Center Elementary is a school of accomplishment and the home of the Tigers. In the last two years, through the hard work of our students and staff, we have earned the distinguished honor of being recognized as a School of Excellence and a Title 1 Reward School for highest progress. In addition to our accolades, we have three pillars that we stand on: building relationships, challenging students, and preparing students for life transitions.
For 2013-2014, Center’s College Career Readiness Performance Indicator, CCRPI, score of 96.2 was the highest of the eight county districts in the Okefenokee RESA region. Each year our students perform exceptionally well on the end of the year assessments. The following data includes the meeting and exceeding percentages of all students for the 2013-2014 Criterion Referenced Competency Test, CRCT, scores: Reading 99% meets with 55% exceeding, 97% meets with 48% exceeding, Math 99% meets with 60% exceeding, Social Studies 98% meets with 49% exceeding, and Science 93% meets with 54% exceeding. For the state 5th grade writing assessment, our students achieved a 93% meeting and 10% exceeding score. Another student achievement we are extremely proud of is a 5th grade student being chosen as the second place State Fair Bear Writing Competition Winner. Not only do our students shine, but one of our staff, Donna Rowe, was chosen as the Ware County System-Wide Teacher of the Year.
Center offers for your child a unique and exciting educational experience through our Center for Language Arts Study and Success or C.L.A.S.S. program. This is a district-wide accelerated Language Arts program for high-achieving students, both gifted and non-gifted in grades 3-5. Students are provided with a rich, exciting, technologically advanced educational environment designed to give them activity-driven, experienced-based learning opportunities. In the C.L.A.S.S. technology lab, each student has a Pentium computer and access to numerous multimedia production programs and equipment.
In addition to offering a rigorous educational experience by using a variety of research-based strategies to meet the individual needs for all students, Center Elementary offers extracurricular activities, which address various student interests. A few of these programs include Student Council, 4-H, Sports, Drama and Art clubs, and a Performance Based Learning Team, PBL, which specializes in developing websites and creating movies. Also, students have the opportunity to become involved in the National Elementary Honor Society and numerous academic competitions.
Parental involvement is encouraged throughout the school year and positively influences the relationships between all school and community stakeholders. Through these relationships, it is possible for our students to reach their highest potential to become self-motivated, life-long learners, and achieve future success in the globally competitive world.
Dr. Sonya Bennett
Center Elementary Principal