About SDS………….
About SDS….
South Dorchester School is a Pre-Kindergarten through grade 8 school located in the Church Creek, Maryland area known as Golden Hill. The student body consisted of 221 students for most of the year. Ninety eight percent of the student body is Caucasian. Less then one and one half percent of the student body was Native American. Less than one percent of the student body was African-American. Twenty six percent of the students received free or reduced meals. Fifteen students withdrew and Twenty-four students enrolled at South Dorchester School during the 2006-2007 school year. Five percent of the student body received special education services.
South Dorchester is unique in that there is only one class per grade level. The staff members are dedicated, flexible, and experienced with most having ten or more years experience. Most of the elementary staff has taught in their current grade level for at least five years. Through creative scheduling and use of staff members more individualized small group instruction has been used.
The professional staff consisted of seventeen certificated staff members. Fifteen percent of the teachers were male and eighty-five percent of the teachers were female. The average years of experience for administrators and teachers were twenty-one years. One hundred percent of the teachers were highly qualified in their subject areas. Forty one percent of the staff attended professional conferences and shared resource materials during professional development days and team meetings.
The support staff consisted of one full-time secretary, one nurse, two full time instructional assistants, two hourly assistants, two cafeteria personnel, and two custodial staff.
South Dorchester School continued to expand instructional programs. Small group instruction for reading remained in grades 1 through 5 using the classroom teacher, special education teacher, pre-k teacher (P.M.) and the media specialist. Students in grades 6 through 8 participated in differentiated instruction in math. A multi-age middle school format is utilized to better meet the needs of the students in academic areas. Successful implementation of these programs resulted in South Dorchester School meeting AYP for the 2007 MSA administration.
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