Choices: The Guide to JCPS Elementary Schools

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Donna M. Hargens, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Jefferson County Board of Education
David Jones Jr.
Chairperson
Diane Porter
Vice-Chairperson
Chris Brady
Linda Duncan
Chuck Haddaway
Stephanie Horne
Lisa Willner
www.jefferson.kyschools.us
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District Offers Innovative New Magnet Program
New school to open at Norton Commons
A new school will open in the Norton Commons neighborhood at
the start of the 2016-17 school year. Norton Commons Elementary
(10941 Kings Crown Drive) will be part of Elementary Cluster 10.
JCPS anticipates that the school will open with 400 students in
kindergarten through fifth grade.
Eventually, the building will be able to serve about 600 students,
including eight classrooms for Early Childhood students.
See page 30 for information on other schools in Cluster 10.
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JCPS is offering a new magnet program as part of its District of Innovation initiative. Two years
ago, the district launched a School of Innovation Design Competition that invited community members to submit ideas. JCPS received almost 50 submissions.
After a rigorous review process, the district decided to develop a new program guided by Public
Waldorf Education core principles. This schoolwide program is available at Maupin Elementary,
a member of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education. (See page 37 for more information on
Maupin.) Features of the new program, which is called the Catalpa Model Program, include the
following:
• Art, music, drama, movement, and nature experiences promote student creativity and critical
thinking.
• Teachers stay with the same group of students as they progress through grade levels.
• The school serves students who live in Elementary Cluster 13 as well as those selected through
the magnet application process. Parents of students throughout the district may apply to the
program during the online application period, and JCPS will provide bus transportation for those
who are accepted.
• The program initially served preschool through grade-five students, but it will include sixth graders during the 2016-17 school year and will continue to grow to include grades seven and eight
in subsequent years. Sixth grade at the school is open only to current Maupin fifth graders.
The Kentucky Board of Education named JCPS a District of Innovation in 2013. The designation
allows JCPS to implement new ideas that reimagine teaching and learning. Another School of
Innovation initiative is the Louisvile Reach Academy, which is located at Atkinson Academy. See
page 34 for more information on Atkinson.
Welcome to JCPS................................................................................2
How to Register...................................................................................2
How to Apply.......................................................................................3
Overview of Specialized Schools and Programs................................4
Elementary Magnet Schools and Programs........................................5
Magnet Schools at a Glance.............................................................10
Elementary School Clusters
•Cluster 1............................................................................................. 12
Layne, Medora, Stonestreet, Trunnell, and Watson Lane
•Cluster 2............................................................................................. 14
Dixie, Eisenhower, Foster Traditional, Greenwood, Johnsontown Road,
Kennedy Montessori, Sanders, and Wilkerson Traditional
•Cluster 3............................................................................................. 16
Cane Run, Crums Lane, Gutermuth, Kerrick, Mill Creek, Shacklette, and Wellington
•Cluster 4............................................................................................. 18
Auburndale, Frayser, Jacob, Kenwood, McFerran, Minors Lane, and Semple
•Cluster 5............................................................................................. 20
Blake, Blue Lick, Coral Ridge, Fairdale, Hazelwood, and Rutherford
•Cluster 6............................................................................................. 22
Camp Taylor, Cochran, Gilmore Lane, Indian Trail, and Slaughter
•Cluster 7............................................................................................. 24
Hartstern, Laukhuf, Luhr, Okolona, Rangeland, Smyrna Traditional, and Wilt
•Cluster 8............................................................................................. 26
Alex Kennedy, Bates, Farmer, Fern Creek, Jeffersontown, Watterson, and Wheeler
•Cluster 9............................................................................................. 28
Cochrane, Hite, Klondike Lane, Price, and Tully
•Cluster 10........................................................................................... 30
Bowen, Chancey, Goldsmith, Middletown, Norton, Norton Commons, and Stopher
•Cluster 11........................................................................................... 32
Byck, Coleridge-Taylor Montessori, Dunn, Lowe, Roosevelt-Perry, Wilder, and Zachary Taylor
•Cluster 12........................................................................................... 34
Atkinson, Breckinridge-Franklin, Chenoweth, Field, King, Portland, and Shelby Traditional
Contents
Should You Register Before You Apply to Schools and Programs?....2
•Cluster 13........................................................................................... 36
Bloom, Engelhard, Hawthorne, Maupin, St. Matthews, and Wheatley
Services for Students With Educational Disabilities..........................38
JCPS Phone Numbers.......................................................................38
Application Quick Reference Guide..................................................39
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Guide to Elementary Schools
Contents
2016-17 Choices
Welcome to JCPS
Elementary schools in the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) District focus
on the basics—reading, writing, math, science, and social studies—but they
also get students interested in a wide array of other subjects, including the arts,
physical fitness, world languages, and technology.
