Patriot Elementary
Building Title 1 Compact
Linette Sheridan, Principal
(719) 382-1460

Parent Guide to Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act

A Parent Guide to State and Local Report Cards 

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Benefits Of Tutoring

Improve Academic Performance

• Provide direct support to students who need to address problem areas.
• Help students perform better on exams, tests, and assignments.
• Learn habits students will use in the long run of a successful life.

Develop Critical Thinking Skills

• Tutors help students think critically about school problems and find solutions accordingly.
• Tutors motivate and challenge children to improve their skills through critical thinking tactics.

Reinforcement of Concepts

• Some students struggle doing homework at home due to other obligations.
• Tutors help with assigned homework as well as teaching study habits that assist students in higher education
• Tutors are able to work on an individual basis with students to grasp concepts they might not otherwise understand
• Understanding core concepts lead to better understanding in future ideas

Our district recognized the need to identify students from all backgrounds who demonstrate a potential for exceptional performance

• Students between the ages of four and twenty-one
• Students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior

Services Offered By The Gifted And Talented Program 

• College and career planning
• Teacher support
• Class scheduling assistance enrichment
• Social-emotional wellness

Elementary schools provide differentiation through grouping, advanced learning opportunities, and afterschool academic classes, clubs, and contests.

Our middle schools provide a wide range of Pre-AP and advanced classes, a gifted elective course, as well as many enriching after school opportunities.

FFCHS students can also enroll in a variety of Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-AP courses as well.

ELL Philosophy

• Assist students to attain high levels of cognitive academic language proficiency skills in English
• Meet the same state academic standards that all children are expected to meet
• Develop pride in their cultural background and respect for all members of our multicultural community

Native American/Native Alaskan

• Minimizing gaps for Native American/Native Alaskan students
• Educational opportunities, after school clubs, intertribal events
• Build awareness of supports for secondary students to pursue post-secondary education 

Native American/Native Alaskan Supports

• College visits for secondary students
• Native American/Native Alaskan cultural events
• Art club for K-12 students
• Parent resources for post - secondary education 

ELL Supports

• Tutoring
• Multicultural events
• Art clubs
• Interpretation for parent meetings

In Colorado, ongoing professional development is required for all public school educators - teachers and administrators

Annual Professional Development

Each year, a number of staff members participate in our Teacher Leadership Institute held in the summer before school starts.

Pre-k -12 grade core classroom teachers

• Specials teachers
• Elective teachers
• Special service providers
• Pre-k - 12 school administrators

LETRS Training

Provides educators and administrators with deep knowledge to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading. These individuals go on to master the fundamentals of reading instruction phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and language.*

• LETRS® Lexia Learning

ESL and Multicultural Education

FFC8 partnership with UCCS

The district works cohesively with educators at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to provide our teachers with a deeper understanding of ESL and linguistically diverse populations

Benefits of Educator
Professional Development

Better Learning Outcomes for Students

• Educators access relevant information and practices to keep them in touch with new and emerging practices for student engagement

Teachers Learn Better Ways to Teach

• Educators learn new strategies that they bring back into the classroom; they are better able to suit the needs of their students

Educators Love Education 

• Professional Development allows teachers to step out of the daily routine by becoming students instead of teachers. PD enriches teachers to challenge their students

STEM In The Classroom 

What is STEM

STEM education refers to science, technology, engineering and math, disciplines that are important, not only for students, but for the country in general. 

Why STEM?

• 60% of the new jobs available in the 21st century will require the skills possessed by only 20% of the current workforce
• STEM occupations are expected to grow by 17% from 2008 to 2018, compared with 9.8% growth for non-stem occupations
• 80% of jobs created in the next decade will require some form of math and science skills

Colorado has one of the highest per capita concentrations of science, research, and engineering facilities in the nation, with 24 federally funded research labs. 

FFC8's Summer Learning Institute is open to all students Grades K-12. 

High School Students

• For high school students, two sessions are offered for credit recovery.
• Multiple high school students are hired to serve as literacy aides to support in elementary classrooms

Summer School Course Offerings

Elementary	Secondary
Math	Language Arts
Language Arts	Math
STEM	Social Studies
Art	Science
Physical Education	Original Credit courses offered for incoming freshman
Literacy Clinic	Accelerated Math
	Foreign Language

Highlights

Elementary

• High School Literacy Aide in every classroom to help with instructions
• Curriculum extended for core curriculum

Middle School

•  Enrichment courses offered

High School

• Two sessions offered
• Original credit offered for incoming freshman

All grade levels

• Community breakfast and lunch offerings
• GT Camps