The instructional program will incorporate both social and academic skills essential to living and participating in a democratic society. All About Us Burkeville Elementary School, with its spacious playgrounds is situated on a hill in the historical town of Burkeville, Virginia. Surrounded by wooded forests and meadows, whose scenery enables teachers to show the wonders of nature, Burkeville Elementary serves the west-end attendance zone of Nottoway County. Although minuscule in size and number, the staff, parents, and students enjoy a friendly, harmonious relationship. This warm environment, with our low student-teacher ratio allows for a good learning atmosphere, where students benefit from small group instruction, individualized instruction, tutoring, and a differentiated curriculum.
Additional emphasis is placed on the use of trade books in reading instruction.
The accelerated reader program is used to promote independent reading. All of our students take computer-assisted reading daily to check comprehension and reinforce skills that have been taught. In math more emphasis is placed on mastering the basic facts. Concepts are expanded by integrating math across the curriculum with focus on solving problems relating to the real world. To further enhance math skills, students participate in computer-assisted instruction and the Saint Jude's Hospital Mathathon.