JCPS boosts success in all subjects by letting parents apply to the school or
program that best meets their child’s needs and matches his or her learning
style. For example, the district offers a choice of elementary magnet schools
and programs that are unrivaled by other school districts. From technology to
the visual and performing arts to sports and physical fitness, JCPS elementary
students can explore their favorite subject while they build solid skills in core
subjects.
At JCPS, you also get highly experienced teachers, new education technology,
family-support services, and inviting campuses. Visit our schools, and you’ll see
for yourself how well the district helps students reach their full potential.
Should You Register Before
You Apply to Schools and
Programs?
Why do Louisville
parents choose JCPS
elementary schools?
• Instruction that meets individual student needs
• Before- and after-school
childcare
• Early Childhood Programs
• Solid preparation for middle
school work
• Magnet programs supported
by local companies and community organizations
• Award-winning, highly experienced, fully certified teachers—including many with
National Board Certification
All students in kindergarten through grade twelve who have not previously attended a JCPS school need to register online with the district. After registration,
students who are entering kindergarten, as well as older students who are new
to the district, may apply online to schools in the elementary cluster that serves
their home address and to magnet schools, magnet programs, and Hawthorne
Elementary’s optional program. To find out which cluster serves your address,
call the JCPS Demographics Office at (502) 485-3050 or use the online SchoolFinder at http://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/demographics/schoolfinder
.aspx.
Applications also are accepted online from older JCPS elementary students
who have moved or who want to apply to a magnet school, magnet program,
or Hawthorne’s optional program. These students do not need to complete the
online registration process first.
How to Register
Students need to complete their initial registration on the JCPS website (www
.jefferson.kyschools.us) from any computer with Internet access. Computers
are available at the JCPS Registration Site, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Lam Building (4309 Bishop Lane). The English as a Second Language
(ESL) Office (1325 Bluegrass Avenue) serves families who need help with English. Contact the ESL Office at (502) 485-3623 to make an appointment.
Additional registration opportunities, including a schedule of stops for the bus
that serves as the JCPS Mobile Student Registration Site, will be announced on
the district website when they are available. (If you don’t have Internet access,
call [502] 485-6250 for the latest information.)
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Overview of the registration process:
•Go to www.jefferson.kyschools.us, and click the Register & Apply button.
•The online system will walk you through the registration process. At one point, it
will ask for information on the parent/guardian who is completing the registration.
After you click Save Registration, you’ll see a confirmation number. Write it down
because you’ll be able to use it later to verify your identity.
•After you’ve completed all of the questions, you may print a copy of the record
you’ve created.
•You then will need to take proof of address to a JCPS school or registration site,
or you may scan your proof of address and email it to addressverification@jefferson.kyschools.us.
The proof of address may be a gas/electric or water bill issued within the last three
months, a lease, a house contract, a paycheck or paycheck stub, or a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or other government benefits letter that has your name
and address on it. Students whose parents are moving into Jefferson County
from another county or another state must provide proof of residence in Jefferson
County before registering.
For more information, call (502) 485-6250 or send an email to
askstudentassignment@jefferson.kyschools.us.
Note: You may register your child for school regardless of immigration status and/or a
fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence.
How to Apply
Mon., Nov. 16, 2015, through Fri., Jan. 8, 2016, is the online application period
for JCPS elementary schools for the 2016-17 school year. The following students
should apply during this period:
•Students who are entering kindergarten
•Elementary students who have moved
•Elementary students who want to apply to a magnet school, a magnet program,
or Hawthorne Elementary’s Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Optional Program (See page 36 for information on Hawthorne’s program.)
The online application form and instructions are available on the district’s
website (www.jefferson.kyschools.us) and at the registration site located at
4309 Bishop Lane. See page 39 for an overview of the application process.
If you don’t have Internet access, call (502) 485-3323 for information on how to
apply.
After you submit your online application, some schools will ask for additional information, such as a student work sample or test score, a copy of a report card
or progress report, and a checklist completed by a teacher or child-care provider. If a school asks you for additional information, please reply promptly and
send the information directly to the school. Applications will be considered
incomplete if requested information is not sent to a school.
Before- and AfterSchool Childcare
Kids like the Childcare Enrichment Program (CEP) because
it’s fun. Homework help, healthy
snacks, crafts, and physical
activity keep kids learning and
laughing. Parents like the program—a partnership between
JCPS and the YMCA—because
it provides high-quality care in
a safe, familiar school environment for kindergarten through
eighth-grade students.
• Before-school care starts at
7 a.m. After-school care lasts
until 6 p.m.
• Full-day care is available on
holidays and other days when
there’s no school.
• CEP sites are located at more
than 50 JCPS schools.
• Financial assistance is available.
For more information, visit
www.ymcalouisville.org or call
Melissa Barman at ([502] 4853834) or YMCA School-Age
Childcare Programs at ([502]
637-1575).
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2016-17 Choices
Please note:
•Submitting an application doesn’t guarantee placement in a school or program.
