HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Hartley Elementary School is located at 730 N 33rd Street, Lincoln. The school serves grades PK–5 and enrolls about 333 students. The student–teacher ratio is unusually low, around 10:1. Recent data show about 42% of students are proficient in math and 32% in reading. The student body is roughly 53% male and 47% female. The???????????????? school environment is very much like a family and a community in which the staff and the families have joined hands to support a diverse and urban kids' population of the city. Residential buildings around the Lincoln area are mostly going to cost between $190,000 and $230,000, which is considered fairly affordable by a good number of families when they look at the school zone. Parents often describe teachers as loving and attentive, while children benefit from being part of a tightly knit community in a multicultural environment. By its rising rates of proficiency and solid social support systems, Hartley Elementary School is making a great effort to become the top elementary school in ????????????????Nebraska.

Hartley Elementary School announced that Mrs. Delaney’s fourth-grade class won the bi-weekly Silver Spoon Award. The recognition is given for demonstrating respectful, responsible, and safe behavior in the cafeteria. Students celebrated the achievement as part of the school’s positive behavior program.

Q1. How does Hartley help students see when things change in stories?

Ans. Students learn to look for words that show a change in time or place. This method helps them follow the story as it moves forward.

Q2: How does the school teach students to compare the strength of materials early on?

Ans. Students test things by gently pulling or bending them to see if they are strong or flexible.

Q3. What routines help students with cleaning up the classroom as they go?

Ans. Teachers assign students quick tidy-up jobs so they can put things away or clean up small messes without stopping the lesson.

Q4. How does Hartley help students learn how to make simple historical timelines?

Ans. Students learn how timelines show events that happen over time by putting personal or community events in order.

Q5. How does the school help students keep track of how fast they read?

Ans. Teachers use modeling and guided practice to show students how to change when they read too fast or too slowly.