Medora Elementary

At Medora Elementary, we strive to achieve a nurturing environment that promotes health and wellness, social competence, and academic achievement for every student. We provide a safe and nurturing environment, recognize academic and social growth, and prepare each student for the next level of learning. Medora monitors each student’s performance daily and implements research-based practices. It is our goal to teach the way students learn. Through partnerships with staff, parents, and community, we will ensure that each student reaches their highest potential.

School Highlights:

• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE)
• Recognized as a Leader in Me school where we focus on learning and living Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits to create caring classroom communities and cultivate leadership skills in all of our students. We use the Leader in Me curriculum to teach the 7 Habits and discuss ways to implement them at home and school.
• Provides robust learning opportunities for our Primary Talent Pool (kindergarten through grade three) and Gifted and Talented (grades four and five) students by our district Gifted and Talented resource teacher. Classroom teachers ensure differentiation to enrich and accelerate learning throughout the day and across the curriculum.
• Provides reading intervention for kindergarten through second-grade students using our Reading Lab model. Students rotate through three stations to receive an additional
• Guided Reading lesson, intentional phonics/ word work lessons, and writing support.
• Offers 21st-century technology with Chromebooks, iPads, SMART Boards, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Lab, and Google-certified educators.
• Special areas include STEM Lab, Physical Education (PE), Arts and Humanities, and Library.
• Offers several sports, including basketball, volleyball, cross-country, soccer, and cheerleading
• Also offers many clubs, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), Safety Patrol, Quick Recall, Guitar Club, Band, and Orchestra
• Other activities include Turkey Trot, Field Day, Pancakes and PJs, Spring Fling, Jump Rope for Heart, Bicycle Rodeo, Talent Show, Y5210, Career Day, Watch D.O.G.S., Color Run, and Math/Literacy Night
• Receives support from a highly active, award- winning Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
• Features 12 Bellarmine Literacy Project teachers, 7 Increasing Numeracy teachers, and 5 Mathematical Design Collaboration teachers