•Waiting lists are not kept from year to year.
•Applications can be edited only during the application period.
•Submitting more than one application will void the previous application.
•Submitting false information will void an application.
•The online application lets you select a first and second choice when you apply
to an optional program, magnet program, or magnet school. Please note that
the traditional magnet schools and the Brown School use a random-draw
list if openings for new students are limited. Students will be included on
the random-draw list only if they select these schools as their first choice.
If openings are not limited, students who selected the schools as a second
choice also will be considered for available openings.
•Students will be assigned to a school for the next school year before the end of
the current school year.
•Students who are new to the district may apply to schools and programs, but
choices may be limited outside the application period.
•Students who are not residents of Jefferson County will not be considered for
placement in a school or program until all Jefferson County applicants have
been considered.
•For more information, call (502) 485-6250.
Early Childhood
Programs
JCPS serves children 4 years
old and younger through a
range of programs designed to
make the most of each child’s
natural desire to learn. Staff
members in these programs
respect you as your child’s first
and most important teacher,
and instructors build on your
efforts.
Early Childhood classrooms are
safe and inviting. Children are
eager to come to school and to
join fun, educational activities
that develop awareness and
abilities. For more information about tuition-based Early
Childhood Programs and the
income-eligibility guidelines for
free services, contact the JCPS
Early Childhood Office at (502)
485-3919.
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Overview of Specialized
Schools and Programs
Magnet programs focus on a specific subject or provide a specialized learning environment. Students who are accepted into a magnet program become a
full-time student of the school that offers it and attend the school for all classes,
not just the magnet program classes. Some magnet programs accept applications from students throughout the district. Some accept applications only from
students who live in specific areas. JCPS provides transportation for most
students who are accepted into a magnet program.
Magnet schools offer unique, schoolwide curricula. Many magnet schools accept applications from students throughout the district, and JCPS provides
transportation for most students who are accepted (but not at the Brown
School).
Hawthorne Elementary (page 36) offers the Dual-Language Spanish Immersion
Program, which is the only JCPS elementary school optional program. Students
who live outside Hawthorne’s elementary cluster (Cluster 13) may apply and be
accepted into the program, but because it is an optional program, JCPS does
not provide transportation for these students.
Note: Sometimes you may hear a JCPS staff member use the term resides
school. This is the school that serves the student’s attendance area (the area in
which the student resides).
JCPS magnet schools and programs focus on a specific subject (such as technology) or provide a specialized learning environment (such as a Montessori
school).
SPOTLIGHT
Students throughout the district may apply to many of
the following schools and programs, but some serve students from specific elementary clusters. JCPS provides
transportation for most students who are accepted
into a magnet school or program (except at the Brown
School). See page 3 for information on the application
process.
Academy for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning Program
•Atkinson (page 34)—Districtwide magnet program
Expert and dynamic teachers, the most innovative and current educational practices, and access to the resources of a major metropolitan university—these are
a few of the benefits waiting for your child at Atkinson. Additional teachers in the
Primary grades enable the school to provide small classes and reading instruction tailored to your child. Collaboration with the University of Louisville (UofL)
builds on the expectation that all students will go to college. The Atkinson-UofL
team evaluates the most current teaching methods and applies techniques
proven to help your child excel in reading, writing, math, and science.
Catalpa Model Program
•Maupin (page 37)—Districtwide magnet program
Maupin offers a program guided by the core principles of Public Waldorf Education. See the inside back cover of this guidebook for more information.
Communications Program
•Breckinridge-Franklin (page 34)—Magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13
Communications is a schoolwide program at Breckinridge-Franklin, and students have many opportunities to apply their communication skills to real-life
situations. For example, the school newspaper and daily television broadcast
are entirely written and produced by students. During the school’s Power Hour,
students learn leadership as they practice all types of communication, including
theatre, interpersonal communication, public speaking, editing, photography,
and videography.
Portland receives
state environmental
award
Portland Elementary received
the Kentucky Green and
Healthy Schools Award during
the last school year.
Only 14 schools in the state
completed the Green and
Healthy Program, which
requires schools to meet
criteria in nine categories of
environmental stewardship and
leadership.
Students and staff at Portland,
which offers the Environmental Studies Magnet Program,
have worked on the effort since
2010.
Last April, Kentucky First Lady
Jane Beshear presented the
Green and Healthy Schools
Award to Portland Principal
Angela Hosch, Environmental
Studies Magnet Coordinator
Brenda Stokes, and JCPS Facilities Director Mike Mulheirn.
Environmental Studies Program
•Cane Run (page 16)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6
•Portland (page 35)—Magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13
The Environmental Studies curriculum is brought to life by outdoor investigations. They culminate in field studies at each grade level that activate students’
imaginations and deepen their understanding of the world. The environmental
curriculum also helps students master basic academic skills and reinforces lessons in other elementary subjects, including math and science.
