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22-524: The three elementary schools in the Cedarburg School District serve students in kindergarten through fifth grade and have pre-kindergarten programs. They are all academically structured in the same way. English, math, science, and social studies are taught by the students' homeroom teachers. Music, physical education, and art are taught by teachers who specialize in those subjects. The school guidance counselor visits each classroom once

44-652: A board of governors, the pressure group, or the owner. The United Kingdom allows elementary education to be delivered in church schools , whereas in France this is illegal as there is strict separation of church and state . This can be through informal assessment by the staff and governors such as in Finland, or by a state run testing regime such as Ofsted in the United Kingdom. Thirteenth grade Thirteenth grade , grade thirteen , or super senior year

66-500: A single phase where programmes are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and to establish a solid foundation for learning. This is ISCED Level 1 : Primary education or first stage of basic education. Within the English speaking world, there are three widely used systems to describe the age of the child. The first is the "equivalent ages"; then countries that base their education systems on

88-448: A synonym, "elementary school" has specific meanings in different locations. School building design does not happen in isolation. The building (or school campus) needs to accommodate: Each country will have a different education system and priorities. Schools need to accommodate students, staff, storage, mechanical and electrical systems, support staff, ancillary staff and administration. The number of rooms required can be determined from

110-540: A week. Classes also go to the school Information Media Center (IMC) once a week. Music, physical education, art, guidance, and media center alternate in the schedule so that each student has one hour of each class each week. Westlawn Elementary School was built in 1956 to replace the Lincoln Building and the Hamilton Schoolhouse. Enrollment is 319. The principal is Katie Ramos. The school mascot

132-880: Is in violation of Wisconsin state-law and the Cedarburg school district may face a lawsuit in the future. Elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore ), elementary school , or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age). Primary schooling follows preschool and precedes secondary schooling . The International Standard Classification of Education considers primary education as

154-537: Is sometimes used in the US, although both this term and elementary school may refer to the first eight grades, in other words both primary education and lower secondary education . The term primary school is derived from the French école primaire , which was first used in an English text in 1802. In the United Kingdom, "elementary education" was taught in "elementary schools" until 1944, when free elementary education

176-667: Is the Dolphin and the school colors are dark blue and light blue. Parkview Elementary School was built in 1969. Enrollment is 401. The principal is Jayne Holck. The school mascot is the bull-pup (a young bull dog) and the school colors are blue and white. Thorson Elementary School was built in 1969. Enrollment is 492. The principal is Angela Little. The school mascot is the Jaguar and the school colors are blue and white. Webster Transitional School, or Arthur L. Webster Transitional School, serves students in sixth through eighth grades. Webster

198-443: Is the final year of secondary school in some jurisdictions. In some locales, receiving a high school diploma or equivalent is compulsory. In others, receiving a high school diploma is not required but may be a prerequisite to enrolling in certain post-secondary institutions . Students who are in thirteenth grade are usually 18–19 years old. The Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) ( French : Cours préuniversitaire de l'Ontario or CPO)

220-673: The National Spelling Bee , the National Geography Bee and the Knowledge Master Open . Cedarburg High School (CHS) was founded in 1896, with the current building constructed in 1956. Enrollment is 1117. The school's principal is Casey Bowe. The school's vice principals are Trent Berg and Carolyn Neureuther. The school's mascot is the bulldog, whose name is Brutus (as of 2014), and the school colors are orange and black. In 2006 CSD requested

242-578: The "English model" use one of two methods to identify the year group; while countries that base their systems on the "American K–12 model" refer to their year groups as "grades". Canada also follows the American model, although its names for year groups are put as a number after the grade: For instance, "Grade 1" in Canada, rather than "First Grade" in the United States. This terminology extends into

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264-420: The district won. As of 2010, the teacher remained unemployed. In 2010, the Cedarburg School District came up with an opt-in policy for sex education . If a parent did not sign a letter saying that his or her child would be participating in this education, the student would not be taking that part of the sex education, which cover issues such as abortion, homosexuality, contraception, and masturbation. This policy

286-402: The education has to fulfill the needs of: The students, the teachers, the non-teaching support staff, the administrators and the community. It has to meet general government building guidelines, health requirements, minimal functional requirements for classrooms, toilets and showers, electricity and services, preparation and storage of textbooks and basic teaching aids. An optimum school will meet

308-400: The floor area should be 350 m + 4.1 m /pupil place. The external finishes were to be downgraded to meet a build cost of £1113/m . There are several main ways of funding a school: by the state through general taxation, by a pressure group such as a mosque or church, by a charity, by contributions from parents, or by a combination of these methods. Day-to-day oversight of the school can through

330-492: The minimum conditions and will have: Government accountants having read the advice then publish minimum guidelines on schools. These enable environmental modelling and establishing building costs. Future design plans are audited to ensure that these standards are met but not exceeded. Government ministries continue to press for the 'minimum' space and cost standards to be reduced. The UK government published this downwardly revised space formula for primary schools in 2014. It said

352-466: The predicted roll of the school and the area needed. According to standards used in the United Kingdom, a general classroom for 30 reception class or infant (Keystage 1) students needs to be 62 m , or 55 m for juniors (Keystage 2). Examples are given on how this can be configured for a 210 place primary with attached 26 place nursery and two-storey 420 place (two form entry) primary school with attached 26 place nursery. The building providing

374-495: The research literature. In Canada, education is a provincial, not a federal responsibility. For example, the province of Ontario also had a " Grade 13 ", designed to help students enter the workforce or post-secondary education, but this was phased out in the year 2003. In most parts of the world, primary education is the first stage of compulsory education , and is normally available without charge, but may also be offered by fee-paying independent schools . The term grade school

396-461: The resignation of a popular, science teacher at CHS, claiming he had viewed pornography on his district computer. When the teacher refused, the district held a school board meeting at which the board voted unanimously to fire the teacher. The teacher filed for arbitration, which the district accepted as binding. The arbitrator found for the teacher and ordered the district to reinstate him immediately. The district refused. After several court proceedings,

418-506: Was opened in 1973 to replace the original Cedarburg middle school system, which had students scattered across several buildings. Webster was a Blue Ribbon School in 1982-1983. It has 692 students. The principal is Tony DeRosa and the vice-principal Daniel Reinert. The school mascot is the Wolverine and the school's colors are blue and white. Webster offers extracurricular activities ranging from sports to clubs to academic contests, such as

440-568: Was proposed for students over 11: there were to be primary elementary schools and secondary elementary schools; these became known as primary schools and secondary schools. In some parts of the United States, "primary school" refers to a school covering kindergarten through to second grade or third grade (K through 2 or 3); the "elementary school" includes grade three through five or grades four to six. In Canada, "elementary school" almost everywhere refers to Grades 1 through 6; with Kindergarten being referred to as "preschool." Though often used as

462-538: Was replaced in 1984 by the OAC for students starting high school ( grade 9 ). The OAC continued to act as a fifth year of secondary education until it was phased out in 2003. Most jurisdictions in the United States require or offer only twelfth grade as the final year of secondary school. Some school districts in Oregon offer a thirteenth grade. In North Carolina , early college high schools may provide 5 years, providing

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484-583: Was the fifth year of secondary school education designed for students preparing for post-secondary education that existed in the province of Ontario , Canada . The OAC curriculum was codified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in Ontario Schools: ; Intermediate and Senior (OS: IS) and its revisions. The Ontario education system had five years of secondary education, the fifth year known as "grade 13" from 1921 to 1988. Grade 13

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