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learned. It stemmed from prior knowledge; building upon the basics and working
up to the advanced topics helped the students understand each part of the
lessons through a deeper meaning. Throughout this short interaction I was given
the opportunity to experience, many things were revealed about the school as a
whole in its care for each individuals academics and emotional state.
The mission statement of a school tells a lot about its values. The district of
Zionsville Community Schools choose to focus on student growth. Zionsville
Community Schools provide customized 21st century experiences that ensure
maximum student growth leading to productive citizenship in the world
community. Service and giving back are two fundamentals that are important to
incorporate within the lives of every person. Zionsville school systems are sure to
push their students to be the best that they can be, for not only themselves, but
others as well. It is important for children to understand that one cannot truly help
themselves without helping others, but also that every action taken does not
require some sort of self-gain. Giving back to the community is not about how
can I help myself, but how can I help the people who deserve more than what is
given. Within this school system students are provided with the idea that
happiness may be achieved through selflessly helping others. Not only is this
embedded with these school systems to teach the students, but it is also
expected to be experienced.
Not only does Zionsville Community Schools provide a mission statement,
but also a vision statement. This vision is as follows, Each Zionsville Community
Schools graduate is prepared to create successful and productive future within
the world community. Due to these fundamentals that were mentioned above,
including service and giving back, students are believed to exceed their mission
and move on to bigger things. The goal is not to gain self-success, but world
success.
Each school found within the district are expected to provide their students
with these mission and vision statements, as well as their own. Zionsville West
Middle School believes that students should work close with their teachers in
connective lessons that may be defined as dynamic experiences. The first line
found on the schools student handbook states: Continuing the tradition of
excellence each day ZWMS students and staff unite with the common objective
to achieve higher levels of personal growth through dynamic learning
experiences. Not only are students encouraged to take on the community in
beneficial world aspects, but also work on self-improvement through experiences
taken on along side those who educate them.
Alexandra Martorano 3
Zionsville West Middle School
revenue is around $68.2 million, the total expenditures are about $55.5 million,
and the total operating margin is comparable to $12.8 million. According to data
found in 2012 the revenue per student was $12,092 and the expenditure per
student was $9,828. The majority of the districts educational funding comes from
state sources, while the school district is said to spend most of its funds in
elementary and secondary education.
Below I have provided the graphs that I have found concerning gender,
ethnicity, free and reduced lunch assistance, and the growth upon the school as
a whole.
Alexandra Martorano 5
Zionsville West Middle School
Alexandra Martorano 7
Zionsville West Middle School
For the year of 2015-2016 six thousand, seven hundred and twenty-two
student enrolled into Zionsville Community Schools. With this many students
enrolled, four hundred and eight teachers were documented to work alongside
them. Nine hundred and sixty-nine of these students attended Zionsville West
Middle School, 16% that were considered to have a learning disability. Out of
these 6,722 students, eight hundred and eight (12.2%) of them were placed into
special education courses while fifty-two (0.8%) students were considered
English Language Learners.
Zionsville Community Schools works with students with ages ranging from
three years old to twenty-two years old. Within the years of middle school in the
district, students enrolled in the special education courses begin to focus on
career exploration through the teachers efforts to provide job training. This
includes jobs at the school. Focus often falls upon inclusion, resource, and
combinations. Zionsville shows persistence with allowing the students to find
their independence and create the lives that they wish to pursue.
The mission of ZCS EL Program is to support English Learners through
their journey of language development. The English Learners program is
dedicated to working with children within their comfort zones. Acceptance of
culture is provided through the ability to share cultural events as well as
celebrations within the classroom; this includes from the United States and other
countries. ENL instructors work alongside classroom teachers in order to provide
individualized educational support to students. Due to this, ELL attend on-grade
level classes with their English speaking classmates as much as possible. Not
only is a mission statement for this program provided, but also the goals of the
program. The district hopes to develop the skills of speaking, listening, reading,
and writing. Not only do they hope to develop personal skills of the English
Learner students, but also cultivate awareness and support from their classmates
and others that may be involved throughout the Zionsville community.
Family involvement is proven to increase success rates within a school.
Zionsville encourages as much family involvement as possible, making sure to
constantly communicate with the students parents/guardians. This is especially
important through the EL students, where one of the goals within this program is
to provide effective communication between the families and school community.
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Zionsville West Middle School
The schools within this district provide easy-to-use websites to families in order
to allow monitoring of student information and grades. Families are greatly
encouraged to take advantage of these tools due to keeping involvement and for
the fact that the school district does not print midterms or report cars, but a link is
sent to access the standards-based repot card through email.
This community and its schools are blessed with the same overarching
and positively causal factor in the collective success and excellence found herefamilies who do more, engage more, expect more, and provide more in their
childrens lives. Our ZCS roles of critical importance involve leveraging these
human capital assets such that all can experience educational experiences and
attainment that are good for all of life and contribution to the greater good. -Dr.
Scott Robison, Ph.D. Superintendent of Schools
Throughout my research for Zionsville West Middle School I learned that
the school isnt the only thing needed in order to pave the path for a successful
education, but a community is necessary as well. Looking back at my analysis I
realized that a major portion of information presented included the Zionsville
Community Schools district as a whole, but I believe this is the purpose of the
school system being discussed. In order to teach community, it must be acted
upon. Every school function seems to interlace back to the district and
incorporate the schools involved within the system. The representation of
community is expressed through doing rather than telling in hopes of students
following the footsteps of community, service, and giving back to not only
themselves, but also the world.
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