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Elementary Magnet Schools
and Programs
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Gifted and Talented Program
•King (page 35)—Districtwide magnet program
Open to outstanding first- through fifth-grade students, the Gifted and Talented Program helps students learn according to their own interests and
teaches them to set and reach individual goals. The
program recognizes multiple learning styles as well as
multiple forms of intelligence. Rigorous academic expectations and opportunities in the arts are hallmarks
of King’s program. The gifted-and-talented resource
teacher provides critical-thinking lessons, and enrichment activities help students investigate advanced
topics in math, science, social studies, and literacy.
Health and Fitness for Accelerated
Learning Program
•Wellington (page 17)—Magnet program for Clusters
1 through 6
This program offers a holistic approach to learning
through rigorous academic enrichment, health education, team building, and character development
along with physical fitness. Students develop lifelong
healthy living habits while they enhance their criticalthinking and problem-solving skills. The Humana
Foundation and other community partners support
students, their families, and the community by providing classroom enrichment and after-school programs.
Young’s schoolwide PYP is designed with the whole
child in mind. It prepares twenty-first-century learners with the skills needed in an interconnected world
by offering hands-on, relevant experiences. French
instruction is provided in kindergarten through grade
five.
The school also offers a range of student activities,
including Zoo Crew, Student Council, Safety Patrol,
Newsletter Club, basketball, soccer, volleyball, track,
and cheerleading.
Leadership Academy Program
•Mill Creek (page 17)—Magnet program for Clusters 1
through 5
•Fairdale (page 21)—Magnet program for Clusters 1
through 7
This program incorporates leadership principles, including Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly
Successful People, across the curriculum by involving students in service-learning projects, cooperative
groups, and school-to-college-to-career initiatives.
Dedicated adults mentor students and help them
develop skills in such areas as decision making and
critical thinking. Students also learn teamwork, ethical
behavior, and empathy. Unique experiences contribute to the development of innovative, passionate citizen leaders.
•Goldsmith (page 30)—Magnet program for Clusters 8
through 13
Mathematics/Science/Technology Program
International/Cultural Studies and
Language Program
This program challenges students with a world-class,
rigorous curriculum. The multilanguage environment,
service-learning projects, and opportunities to connect with other students worldwide take students on a
journey to every continent.
Students also participate in various field trips and
exchanges with cultural organizations throughout
the community. Explorations of world history, current
events, and world cultures prepare students for their
leadership roles in tomorrow’s international community.
International Baccalaureate School
•Young (3526 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard,
485-8354)—Districtwide magnet school
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become thinkers and inquirers through the comprehensive, globally recognized IB Primary Years Programme (PYP). Young became the first IB elementary
school in Kentucky in 2010 and received successful
evaluations from the IB and Magnet Schools of America during the 2013-14 school year.
At Young Elementary, an International Baccalaureate
(IB) World School, “Young” minds are developed to
•Wheatley (page 37)—Districtwide magnet program
Designed to strengthen both academic skills and
problem-solving abilities, this program provides
hands-on math and science learning activities in a
laboratory setting. The program also includes robotics
and engineering in partnership with UofL.
Mathematics/Science/Technology School
•Brandeis (2817 West Kentucky Street, 485-8214)—
Districtwide magnet school
Brandeis magnet students learn, science, technology,
engineering, art, and math in interactive classrooms
and labs. Students facilitate their learning by being
problem solvers and critical thinkers. They engage
in project-based learning, and they are offered enrichment opportunities that expand their knowledge,
MicroSociety Program
•Indian Trail (page 23)—Magnet program for Clusters 6 and 7
Creating a microcosm of the world, Indian Trail students participate in the MicroSociety Program for 35 minutes each school day. Student entrepreneurs
produce goods and services, elected officials establish laws, judges arbitrate
disputes, and reporters track down stories. MicroSociety students not only learn
but also practice the twenty-first-century skills that are essential to their future
success—communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, initiative,
and innovation.
Montessori Program
•Kennedy Montessori (page 15)—Magnet program for Clusters 1 through 8
•Coleridge-Taylor Montessori (page 32)—Magnet program for Clusters 9 through 13
The Montessori method of education encourages students to engage in critical
thinking and self-directed learning. The curriculum provides a firm foundation in
such core areas as language arts, math, science, geography, and social studies. Students of all ages work together in groups, which allows older students
to act as role models and leaders for the younger students. A noncompetitive
atmosphere helps all students develop teamwork and problem-solving skills as
well as self-confidence, self-esteem, and social awareness.
Performing Arts School
•Lincoln (930 East Main Street, 485-8291)—Districtwide magnet school
As Kentucky’s only public elementary magnet school focused on the performing arts, the Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts School (LPAS) offers students a
range of arts instruction, including Orff Instrumental, Vocal,
Piano, Dance (ballet, modern, tap, and creative movement), and Drama (improvisation, mimicry, pantomime,
role-playing, and storytelling). Primary Program students
receive instruction in all five areas. Fourth- and fifth-grade
students choose two areas of focus for the school year
and also may join band and orchestra.
