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Welcome to Union Street School

 

Union Street School is the educational home of third, fourth, and fifth graders in Springfield, Vermont.  We have nearly 300 students, 32 certified staff, and 30 or more support staff which consists of para-educators, instructional assistants, secretaries and/or clerks, kitchen staff, and janitors.  The students and staff at Union Street believe in “Living the DREAM!”

 

Our professional educators created a behavior and safety program for the entire school community called “DREAM”.  “DREAM” is an acrostic that is used as a reminder of the expectations for all persons.  “DREAM” stands for:

            Do your best!

            Responsible behavior

            Empathy for others

            Active Learning

            Make a difference!

 

The “Live the DREAM!” program has made a wonderful difference in students’ success rate of behavior and safety.  We welcome folks to stop in, visit, and observe our school community.  The best time to see all students and staff at one time in one location “Living the DREAM!” is during our “Fresh Start” activity.  “Fresh Start” is held each first day of a new week in the gym from 9:00-9:25 AM. 

 

Other exciting changes are taking place this year at Union Street School in addition to our implementation of the “Live the Dream!” program. This year we have been working hard on revising our School Improvement Plan.  Union Street had been identified by the State of Vermont as a “School of Needs of Improvement”. This year for the first time Union Street has joined other schools in our district and state of Vermont as a school needing to create a restructuring plan.

 

Before the state ever mandated Union Street to restructure, the staff had been proactive in creating and implementing a school improvement process that encompassed the “Seven Correlates of Highly Effective Schools” from the work of Larry Lezotte.  Lezotte is a well-known national leader in the education world for school change and academic improvement.  The Seven Correlates are: 

  • Instructional Leadership
  • Clear and Focused Mission
  • Safe and Orderly Environment
  • Climate of High Expectations
  • Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress
  • Positive Home-School Relations
  • Opportunity to Learn and Student Time on Task

 

Henceforth, our 2012-2013 school year began with a strong focus on assuring that each of the Seven Correlates were being embedded into our new state requirement of designing a Restructuring Plan that will implemented beginning in the 2013-2014 school year.  The state of Vermont provided us with a survey tool and a school coach to help identify areas where we have the strongest need to focus upon.  

 

Union Street’s certified staff members have been involved with this process and are working diligently with consistency and fidelity on an updated plan to improve student achievement.  Our support staff folks are encouraged to give input as well to the process as they are critical personnel in our school learning community. 

 

Union Street is right on the brink of proposing our new Restructuring Plan to the staff.  Soon it will be ready to share with students and parents.  Right now we are in the final stages of developing class structures, schedules, processes, and interventions that will enhance the learning for all students beginning the 2013-2014 school year.  Stay tuned for the upcoming educational meetings that will be held in April and May!

Building Bridges

http://www.wcax.com/story/20961675/springfield-students

Last Updated (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 15:25)

 

Author's Nite

Thursday, 2/14/13 2nd Annual Author's Night at Union Street School from 4:30 to 5:30! All 300 students have written and illustrated their own book that was sent to print.  The 5th graders wrote their "memoirs"....they have had 10 to 11 years of living to put in those memoirs.  The third and Fourth graders addressed an assortment of topics in their books.  The public is welcome and invited to share in our celebration of reading & writing.

Friday, 2/15/13 It is spirit day and the Annual ReadAThon at Union Street School in Springfield...the theme is "read my t-shirt".  The entire school, volunteers from the community will share their love for reading and raise funds for future school activities.  The 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders are again asking their friends and families to sponsor them.  They hope to earn money for each hour (six total) they spend listening to books and engaging in reading activities.  

The students will rotate by class though five different activities, hearing (among other things) a humorous biography, math tales and scarey stories.  They may engage in poetry slam (the acting out of poetry) and dramatic reading (acting out stories), and learning about diversity and children around the world.  This is an exciting way to send students off on their February vacation, we hope that they will be be inspired to read!

 

Union Street Student Handbook

Welcome to the Union Street Elementary School Student Handbook!

Last Updated (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 15:36)

 

Students Featured On WCAX Books Over Breakfast


Two creative young authors and students from Union St School were featured on the WCAX Books Over Breakfast program.  They presented and discussed the book that they had written and illustrated.



From WCAX - "We feature Vermont writers on our morning show every week -- but this week, we met some budding authors who are chasing the literary dream early. Students at Union Street Elementary in Springfield, Vermont wrote, illustrated, and sent books off to the printer. Some 200 fourth and fifth grade students wrote their own books, while four third-grade classes worked together to create books. Two of the students -- Owen Parillo and Bailey Beebe -- told us on the Channel 3 News Wednesday morning the illustrations were the hardest part, and thinking up story ideas was fun. The books will be unveiled for friends, family, and the community Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30 at the school. And for students, this was just a warm-up for their all-day read-a-thon on Friday to raise money for their school."

Last Updated (Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:51)

 

Availability to Access Supplemental Educational Tutoring Services

Contact Robin Bickel for further information

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Last Updated (Wednesday, 11 January 2012 12:11)

 
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