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Sunset Elementary School!

MISSION  

    Excellence In Teaching – Learning For All


VISION
If Sunset Elementary School’s children are going to receive an exemplary education, a shared vision must serve as the bridge between our school’s present and the future that it desires.

Leadership
Sunset Elementary School leaders will foster a clear sense of direction each day and pursue this with persistence, tenacity, and patience.


Staff

Sunset Elementary School staff will accept full collaborative responsibility for each student’s achievement and will model this standard of excellence on a daily basis.

Curriculum and Instruction
Sunset Elementary School will provide and utilize a carefully articulated curriculum including: instructional strategies (supported by best practices) for improving student achievement, technological tools and training, daily monitoring and support, leading to successful learning.

School Climate
Sunset Elementary School students and staff will work together to provide an emotionally and physically safe environment, which supports learning.

Community Partnerships
Parents, staff, and community will share in an active partnership, teaching Sunset’s children by providing a strong partnership, which focuses on an exemplary educational experience.

Students
Students at Sunset Elementary School will be persons of positive character who each accept responsibility for themselves, their learning, and their choices.


VALUES  
We will begin where the students’ abilities lie and nurture growth.

We will celebrate academic achievement, improvement, and personal character.

We will monitor each student’s learning, providing enrichment and support.
   
We will collaborate with one another and our students so we can achieve our collective goals more effectively.

We will demonstrate our commitment to ongoing professional development and continuous improvement.

We will involve parents in the education of their children by keeping parents informed of their child(ren)’s progress and offering suggestions for assisting them.

We will provide an inviting classroom environment for students by establishing clear expectations, consistent consequences, and specific, articulated, academic goals.


Sunset School Creed

I pledge. . .
To be a Kid of Character,
I’ll be worthy of TRUST.   
I’ll be RESPECTFUL and RESPONSIBLE
Doing what I must.   
I will always act with FAIRNESS.
I will show that I CARE.
I will be a good CITIZEN,
And always do my share.
    From Character Counts   




 Built in 1953, Sunset Elementary School is home to approximately 280 students and 30 staff members. It houses kindergarten through 5th grade classes, an Instructional Media Center (library or IMC), music, p.e., special education, success teachers and

title I. Sunset has a staff dedicated to teaching students and helping them grow into responsible, lifelong learners. Technology is a growing component to the learning environment. Computers are found in every classroom. Sunset Shool has a computer lab for whole class work and the IMC has a minilab for research purposes. Sunset also has 2 mobile labs which float from classroom to classroom as needed. Sunset has a strong Accelerated Reader program, Rigby Reading, and Bridges Math.

Sunset School has a small, but dynamic, Teacher And Parent group, which is always looking for more members. TAP sponsors AR, the 5th grade swimming trip, field trips for the classrooms, the back to school picnic, the carnival, equipment and books for the school and many more projects.

                            




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Sunset Elementary School
1520 21st street
Cody, Wy 82414