SPOTLIGHT
LPAS teacher
nominated for
GRAMMY Award
Penelope Quesada, music
teacher at LPAS, was among
213 music educators throughout the United States who
were named quarterfinalists
for the 2015 GRAMMY Music
Educator Award.
This award recognizes music
teachers who have made a
significant and lasting contribution to the field and who
have demonstrated a commitment to the broader cause of
maintaining music programs
in schools.
The semifinalists will be
announced after this book
goes to print, and a list of ten
finalists will be named later.
Among them, nine will receive
$1,000 and one will receive a
$10,000 prize.
A music teacher at a JCPS
high school also was named
a quarterfinalist for the award:
Debra Burnell-Wise, band director at Pleasure Ridge Park
(PRP) High.
LPAS also emphasizes a strong academic program in
reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. The
school’s performing arts curriculum complements the
instruction in core subjects while offering a thorough exploration of the performing arts through an integrated,
multisensory approach to learning. The facilities at LPAS
are unique, attractive, state-of-the-art spaces that provide the best artistic learning environment possible. In January 2012, LPAS unveiled its 40,000-square-foot
performing arts wing. This space includes a 200-seat black box theater, two
dance studios, a drama room, a piano lab, vocal and instrumental rooms, and a
visual arts room.
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including the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), robotics, and
engineering. Brandeis also offers a range of extracurricular activities, including
chess, Girls on the Run, basketball, and dance. The students learn Spanish as a
world language communication tool.
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Community partnerships with leading arts groups provide unique experiences
and instruction. Students experience professional performances both in school
and at outside venues, such as the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.
Professional instructors from several organizations, including the Louisville Ballet, StageOne Family Theatre, and Presto Strings! provide after-school instruction. Performers and visual artists often serve in-school residencies. For more
information about the Lincoln admissions policy and application process, visit
http://lincoln.jefferson.kyschools.us. For more information on the JCPS online
application process, see page 3.
Self-Directed Learning School
•Brown (546 South First Street, 485-8216)—Districtwide magnet school
Serving more than 725 elementary, middle, and high school students in the
same building, the Brown School’s mission is to recognize, respect, and foster
the unique potential of each student in an informal environment that reflects the
diversity of our community. This mission lends itself to true student-led exploration. It is a school community where innovation and creativity are encouraged
and highly regarded. Applicants should be able to function in a less-structured
learning environment and possess age-appropriate social skills to be successful
at the school.
To apply to the Brown School, you need to complete the JCPS online application
(see page 3), and parents and students applying to kindergarten must tour the
school. For all other grades, parents and students must attend an open house
or a scheduled building tour. After you submit your application, the Brown staff
will contact you and ask for additional information, including a recommendation
from a teacher or a child-care provider. Applicants for grades one through five
will also need to supply a copy of their current year’s academic and attendance
record.
Brown considers geographic diversity in selecting students. Most students enter the school in kindergarten, so openings may be very limited at other grade
levels. The JCPS online application lets you select a first and a second choice
when you apply to a magnet program or school, but note that the Brown School
uses a random-draw list if openings for new students are limited. Students will
be included on the random-draw list only if they select the Brown school as their
first choice. If openings are not limited, students who selected Brown as a second choice also will be considered for available openings.
Parents of siblings who share the same birth date (twins, triplets, etc.) must submit a separate application for each child, but these applications will be treated
as one application. Brown does not give admission preference to siblings of current students. Transportation is not provided for Brown School students.
Talent Development Program
•Byck (page 32)—Districtwide magnet program
The Talent Development Magnet curriculum is based on the principles of active
learning, multiple intelligences, arts in education, integrated themes, projectbased learning, and student choice.
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Technology Program
•Roosevelt-Perry (page 33)—Districtwide magnet
program
Roosevelt-Perry is a school where students build
robots from scratch, join class discussions through
tablet computers, and get ready for leadership roles in
our high-tech world. The students learn not only engineering, science, and math but also how the subjects
build on each other. For example, the engineering curriculum expands the science curriculum to a higher
level.
Students collaborate with other students both locally
and internationally through podcasts, Webinars, wikis,
and blogs. The program helps prepare students to
apply to middle school math, science, and technology magnet programs. Roosevelt-Perry provides the
Advance Program for students in grades four and five,
talent-development services for younger students,
and differentiated instruction for all.
Traditional Education
Traditional education provides a back-to-basics learning environment characterized by:
•A focus on core subjects and grade-level coursework.
•Highly structured, orderly classrooms that require
nightly homework and strict adherence to school rules
(including dress codes).
•A mission centered on time-tested instructional approaches that help students build basic knowledge
and gain high competence in fundamental skills.
