Niwot Elementary K-5
Setting and Context:
Niwot Elementary is located in the quiet town of Niwot, Colorado, and is part of the St. Vrain Valley School District. Niwot serves Preschool through Fifth Grade learners and their families.
From their website:
"The mission of the Niwot Elementary School Community is to provide each student with a well balanced and successful learning experience that promotes a lifelong enjoyment of learning, positive self esteem, and an appreciation of respect and acceptance for all individuals."
The school culture is built around this mission statement, when you walk into Niwot elementary you immediately feel like you belong there. The staff works very closely together as a team to support students and families while creating a dynamic learning environment.
Niwot elelmentary's focus is being a "School for Differentiated Instruction". Their focus is providing the ideal learning environment for each of its 520 diverse students. Encouraging students to take greater responsibility and ownership for their own learning, and providing opportunities for peer teaching and cooperative learning.
Niwot elementary's enrollment of 500+ students is composed of 87.9% white, 6% hispanic, and 2.3% Asian. Only 6.7% of the enrolled body qualifies for free and reduced lunches.
Niwot elementary also houses one of the few Autism focus programs in the elementary level serving the entire St.Vrain district area. This program feeds into Altona middle school.
At Niwot elementary the Art room is centrally located, two exits and no windows. The art room is well equipped for elementary art, neatly organized and carefully planned out. As you walk in you notice six tables color coded with lanterns hanging above each table and matching stools. This color coordination does not stop at the tables but carries out into art work storage and job delegation. The art room is equipped with minimal large equipment, a projector, document camera, kiln and a paper cutter. There is ample storage as the room is lined with floor to ceiling cabinets and a rather large storage closet. Expectations for studio habits are clearly posted for all learners and are covered extensively at the beginning of the year with kindergartners and first graders.
From their website:
"The mission of the Niwot Elementary School Community is to provide each student with a well balanced and successful learning experience that promotes a lifelong enjoyment of learning, positive self esteem, and an appreciation of respect and acceptance for all individuals."
The school culture is built around this mission statement, when you walk into Niwot elementary you immediately feel like you belong there. The staff works very closely together as a team to support students and families while creating a dynamic learning environment.
Niwot elelmentary's focus is being a "School for Differentiated Instruction". Their focus is providing the ideal learning environment for each of its 520 diverse students. Encouraging students to take greater responsibility and ownership for their own learning, and providing opportunities for peer teaching and cooperative learning.
Niwot elementary's enrollment of 500+ students is composed of 87.9% white, 6% hispanic, and 2.3% Asian. Only 6.7% of the enrolled body qualifies for free and reduced lunches.
Niwot elementary also houses one of the few Autism focus programs in the elementary level serving the entire St.Vrain district area. This program feeds into Altona middle school.
At Niwot elementary the Art room is centrally located, two exits and no windows. The art room is well equipped for elementary art, neatly organized and carefully planned out. As you walk in you notice six tables color coded with lanterns hanging above each table and matching stools. This color coordination does not stop at the tables but carries out into art work storage and job delegation. The art room is equipped with minimal large equipment, a projector, document camera, kiln and a paper cutter. There is ample storage as the room is lined with floor to ceiling cabinets and a rather large storage closet. Expectations for studio habits are clearly posted for all learners and are covered extensively at the beginning of the year with kindergartners and first graders.
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