use Before School Care or After School Care individually or both services. Fees vary – more information available on request.
• Drop-ins ok – must be registered with the program. Two days or less a week is considered drop-in and pays drop-in fees.

Wayside Test Scores

• Reading: 2009 CRT 88% of 5^th grade students passed

90% of 4^th grade students passed

98% of 3^rd grade students passed

• Math: 2009 CRT 98% of 5^th grade students passed

95% of 4^th grade students passed

83% of 3^rd grade students passed

Special Events

• Back-to-School Night – evening before the first day of school.
• Curriculum Night – opportunity for parents to visit classroom and learn about the class and curriculum.
• Friday Finales and other assemblies – Focus on student performances, student achievements. Special guests, singing songs.
• Class parties – Fall party, Winter party, Valentine’s party, and other special celebrations as scheduled by classroom teachers.
• Book Fairs – one in the fall and one in the spring
• Parent/Teacher conferences – one in the fall, one in the spring, and other times as requested by teacher or parents.
• Major fund-raisers – Walk-a-thon and product sales
• Wayside Talent Show – a fall event sponsored by the WPSA
• School Carnival – sponsored by the WPSA
• Special Musical performances as scheduled by the music teacher
• Student photo days – one in the fall and one in the spring.
• 4^th grade Land Run Day
• 4^th & 5^th grade All City Track Meet
• Field Day – sponsored by WPSA
• 5^th Grade Promotion

Teaching and Support Staff

• 28 certified teachers, one principal, 25 support staff
• 16 regular classroom teachers, three special education teachers, a librarian, a counselor, a reading facilitator, music, art, physical education, and three Gifted and Talented Education teachers
• Three teachers at grades 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th, 5^th and four teachers at 3^rd.
• Two Nationally Board Certified teachers
• Seven faculty members have advanced degrees

Specials – Grades 1-5

Library – Kathy Hixon

· Library Holdings include approximately 18,000 titles, including fiction, non fiction, biography and professional books and resources, plus video and audio tapes. The library also has numerous magazine subscriptions.

· Reading Counts – students read designated books, take a computerized quiz to test comprehension. Based upon point system receive appropriate grade level recognition. Examples: buttons, pencils, key chains, paperback books, t-shirts, pizza party, and field trip (i.e. McDonald’s or to aquarium or air and space museum).

· PASS objectives for Library Skills are taught weekly and include research skills, genre studies, and reference materials.

· Presents special programs by guest authors and songwriters – sponsored by Bartlesville Public School Foundation. Examples: Darleen Bailey Beard and Dr. Seuss Storyteller Tim Woods.

· Holds 2 Scholastic Book Fairs a year – fall and spring – sponsored by WPSA

Art – Ginger Sukow

· Explores a variety of drawing and painting mediums as well as collage, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture

· Holds a Young Artist exhibit held in spring with representative samples of each student’s art work

· Provides a total art experience through art appreciation, art vocabulary and “hands on” art expression.

· Focuses on elements and principles of design

· Art curriculum includes art history and art from other countries and cultures

Music – Mrs. Hartsock

• Language of Music – reading and notation of music, definition of music elements such as melody, rhythm, tempo and harmony, identification of instruments and their families, classification of voice ranges (soprano, alto, tenor and bass)
• Music History and Culture – exposure to musical literature from a variety of cultures, historical periods and styles
• Music Expression – vocal music performances, performance opportunities on rhythm and pitched instruments, including keyboards, music composition, creative movement to music and study of conducting patterns
• Music Appreciation – describing and evaluation music and musical performances and concert etiquette

Counselor – Rhonda Kesselhuth

• Offers student support through proactive classroom guidance activities on a regularly scheduled basis, individual or group counseling as appropriate and crisis intervention as needed.
• Provides grade and age appropriate life skill guidance topics including: bully proofing, friendship skills, feelings, career awareness, character building, conflict resolution, problem solving, drug abuse prevention, growth and development, and personal safety.
• Special - Red Ribbon Week – Drug Awareness, Special Philanthropy projects such as annual can drive, Warm Up Bartlesville, Huggies, etc.

Computer Lab– Sammie Samson (lab manager)

• 25 Computers
• Grade and Age appropriate software includes Math Facts in a Flash, Jumpstart, Study Island, Internet Explorer, SRI, Reading Counts (RC), Tangrams, SuccessMaker, and The Graph Club
• Students come to lab at least once a week for 45 minutes and other times as scheduled by teacher
• Lesson plans are designed around the classroom curriculum and to reinforce what the classroom teacher is doing
• Lab projects include:

Fall counting student books in 1^st grade using Word

Weather graph using Graph Club in 2^nd grade

Web book using Word in 3^rd grade in connection to Fossil/rock study

State Books using PowerPoint and Word in 4^th grade

Internet Scavenger Hunts on Explorers and Indians and making

Revolutionary War Timelines in 5^th grade

Student use Word to publish there stories

Reading Facilitator – Stacey Schovanec

· Reading curriculum

· Based upon Oklahoma PASS (Priority Academic Student Skills) & district curriculum

· Utilizes the Literacy First framework, which allows students to be taught at their instructional level in individualized, small group, and/or whole group instruction.