At the following traditional magnet elementary
schools, students are assigned based on their home
address:
•Audubon Traditional (1051 Hess Lane)—485-8205
•Carter Traditional (3600 Bohne Avenue)—485-8225
•Greathouse/Shryock Traditional (2700 Browns
Lane)—485-8259
All six schools are part of the traditional education
feeder pattern to Barret Traditional, Jefferson County
Traditional, and Johnson Traditional Middle Schools.
Wilkerson Traditional Elementary (page 15) and Smyrna Traditional Elementary (page 25) offer traditional
education, but they are not part of the feeder pattern
to the traditional middle schools.
Parents of siblings who share the same birth date
(twins, triplets, etc.) who are applying to a traditional
elementary magnet school or program must submit
a separate application for each child, but these applications will be treated as one application. See page
3 for details on the application process. Traditional
schools do not give priority to siblings of students
previously enrolled. Because most students enter a
traditional school or program in kindergarten, openings may be limited in other grades.
The JCPS online application lets you select a first
and a second choice when you apply to a magnet
program or school, but note that the traditional magnet schools use a random-draw list if openings for
new students are limited. Students will be included
on the random-draw list only if they select traditional
schools as their first choice. If openings are not limited,
students who select the schools as a second choice
also will be considered for available openings.
Transportation is provided for most students accepted into a traditional magnet school or program. If you have questions, contact the school to
which you are applying or call the Optional and Magnet Programs Office at 485-3323.
Visual and Performing Arts Program
•King (page 35)—Districtwide magnet program
This program is available for students in grades one
through five who audition and exhibit interest and
potential in one of the school’s Talent Pool areas: Creative Drama, African Dance/Ballet/Jazz, Gymnastics,
Piano/Keyboard, Visual Arts, Drawing and Painting,
Martial Arts, Show Choir, Spirit of the Drum, or Fencing. Through a combination of opportunities in the arts
and rigorous academic expectations, King students
receive a well-balanced education.
•Schaffner Traditional (2701 Crums Lane)—485-8217
The Traditional Magnet Program is available at Foster Traditional Academy (page 14) and Shelby Traditional Academy (page 35). Both schools accept
applications from students throughout the district.
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Through a combination of an arts-infused curriculum
and rigorous academic expectations, students develop their artistic, academic, and creative talents. Byck
provides Talented and Gifted services and differentiated instruction for all Advance Program students.
The table at right provides information only on districtwide magnet schools. Information on other schools is
available in the “Elementary School Clusters” section
(the next section) of this guidebook.
CARE for Kids Program
Family Resource Center
Extended School Services
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Childcare Enrichment Program*
Audubon
Traditional
Uniforms
Magnet Schools at a
Glance
Magnet
School
English as a Second Language Program
Students enjoy innovative and challenging visual
arts opportunities while they learn basic subjects
because the Visual Arts Program is integrated with
math, science, social studies, reading, and writing. An
enhanced learning environment includes community
and global connections that help students master
advanced techniques in drawing, painting, sculpting,
and pottery. Local, renowned artists partner with Price
to offer your child unique educational experiences.
Early Childhood Program*
•Price (page 28)—Magnet program for Clusters 7
through 13
Advance Program
2016-17 Choices
Visual Arts Program
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Magnet*
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Science/Technology
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Learning
Carter Traditional
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Greathouse/
Shryock
Traditional
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Performing Arts
Brandeis
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Brown
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Lincoln
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Schaffner
Traditional
Young
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International
Baccalaureate
*The program is hosted at these schools. Students from other schools may be served.
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Elementary School Clusters
Most JCPS elementary schools are part of 1 of 13 clusters. You may apply online
to any school in the cluster that serves your address and to elementary magnet
schools and programs. To find out which cluster serves your address, call the
JCPS Demographics Office at (502) 485-3050 or use the online SchoolFinder at
http://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/demographics/schoolfinder.aspx.
See page 3 for information on the online application process. See page 5 for information on magnet schools and programs.
Please note: JCPS strives to make the information in this guidebook as complete and accurate as possible, but talk to a school representative to make sure
you have the most up-to-date information.
Individual cluster maps are available on
the following pages.
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2016-17 Choices
Cluster 1
Cluster 1
■ Layne
12
9831 East Avenue • 485-8290
Slogan: Layne Leaders can and will
ACHIEVE!
Highlights:
• Recognized as a Health Promotion
School of Excellence (HPSE)
• Maintains extensive technology integration with a computer lab staffed
by a full-time technology teacher,
a SMART Board and three student
computers in every classroom, and
technology-based programs
• Offers a Gold-Level Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP)
• Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council
• Offers band and orchestra
• Provides a range of after-school activities, including volleyball, track, basketball, cheerleading, chess, and Academic Team
■ Medora
11801 Deering Road • 485-8298
Highlights:
• Recognized as an HPSE
• Offers several sports, including basketball, volleyball, cross-country, and cheerleading
• Also offers many clubs, including Student Council, Safety Patrol, Guitar Club, band, orchestra, recycling, STLP, science, and social studies
• Other activities include Turky Trot, Field Day, Dad’s Night Out, Holiday Supper, Spring
Fling, Jump Rope for Heart, Bicycle Rodeo, Talent Show, Y5210, Career Day, WatchDogs,
Math/Literacy Night.
