Corinth Elementary School
Corinth Elementary School is a student-focused pre-kindergarten through grade five public elementary school, where learning comes alive. It is a school where the principal, teachers, parents, and students learn side by side. The students at Corinth Elementary School are successful because of the unique partnership between their homes and school. The students know that the school is an extension of their home, a place where adults care about what happens in their lives. Students feel safe at school and enjoy building social relationships and developing their individual and group social skills. The parents, teachers, and special area staff work to ensure that all students are learning and meeting their individualized goals.
The Cherokee County School District has always aligned instructional practices with high academic standards. Children are encouraged to work above and beyond what is comfortable and stretch to meet the standards. Our highly qualified professional teaching staff uses effective teaching strategies to address our students’ learning needs. The students of Corinth Elementary School are able to learn through a variety of modalities. Teachers identify the learning strengths of their students and incorporate learning activities that address the students’ strengths and develop their areas of need.
Our faculty members are committed to the constant improvement of their instructional skills and the acquisition of new strategies that are supported by an intensive plan of professional development, self-reflection and collaboration. Our instructional models include the balanced literacy instructional framework, teacher directed learning, student led learning, cooperative learning activities, independent learning activities, reading and writing across the curriculum, incorporating the preferred learning styles and modalities of all of the students and including differentiated instruction, tiered activities in all lessons, and assessment opportunities for all students. Students are assessed on daily formal and informal assessments. Data collection is vital to support academic progress in specific skills across all subject areas.
Our priorities also include promoting self-esteem and good character. Children learn positive character traits through a shared district vision and curriculum in which behaviors demonstrating respect, responsibility, kindness and effort are valued and rewarded. Our district has implemented PBIS in all schools this year.
As technology becomes increasingly important in the world, it continues to be a priority at Corinth Elementary School. Our professional dialogues include the topic of technology infusion in the elementary classroom. The use of laptops, iPads, and SMART boards are frequently incorporated into classroom lessons to enhance instruction.
The community is involved in Corinth Elementary School through a number of programs that enrich the students’ educational experiences such as weekly Good News Club and Back Pack Club which provides canned food for families in need of this service. The children truly benefit from the dedicated effort of the parents and school staff. We are truly a community of learners.
Brenda Sharts, Principal
Tabitha Chopay, PTO President