· Materials and resources include science & social study texts, a leveled guided reading library, classroom sets of literature, various current events & magazines such as Scholastic Weekly Readers & Time for Kids.

· Utilizes Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) assessment, which tests vocabulary and inference skills. SRI is a district standard so transfers within the district minimizes disruptions to student academics.

· Extensive network of Volunteer Reading Tutors work with students as needed

Physical Education (PE) – Angela Byars

• Physical Activities including: skating, climbing wall, dancing, flash light tag, noodle tag, locomotive movements, Martians of Mars, basketball, 4 square, follow the leader warm up
• Administers and recognizes students in Presidential Fitness Program
• Participates in special district wide events including: Bruin Mile (fall) & 4^th & 5^th grade track meet (spring)
• Mileage Club – lunch recess activity which encourages and recognizes students who walk/run ¼ mile laps regularly – staffed by volunteers from WPSA
• End of School Field Day Event - sponsored by WPSA

GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) – Todd Rhoades, Linda Key, & Teresa Underhill

· Gifted education program offered for qualifying students in 2^nd – 5^th grade

· Supplementary pullout program available once a week for approx. 2 ½ hrs.

· Wayside is the site for all Bartlesville Public School identified students

· Eligibility – students scoring in the top 3% on a nationally standardized test.

· Curriculum is an extension of the regular classroom with a goal to expand the student’s learning capacity.

Special Needs

· Special Needs students are integrated into regular classrooms as determined by IEP

· School district has full-time speech pathologist and physical therapist assigned to work with designated elementary students on a regularly scheduled basis

· Handicap Accessible Bus is available for pickup and drop-off of special needs students

Junior Achievement – Parent Volunteers

· Five 30 - 45 minute sessions on economic & business principles during spring semester

Misc. General

All Oklahoma schools teach to the state curriculum Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS). That is the minimum curriculum for the subject areas of: language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and PE. Bartlesville schools include curriculum that goes beyond the state mandated curriculum. Wayside teachers use the Literacy First framework for which they have received extensive training. The Everyday Math curriculum is used in every Bartlesville elementary school for math instruction.

Wayside Parent Support Association (WPSA)

WPSA meets the second Monday of each month. In addition to the Executive Committee, we have the following committees:

Apples for Teachers: This program enables parents to purchase specific items for their children’s classroom.

Book Fair: Scholastic Book Fairs are held in the fall and spring.

Carnival: Parent organized and run carnival in February. A total blast!

Directory: Student Directory is produced by this committee.

Field Day: Fun and games for the students, usually on a day the last week of school.

Circle of Friends Garden: A memorial garden that is kept up by parents and students. We have pansy plantings and other projects for the students here each year.

GM Box Tops/Campbell Labels: Contests are held twice a year for the class that brings in the most! We earned over $1,000 last year with this program!

Home Alone: Teaches third graders the safe procedures of staying home alone.

Hospitality: we hold three events a year for the staff with luncheons, treats, and door prizes.

Junior Achievement: Parents volunteer to conduct the Junior Achievement Program in each classroom.

Marquee Coordinator: Keeps our sign updated with current messages.

Parent Volunteer Coordinator: Organizes all the volunteers, the sign-up sheets at Back-to-School Night, and also the Homeroom Parents program.

Pickles and Popcorn: Parents volunteer once a month to pop popcorn and bag pickles for the students to enjoy as a treat. Students purchase individually or by the year.

School Supplies: Pre-packaged school supplies are available for purchase at the end of the year for the upcoming school year.

School Spirit: T-shirts are designed and sold through this committee. We have them printed at the local Shirt Shop.

Superintendent’s Representative: Attends the quarterly Superintendent’s meeting and submits questions from parents then reports back at our meetings.

Talent Show: Students showcase their talents at this wonderful production in the fall. Students may participate in a large musical opening number as well as individual acts.

Test Monitors: Parents volunteer to monitor all state-mandated tests in the classrooms for legal purposes.

Work Room Coordinator: Parents volunteer to accomplish teachers’ copy room needs and the chairperson organizes the schedule.

Yearbook: This committee works year-round to produce one of the best yearbooks ever!

Fund Raising: We hold two fund raiser events per year.

Walk-a-thon: The event is kicked off at a Friday Finale with a ridiculous parent skit. Prior to the walk-a-thon, students collect pledges from family and friends to sponsor their efforts. Students raise money by walking or running as many laps as they can in 20 minutes. Parents volunteer to mark and tally lap cards, pass out Gatorade and orange slices, and many other behind the scene details. At a Friday Finale after the event we have a huge awards assembly honoring the students who walked the most laps and raised the most money. We also present traveling trophies to the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place classes who completed the most laps. The Walk-A-Thon is quickly becoming a tradition at Wayside. We generally raise more than $10,000!

Product Sales: We also have one selling fund raiser per year. The product varies from year to year. This fund raiser also typically raises well over $15,000.

Each year WPSA purchases a big item to benefit the school. Some examples of previous purchases are:

*Big Toy and climbing equipment for playground

*Climbing wall for P.E.

*Roller skates for a P.E. skating unit

*Sound system

*Marquee

*Closed circuit wiring, TV’s and DVD/VCR’s for each classroom

*Interactive Whiteboards for 15 classrooms

We also fund a great many smaller requests for our teachers’ classrooms as well as playground equipment.