• Receives support from a highly active Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
■ Stonestreet
10007 Stonestreet Road • 485-8333
Slogan: Stonestreet Superstars—success for tomorrow begins today.
Highlights:
• Provides ESL instruction
• Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, STLP, Peace Education, and Cooperative Games Leaders
• Other student activities include Academic Team, drama club, chorus, cross-country, and
basketball.
• Offers many family events, including math and literacy nights, a talent show, and Breakfast With Santa—as well as special fall and spring events
7609 St. Andrews Church Road • 485-8337
Slogan: Reach, Teach, Succeed ... Expect Excellence
Highlights:
• Offers educational experiences through district initiatives, including Go Math, Science Modules, and the Journeys reading program
• Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council and STLP
• Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, basketball, volleyball, flag football, karate, and chess
• Provides Spanish classes
• Offers family events, including literacy and math nights
• Maintains a fully equipped computer lab. Technology is an essential part of classroom instruction.
• Provides ESL instruction
■ Watson Lane
7201 Watson Lane • 485-8341
Slogan: Every child a success in a warm and caring environment
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Layne
Medora
Advance Program
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Cluster 1
• Offers a range of student teams and clubs, including art, clogging, dance, gardening, Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, flag football, track, and volleyball
• Provides student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, Safety Patrol,
STLP, and community-service projects
• Maintains two fully equipped computer labs and SMART Boards in every classroom
• Offers family events, including literacy and math nights, Talent Show, and festivals
Magnet
Program*
SPOTLIGHT
Stonestreet staff
member receives
Green Spark Award
Debra Osoffsky, Family Resource Center (FRC) coordinator at Stonestreet Elementary
(Cluster 1) and Sanders Elementary (Cluster 2), received
the Green Spark Leadership
Award from Project Warm,
which is a non-profit organization funded in part by LG&E,
UPS, Louisville Metro Government, the Honorable Order of
Kentucky Colonels, and the
Gheens Foundation.
Osoffsky was honored for her
efforts to expand environmental education, resources, and
facilities for students at both
Sanders and Stonestreet.
Each school installed a
wetland area, which required
community, family, and school
partnerships. The schools also
hosted a wetland expert to
provide information on ways
teachers can incorporate the
outdoor classroom into their
lessons.
The schools constructed
raised planting beds and
butterfly gardens. Each class
claimed a bed to plant, maintain, and harvest.
Two rain gardens were added
at Stonestreet to help with
storm water runoff and erosion
issues.
Both schools also began planning to install bird houses, bat
houses, and a composting
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Cluster 2
■ Dixie
10201 Casalanda Drive • 485-8238
Slogan: Dixie Dragons are the Heart and Future of
the Community.
Cluster 2
Highlights:
• Offers Primary Talent Pool
• Uses integrated and engaging studentcentered instruction based on state Common
Core learning standards
• Provides daily acceleration and remediation
through research-based reading and math
programs, Extended School Services (ESS),
and Study Island learning software
• Uses integrated technology throughout the
school; provides a computer lab, classroom
workstations, SMART Boards, document
cameras, laptops, electronic readers, and
iPads
• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of
Excellence (HPSE); offers the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), band,
orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, archery,
volleyball, cross-country, chorus, drama, Student of the Week, and monthly recognition for
academic and attendance success
• Receives support from a highly active Parent
Teacher Association (PTA) and a Family Resource Center (FRC) that publishes a weekly
parent newsletter and hosts family events and
student activities
■ Eisenhower
5300 Jessamine Lane • 485-8244
Slogan: Education for One and All
Highlights:
• Provides integrated technology, including
two labs, classroom workstations, SMART
Boards, document cameras, laptops, electronic readers, iPads, and Wii
• Provides a menu of extended opportunities,
including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball,
archery, Academic Team, Girl Power, crosscountry, band, orchestra, Book Battle, Safety
Patrol, tennis, and golf
• Offers enrichment programs, including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
(STEM); Health Promotions; Library Media;
Arts and Humanities; and French
• Provides acceleration and remediation
through SuccessMaker Reading and Math,
Study Island, Accelerated Reader, and Reading Recovery
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■ Foster Traditional Academy
1401 South 41st Street • 485-8253
Slogan: We are Foster!
Highlights:
• Offers the Traditional
Magnet Program
(Foster is a feeder
school to a traditional
middle school. See
the information on
traditional education
on page 9.)
• Uses a uniform policy that
includes vests and
ties for all students
• Offers several
academic and
extracurricular
activities, including STLP, drama club, basketball,
track, cheerleading, All About Animals, board
games, We Succeed (an after-school math and
reading program), band, choir, and ESS
• Each student attends five different special area
classes (physical education [PE], art, music,
library, and computer lab) each week.
