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Weather Watch: No Jan. 31 Activities

We are closely monitoring the next round of winter weather expected this weekend for our area. Based on the forecast and after consulting with local emergency teams, all extra-curricular activities for Saturday, Jan. 31, have been canceled.

Any decision concerning our Monday school schedule will be shared with families no later than Sunday evening through email/text messages, our websites, social media, and local media stations. If you are not receiving our direct messages, please check your contact information in the Parent Portal.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to navigate through our weather challenges.

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Title I Information

The Barrow County School System encourages parental involvement in education. Parental involvement is defined as regular, two-way, meaningful communication involving student academic learning. Parents play an integral role in assisting in their child’s learning and are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school and home and to be partners in decision-making to assist in the education of their child.
 

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Beyond the Bell Episode 2 - Family Engagement
March 8, 2024

Ramon Manzo sits down to discuss Family Engagement and how BCSS connect families to their children's education.

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Winder Elementary School High Impact Best Practices for Teaching and Learning

The faculty and staff of Winder Elementary School are committed to using effective instructional practices that are consistent in every classroom. Our goal is for each and every student we serve to be academically successful while achieving at their highest level.

 

To meet this goal:

    • Designing lessons aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence
    • Identifying key concepts in the language of the standards
    • Using essential questions to connect instruction to the standard
    • Asking students to explain the standards in their own words

    • Developing formative assessments that are explicitly aligned to standards
    • Collecting, charting, and analyzing student work on a regular basis
    • Identifying students who are not meeting standards, meeting standards, or exceeding standards
    • Continuously adjusting instruction based on assessment results
    • Using a variety of instructional strategies to address student needs
    • Focusing on providing strong relevant feedback, both written and verbal, to students regarding their work

    • Opening - Activating strategies centered on the standard, element(s), and essential question
    • Mini-lesson - Modeling while referencing standards and key vocabulary
    • Using writing exemplars (examples of work that meets or exceeds the standard)
    • Work Period - Engaging students using performance tasks
    • Using higher-order thinking questions to probe student understanding
    • Closing - Summarizing strategies to assess student understanding

    • A clear and consistent behavior policy for promoting a positive classroom atmosphere
    • Strong student-teacher relationships based on the school district’s core beliefs
    • The social-emotional needs of our students
    • Established rituals and routines
    • Displayed Georgia Standards of Excellence, essential questions, and key vocabulary
    • Evidence of the common framework for instruction
    • Evidence of student work that reflects the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards

    • Frequent, clear, and consistent
    • Focused on building a partnership with parents for improving student performance

Parent Resource Center

The Barrow County School System Parent Resource Center is located at the Professional Development Center, 179 West Athens Street, Winder, in room 166 and is open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

El Centro de Recursos Para los Padres del Sistema Escolar del Condado de Barrow está ubicado en las oficinas centrales, 179 West Athens St., Winder, en el salón 166, y está abierto desde las 8 a.m. hasta las 4 p.m.