School Highlights

• Community Garden Project: This project gave students the opportunity to beautify their community and learn academic concepts through gardening.
• Student Council: The council encouraged leadership skills of students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade and represented Caruthers and the student body in a positive way.
• Reach Back Program: This program was a partnership between Baker University and Caruthers Elementary. The goals of this program were to provide additional academic support to students through college student classroom aides and later, a visit by 5th graders, on Baker's campus.
• Accelerated Reader and Math: A grant awarded to the school allowed students to utilize a computer software system. This software addressed individual needs in math and reading through multimedia activities.
• Birthday Club: Students from Shawnee Mission East Share through the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Kansas City Section provided a monthly luncheon and gifts for students in honor of their birthday.
• Self Manager Program: Recognized and rewarded those students who exhibited good self-discipline in all areas of the school.
• Artist-In-Residence Program: Provided our students with opportunities to study specific concepts and/or attend a performance with an artist in a particular field.
• Reading First Grant: A grant which provided specific training to teachers in grades K – 3. Teachers learned how to teach students at their developmental reading level.
• Instrumental Music: Students in 4th and 5th grade had an opportunity to learn how to play a musical instrument. They then played for parents, students and staff at least twice a year.
• Homework Party: This was a quarterly activity that recognized those students who attempted their homework and returned it to school at least 90% of the time.
• Musicals: All students had an opportunity to perform in a school musical at least once this year.
• Students Walk: Students were encouraged to walk daily. Students walked every morning before school began and logged how many laps they’d walked. They received incentives for every mile they'd walked.
• Score 1 for Health: This program was a partnership between Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and the Deron Cherry Foundation. It provided health screenings for children.
• Student Authors: Each year several classroom teachers encouraged their students to write, usually a personal narrative. Their completed work was then sent to a company that took their words and illustrations and published them in full color, hardbound books.
• Awards Program: These programs were held quarterly to recognize students for their perfect/good attendance and other accomplishments.
• Second Step Program: This violence prevention program taught students how to effectively manage their emotions and demonstrate self control.

Mission Statement

Caruthers Elementary will strive to be a community of life-long learners. Together, we will help our students reach their academic goals in order to reach their full potential and meet challenges as a team, so no one is left behind.

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