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, FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Friday, February 6,1998
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Chattahoochee strong in language arts
B| Laura Lavezzo
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Chattahoochee Elementary
students demonstrated strength
ir» reading and writing in the
1996-97 lowa Tests of Basic
Skills (ITBS), as reported in the
Georgia Public Education
Report Card.
The state-required ITBS is a
sit of norm-referenced tests
taken by third and fifth graders
tlfat measure the academic abili
ty of students at a particular
school to the other schools in
their district, as well as the rest
of the state.
Third graders performed better
tljan the county as a whole in
Reading Comprehension,
Reading Vocabulary and
Language Arts, earning scores
of 68, 71 and 78 percent respec
tively, compared to the county’s
seores of 64, 63 ad 69 percent
iq those areas.
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We worked hard
last year on read-
J ing and language
? arts, and it shows.
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Last year’s third graders
achieved the county’s average
of 65 percent in social studies,
ajfid earned a 69 in both math
and science, compared to the
county’s grades of 70 and 71
percent in those subjects.
Nevertheless, both
Chattahoochee Elementary and
Forsyth County schools as a
vjhole excelled in all areas of
academics compared to the
sfate.
»‘‘As a school, we raised our
average by 12 percentage
points from last year,” said
Principal Cindy Styles. “We
worked hard last year and con
centrated on reading and lan
guage arts, and it shows. This
we are focusing on math.
We use the test results from the
individual classrooms to see
Where the teachers are with the
students, and we also work on
test-taking skills, providing sev
eral in-services for teachers.”
According to Styles, the
school had incorporated “daily
ojal language” into the curricu-
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lum last year as a means of
improving scores in language arts.
“This year, we have been work
ing on daily oral math,” the prin
cipal said. “Also, our Special
Instructional Assistance (SIA),
REP and Title I funds have been
used to target remedial children.”
In addition to the ITBS, fifth
graders must take a writing test
which assesses their writing abili
ties on a scale of I to 6. Fifty-one
percent of Chattahoochee’s fifth
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graders are at the third highest
level of writing ability, compared
to 43 percent county-wide, and
34 percent are at the second
highest level, compared to 28
percent of the county’s students.
The report was issued by State
School Superintendent Linda
Schrenko in January. See
Sunday’s Forsyth County
News for the report’s results
on Chestatee Elementary
School.
EDUCATION
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As part of Chattahoochee Elementary’s “Reading Buddies” program, Beth Melton’s fourth grade
gets together with Christy Shadday’s first grade class to help each other learn while making new
friends. Last fall, the Reading Buddies shared a Thanksgiving feast prepared by their parents.
School events
Daves Creek Elementary
...will sponsor “Family
Reading Night” on Tuesday,
Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in the school
cafeteria. Young Audiences, a
storytelling team, will present
“Positively Speaking.” For more
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Mashburn Elementary
...will hold Bingo Night on
Friday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in the
gym. Cards will go on sale at
6:30 p.m. The grand prize is a
19” color television and
Nintendo 64. Admission is $1
per person and $4 per family.
Bingo cards cost $3 each. For
more information, call (770)
886-3046.