India Hook is helping all students develop the world class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by providing a safe, caring, and academically challenging learning environment. We are one of the largest elementary schools in our district with an enrollment over 600 students. We opened our doors in 2007 and are nestled in a small neighborhood off of Twin Lakes Road.
Students in grades K-5 receive specifically planned instruction in ELA and Math. We created an intervention time to differentiate math instruction. An Academic Interventionist and a certified tutor were used to provide small group instruction for students who needed more intensive reading and math support. Our planning was purposeful and strategic with the intent to increase student learning and make academic gains as measured by the use of Measure of Academic Progress (MAP).
Our staff has focused this past year on refining our balanced literacy and math instruction. Through previous work of defining Essential Learnings for each standard, developing unit plans for each quarter and common assessments, it has helped our teachers gain clarity and deliver targeted, purposeful instruction.
During the 2022-2023 school year, we will refine the work completed this past year and continue to improve upon these five areas: 1) data driven instruction, 2) technology integration to enhance instruction, 3) targeted instruction for struggling students, 4) continue to promote character through our positive school-wide behavior plan, and 5) differentiated professional development. We will continue our partnership with Winthrop University as a Partner School. This partnership not only benefits Winthrop students, but India Hook’s teachers and students as well. We were privileged to host two exceptional Winthrop University interns. We look forward to hosting more students and strengthening this important partnership in the future.
Our plan of action continues to be to increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding target growth on ELA and Math Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests, continued refinement of our balanced literacy instruction and math instruction, providing intervention services for struggling learners, promoting character education through our positive school-wide behavior plan, modeling the use of technology to enhance instruction, and continuously finding ways to improve through differentiated professional development.
