Chandler Creek Elementary School

School Improvement CouncilLetter to the Community

#TeamCCEChampions: This year our commitment has been to collaborate, build capacity,grow outreach, and to reaffirm a partnership between community, school, and home.

Chandler Creek Elementary School is an IB PYP World School of1030 students located in Greer, South Carolina.

Our mascot is the Champion Star and our Tagline is Building a Community of Champions.

Address: 301 Chandler Rd • Greer, S.C. 29651 | Phone: 864.355.2400 | Website: greenville.k12.sc.us/ccreek/

2016 -17

Our School Improvement Council has worked hard to grow membership, participate in community events, and mobilize increased student achievement with home to school partnerships. This school year, we have created the Champion Block Party, where we move beyond the walls of the school into the neighborhood to promote literacy, health, involvement, and partnerships with local government. In addition, we are active members of the Greer Chamber of Commerce, attending monthly meetings and sharing our vision for college and career readiness. Our school participated in the GreerMade video project, which showcased our exposure clubs and the foundational work being done to educate our students in engineering, coding, drama, music, and journalism.

Our state SC Ready Assessment scores showed growth in the area of mathematics with our school scoring 52% of our students in Grades 3-5 achieving mastery or above. This is above the state average of 48%. In a comparison of schools statewide, we ranked in the top 65%. Our school ELA scores 39% mastery or above. This is slightly below the state average of 42%, yet in comparison with all schools in SC, we ranked 50% overall. We have identified ELA as an area for growth and as such, we have provided intensive professional development in Balanced Literacy. Our current MAP scores show that our efforts are yielding results with strand data showing significant growth.

Our school, in partnership with the community, is aware that academics are only part of delivering a whole child approach to learning. For this reason, we have worked on soft skills such as greetings, eye contact, manners, and hygiene. We showcase a job of the week and work diligently to educate our students on future career opportunities.

Lastly, as a 1-1 school in the use of Chromebooks for Grades 4-5, our students are learning with a 21st century mindset using technology as a core tool. The future will bring 1-1 to the entire school and professional development on personalized learning and all the components of 21st century learning.

Our ultimate goal is to continue to grow mindset and reach 100% of our students with the possibilities that education can provide.

We are Building a Community of Champions.

Sincerely,Jane R. Mills

SC Ready Math

SC Ready ELA

Grade 3 Meets / Exceeds ApproachState - SC 53.6% 24.9%County - GCS 60.9% 22.9%School - CCE 58.9% 40.0%

Grade 4 Meets / Exceeds ApproachState - SC 46.7% 30.6%County - GCS 55.8% 28.1%School - CCE 50.3% 25.5%

Grade 5 Meets / Exceeds ApproachState - SC 44.3% 32.9%County - GCS 52.1% 30.3%School - CCE 46.9% 33.1%

Grade 3 Meets / Exceeds ApproachState - SC 43.7% 34.1%County - GCS 50.5% 31.8%School - CCE 43.4% 36.0%

Grade 4 Meets / Exceeds ApproachState - SC 43.4% 32.4%County - GCS 51.0% 30.0%School - CCE 40.9% 33.0%

Grade 5 Meets / Exceeds ApproachState - SC 41.2% 34.9%County - GCS 48.2% 32.4%School - CCE 32.8% 39.1%

SIC Yearly Goals#1 Raise Student Achievement#2 Recruit and hire highly qualified staff#3 Strengthen school environment with enrichment and exposure clubs#4 Mobilize grant opportunities for increased resources#5 Increased community outreach and partnerships utilizing the Chandler Creek Block Party Model

Future Opportunities• Chrome for grades 1-5, iPads K5• Yearlong professional

development on personalized learning

• Growing the SIC Block Party Model to reach more neighborhoods

• Addition of a gifted and talented interventionist

• Interventionist to serve at risk students and strengthen on site opportunities

• Increased Grants to build the outdoor classroom / Reading Garden

Chandler Creek Elementary Mission......to develop enthusiasm for lifelong learning through inquiry in a global, caring environment,

resulting in responsible citizens who exhibit core values.

2016-17 SIC MembersSara Bartley Natalie BosticDonna CantrellRobert CoxNikki CrabtreeJennifer DoddsMarne DumasMykeva Floyd

Pat GannawayJosh HarveyJennifer JonesDenise LivingstonTim McCulloughJane MillsDebbie PisorJessica Preisig

Leanne RamirezJosh RiceSgt. Chad RichardsonLeigh RyanBeth WatersMandi WhiteAshley Wright

Enrichment / Exposure ClubsLearning Beyond the Classroom

•Art Club•Book Buddies•Chorus•CIS•Creek Chicks•Drama Club•Engineering Club•Gentlemans Club

•Google Coding•Handbell•LLI/ RTI Intervention•Mentor Upstate•News Club•Press Corps•Safety Patrol

•Sports Club•Student Government•Terrific Kids•Title 1 Parent & Family Workshops