Spring-Ford Area School District

89,929 square foot two-story building on 33 acres

Grades:  K-4

Classrooms:  42

Total Capacity:  850 students

Our goal is to design an environment so that your children's experiences here will be educational, successful, safe and pleasant.  Never hesitate to telephone, write, or visit should you have any questions about the school program.  It is best to contact your teacher first, however the principal is happy to help you with your questions.  Click here for answers to Click here for Evans General Procedures:

Your awareness of our school's goals and policies will make life easier for your children as they make the adjustment to their school.  Our Elementary Student and Parent Handbook is designed to specifically explain those policies.

Evans Elementary is the newest of seven elementary schools in the Spring-Ford Area School District.  Over 500 hundred students are enrolled in kindergarten through grade 4.    

The school organization is a traditional one.  Classes are basically self-contained, with the average class size currently at 20 students.  For most of the school day children receive instruction from one teacher, who individualizes within the classroom.
  
Language Arts (reading, spelling, grammar, and composition) and Mathematics are particularly emphasized.  Teachers read aloud to the children every day from the classics.  Homework is an integral part of class requirements. 

Technology is considered a "basic skill".  There are four networked computers and a printer in each of the classrooms and students visit the networked Computer Lab once a week which has 30 computers available.  There are computers in the library for the students to use as well.  Spring-Ford School District is using an innovative program, Compass Learning, to be used in all classes from kindergarten through fourth grade.  It focuses on math, reading and writing skills, and is customized by each teacher.  This program records the progress of each student, and allows them to work at their own level and their own pace.  We are very excited about this wonderful tool for learning. 

The Spring-Ford philosophy is that children should be offered the opportunity to be creative and to express themselves beyond what they do academically.  Library, Art, Music, and Gym specialists meet with students on a weekly basis.  Fourth graders may elect to receive private instrument lessons and participate in the band or the orchestra.

Supportive services are available.   Children have unlimited access to a well-stocked library.  Working here full time are a guidance counselor, reading specialist, speech clinician, and a nurse.   Working here part time are a math specialist, and gifted support.  There is a pull-out program for those in need of special assistance.

There is a great deal of collaboration between the staff and the Home and School League with respect to extracurricular activities.  There will be Halloween, Holiday, and Valentine parties, and Book Fairs, just to name a few.

Communication is very important to us.   Report card conferences are scheduled twice a year.  Teachers write monthly news bulletins for parents, and frequently initiate phone consultations.                                       

The characteristics which make a good family could very well be the same characteristics which make a good school.  Believing this as we do, we try very hard to be child-centered.  We strive to be aware of the children as individuals and to treat them that way.

Children learn best in a disciplined environment - "Firm, but gentle" is the password here.  One of the responsibilities of the principal is to arrange the school environment so as to encourage desirable behavior and discourage undesirable behavior.  We are reinforcing values which you stress at home.  Values such as generosity, kindness, helpfulness, respect for the rights of others, and honesty.   Our five rules at school are:

• Show respect for others and their possessions.

• Keep hands, feet and other objects to ourselves.

• Use acceptable language.

• Follow directions.

• Do not prevent the teacher from teaching, or other students from learning.

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