School Highlights

• Welborn Elementary is an Accredited School that has been successful in making AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) in reading and math for the 2006-2007 school year.
• Leavenworth Road Association is a community focused organization that supported Welborn Elementary School in donating school supplies, providing volunteers for various school activities, and participating in school functions.
• Youth Enrichment Skills (YES) Club is a part of a partnership between Wyandotte Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. and the Kansas City, Kansas USD#500 that is designed to teach coping and social skills with students whose behavior or emotional needs interfere with their school performance. This year we have added an additional segment to teach children to cope with significant losses in their lives.
• Junior Achievement, Youth Friends, SIT, Dental and Health (Score One for Health) Screenings were scheduled to help ensure that all students enrolled in school achieved high levels of academic, social, and emotional development as an ongoing process.
• "Reading Is Fundamental" (RIF) is a program that promotes reading by the distribution of books to students.
• "Steps to Guided Reading" is a program used by 3rd, 4th & 5th grade teachers with instruction in the classroom.
• "KALL" Kansas Accelerated Literacy Learning strategies are implemented in grades K-2 classrooms.
• Weekly Staff Development is structured to examine student data and implement research based instructional strategies in classrooms that support student achievement.
• Diverse and enriched programs, guest speakers, and extra curricular activities provided by Arts Partners and Bureau of Lectures & Concert Artists, Inc. presented opportunities for students to learn, to perform and to be recognized.
• School wide community outreach included students and staff raising money for United Way under the direction of our school Nurses. Food was given to area charities. Families were adopted and given support when disasters occurred such as house fires, weather hazards, etc.
• Three Instructional Coaches assisted the staff in administering and collecting student assessment data as a well as in implementing researched based instructional strategies in classrooms.
• Animated Literacy and Literacy By Design were used to incorporate all the components suggested by research on phonemic awareness.
• Proceeds from the School Fundraiser were used to purchase additional equipment for classroom instruction.
• Family Math and Literacy Nights were scheduled for parents to get involved in their children’s educational growth.
• Programs such as Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Dance and Art Workshops, Bureau Of Lectures & Concert Artists Assembly Programs, The Elsenpeter Marionettes, Chinese Acrobats, provided diverse opportunities for learning.
• Support was given by the Kansas City & Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce in planning exciting events throughout the school year.
• Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies were implemented in each classroom to have 100% participation of all students.
• A Career Fair was held each year to help students begin planning for their future.
• Family Advocacy built a bridge between school and home making it possible for students, their families, and the school staff to work together as a team.
• Our Technology Instructor enhanced student education through the use of a district wide computer network.

Mission Statement

The Mission of Welborn Elementary School Staff, Parents, and Community is to develop critical thinkers who are self-motivated, successful lifelong learners.

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