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Programs
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Programs
Supported by the
Sunset Elementary School
and the Instructional Media Center
(a.k.a. the library)!
Character Counts is T R R F C C !
Students can use this acronym to help them remember that people with good character are terrific:
T rustworthiness
R espect
R esponsibility
F airness
C aring
C itizenship
Boy's Town Social Skills is a series of skills taught to help students interact in positive ways with other people.
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading program designed to allow students to assist in their reading improvement. Students and teachers set goals and due dates. Students read AR books within their reading range. The reading range is determined by teacher observations and reading tests, including STAReader. The reading range is the middle range of what the student can read. This is where the student can read comfortably with a bit of challenge. It is not his/her top reading level. After a book is read, the student takes a test (AR) to earn points. When the student moves to new level on the Wall of Fame he/she recieves a prize from the Sunset TAP (teachers & parents)! Thank you Sunset TAP (formerly PTA)!
STAReader is a computerized reading test. It is one of several tools used by a teacher to determine a student's reading growth. It is used to set AR reading ranges for students.
Custom Typing is an online typing program, which helps students learn to touch type. 4th and 5th grade students are required to use this program. 4th grade's goal is 14 words per minute. 5th grade's goal is 17 words per minute. Please have your child practice touch typing whenever they are typing. That means good posture, using their home keys, and looking as little as possible at the keyboard. The 3rd grade students are using custom typing as a learning center in the classroom. Practice at home is essential.
Wyoming Data Bases is provided to any Wyoming resident who has a public library card. In this case having a small population in the state of Wyoming is good. It has allowed the Wyoming State Public Library System to provide a number of information programs for use by the patrons of the Wyoming Public Library System. Yes, you can use it from home if you have a public library card and know your pin number. The Wyoming Data Bases includes EBSCO, NoveList, Literature Resource Center, SIRS, eLibrary, Britannica and many more. Thanks to the state legislature for provideing the funds for this resource.
The Buckaroo Award (grade k-3), the Indian Paintbrush Award (grade 4-6) and the Soaring Eagle Award (grade 7-12) sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council allows Wyoming children in grades Kindergarten through 12 to select favorite books they have read and honor the authors of these books.
C.A.N. stands for Change Attitudes Now. It is a voluntary program designed to prevent kids from using drugs and to keep kids off of drugs. Students in grades 4-12 sign a form stating they will stay off of drugs. In return, C.A.N. students can use computers throughout the town reserved for C.A.N.  members. They also earn discounts from several businesses and are eligible for a multitude of other benefits and awards. Grades 3 and up earn C.A.N. trading cards in school. The trading cards feature High School C.A.N. members.
Power School is an online communication tool between home and school. Teachers enter a variety of information into this program.
Art on a Cart is up and running this year with grants from Park County District Six and Wyoming Arts Council. Art on a Cart is a grant funded art education program. Currently, art, with this program, is offered to all elementary schools in Park County. the curriculum used in the program addresses state and national art standards and benchmarks as well as state grade standards and benchmarks.
Other facts are in the related files at the bottom of this page. 
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