Sheridan Elementary School

Vue d'ensemble

Sheridan Elementary School has a heat pump system for heating and cooling.

Sheridan has 450 students in kindergarten through grade 5. Twelve percent of our students are low-income. Twenty-six percent are gifted, and 106 students are differentiated learners. Seventeen percent of our students receive special educatiion services.

Staff members at Sheridan are committed to providing opportunities for all students to reach their highest potential. Sheridan staff set high standards for each student and design instruction to enable individual students to reach their goals. Teachers teach connections between school and the outside world. They enable students to learn and work effectively with a diversity of people. They also encourage students to accept responsibilities, to take risks and learn from mistakes, to become effective problem solvers, and to develop expertise in self-expression. Staff and parents help students discover that learning can be fun.

Sheridan's staff includes 21 teachers in kindergarten through grade 5, a coordinator, three resource teachers, a reading recovery teacher, and five specialists in art, computer, media, physical education, and vocal music. Sixteen of Sheridan's teachers have ten or more years of teaching experience and 14 have master’s degrees. Itinerant staff at Sheridan include an instrumental music teacher, a strings teacher, orthopedic specialists, a psychologist, a speech pathologist, mentors, and a school nurse.

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