Prescott Elementary School

Welcome to Prescott, Home of the Panthers

Prescott Mission Statement

Teaching, Learning, Caring to Create Responsible, Productive Citizens

In 2011-2012 we are giving special attention to:

• Student engagement and learning
• Collaborative effective teaming and teaching
• Teacher engagement and learning

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Prescott is an urban pre-K through Grade 5 elementary school located in the Near South neighborhood of Lincoln, Nebraska. Prescott has been the center site for educating elementary age deaf and hard of hearing students since 1927. Prescott staff and students were located at the Abbott Sports Complex for the 2006-2007 school year while Indoor Air Quality and other renovation work was done to the building. Students and staff returned to the building for the 2007-08 school year.

In addition to the , K-5 school age students, Prescott houses two Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) ExCITE Integrated classes, one class of Early Childhood Hearing Impaired Program and two classes of Early Childhood Bilingual Program. Prescott is a community school working in conjunction with Family Service to provide a before and after school program, “Pride Club”, as well as after school club offerings. Our students receive Computer, Art, Music, and P.E. instruction during daily specialist time. The specialists provide additional experiences during Expressive Arts Days on the early release days.

Prescott is a Schoolwide Title 1 School with 69% of our students on Free and/or Reduced Lunch. That percentage has continued to increase over the past five years. Prescott began receiving Title I funds as a Targeted Assisted School in 2006. Prescott students are very diverse economically, ranging from affluent families to families who are struggling financially.

In 2009-10, a new Principal, Ruth Ann Wylie and Assistant Principal, Rhonda True, were assigned to Prescott. Student numbers increased sufficiently to begin the year with four kindergarten, four first grade, four second grade, three third grade, three fourth grade and two and a half fifth grade classrooms. For the 2011-12 school year, we have grown to five kindergarten, four first grades, four second grades, four third grades, three fourth and three fifth grades.

In 2007-08 and 2008-09, Prescott SPED students did not meet AYP creating the status of “Needs Improvement”. Parents were notified in the summer of 2009 that Prescott was a school in need of improvement. In 2009-10 and 2010-11, all Prescott students met AYP status in reading and math.

At Prescott School, we provide a safe, orderly, respectful environment, which promotes high levels of student engagement and performance. There are two guiding principles for acceptable behavior: first, it is never okay to be hurtful; and second, it is never okay to be disruptive. We strive to implement common expectations across all programming beginning with before school childcare and ending with after school childcare, clubs, and activities.

Prescott families, staff and community have collaborated to build and provide an Outdoor Classroom and Prescott Park on our playground. A walking path was installed in the spring of 2010, along with a rain garden, bridge, park benches, and plantings. Plans are in place for much more to come in the Outdoor Classroom over the next year.