Part time resource personnel include a reading specialist, an art teacher, a physical education instructor and assistant, a librarian, a music teacher, a guidance counselor, an occupational therapist and a speech pathologist. In addition, two full time instructional assistants help to provide services to children. The daily schedule incorporates large blocks of uninterrupted time for language arts and mathematics instruction to increase learning opportunities for students. There is strong staff commitment to have every child reading on grade level to achieve proficiency on the Virginia Standards of Learning assessments. Teachers regularly work together and communicate and brainstorm to provide optimal learning experiences for all students.
Teachers excel in the ability to differentiate instruction to best suit individual student needs.
In technology, the school has a file server and an IBM computer that is networked in each classroom as well as to the other computers in the building and the four other schools and School Board Office in Madison County. Our teachers make good use of the countywide e-mail system and the majority of communication about meetings and committees is done via the computer. This includes the sending of documents and test scores. There are additional PowerMacs in some classrooms. Our Kindergarten uses a computer program called the Waterford, which has been very successful and fun for the students.