• Provides SMART Board technology in every classroom; offers a mobile iPad lab
• Maintains beautiful 40-acre campus facilities
■ Greenwood
5801 Greenwood Road • 485-8260
Slogan: Effort creates ability.
Highlights:
• Uses an innovative and nationally recognized
standards-based grading system
• Provides remediation and acceleration during extended learning time both before and after school
• Offers an array of after-school activities, including Junior Beta Club, robotics, basketball, soccer, cheerleading, cross-country, volleyball, band
orchestra, Safety Patrol, and Academic Team
• Recognized as a leader among HPSE schools
• Provides technology-rich educational experiences
through SMART Board technology in every classroom, document cameras, iPads, interactive PE
programs, green screen activities, and a mobile
laptop lab
• Offers unique family and community events, including the annual Greenwood Color Fun(d) Walk,
Spring Carnival, themed skating parties, dances,
and student reward ceremonies
8408 Terry Road • 485-8322
Slogan: Where Children Come First
Highlights:
• Receives support from a highly active PTA that hosts
family events and student activities
• Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including
Academic Team, volleyball, basketball, cheerleading,
yearbook, and Girls on the Run
• Provides specialized instrumental programs, including
band, orchestra, and the Weisberg Suzuki Violin Program
• Provides student-centered learning via SMART Boards,
tablet computers, iPad stations, projectors, scanners,
document cameras, and an IBM computer lab
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• Recognizes the six pillars of character: trustworthiness,
responsibility, caring, respect, fairness, and citizenship
• Honors students’ accomplishments at monthly town
meetings
• Offers many after-school activities, including basketball,
cheerleading, volleyball, cross-country, Academic Team,
and art club
• Provides technology in every classroom, including
student desktop computers, SMART Boards, and document cameras
• Offers leadership opportunities, including Student Ambassadors and Safety Patrol
• Receives support from a highly involved PTA, which
sponsors activities throughout the school year
• Offers traditional education (But Wilkerson is not part of
the feeder pattern to a traditional middle school. See the
information on traditional education on page 9.)
Uniforms
• Offers the Montessori method of education for students
in Elementary Clusters 1 through 8 (See page 7.)
• Rated a 3.8 on a 4.0 scale for overall parent satisfaction
• Ninety-five percent of Kennedy students entering the
second grade read and write at or above grade level.
• Offers STLP, band, violin, fencing, track, basketball,
cheerleading, Dance Team, Chess Club, Environmental Club, Academic Team, orchestra, Historical Techno
Club, Orff Ensemble, 4-H, Safety Patrol, Girls on the
Run, volleyball, tae kwon do, and Entrepreneur Club
Highlights:
Highlights:
Slogan: At Wilkerson Traditional Elementary School, Each and
Every Staff Member, Parent, and Student TEACHES, NURTURES, and LEARNS Together at HIGH LEVELS!
3800 Gibson Lane • 485-8280
Slogan: Reaching minds, touching hearts
5601 Johnsontown Road • 485-8351
■ Kennedy Montessori
■ Wilkerson Traditional
• Offers a scholastic program for the Primary Talent Pool
and advanced learners as well as interventions and supports for all levels of ability
• Provides student-centered learning with updated technology, including SMART Boards, computers in classrooms, projectors, scanners, document cameras, and an
updated computer lab
• Provides leadership opportunities, including National Elementary Honor Society, Student Council, Safety Patrol,
and community-service projects
• Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team (Quick Recall and Future Problem Solving),
band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, volleyball,
cross-country, drama club, choir, and enrichment clubs
• Rates high in parent satisfaction on Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) and AdvanceED
surveys
• Receives support from an outstanding PTA, which sponsors activities throughout the school year
Highlights:
Advance Program
7201 Johnsontown Road • 485-8278
Slogan: Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders
• Offers student leadership opportunities, including Student Council, Safety Patrol, Peer Mediation, and STLP
• Offers family support services, including the STAR FRC
and the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program
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Cluster 3
■ Cane Run
Cluster 3
3951 Cane Run Road • 485-8223
Slogan: Teaching with the Future in Mind
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Highlights:
• Dedicated to providing a rich, progressive, and interactive curriculum that
uses outdoor classroom sites and
programs that allow students to
develop appreciation for and
stewardship of the environment
• Named a Green Ribbon School
by the U.S. Department of Education;
received state and national awards in the
National Energy Education Development
Program; the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education named a staff member
the 2012 Outstanding Individual for Excellence in Environmental Education.
• Offers small class sizes
• Offers the Environmental Studies Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 6
(See page 5.)
• Offers band and orchestra as well as a range of before- and after-school programs, including Environmental Club and Art Club
• Participates in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for all students
• Forms amazing partnerships with the community; received the duPont Community Action
Award
• Recipient of a 5x5 Arts Grant that provides art experiences for students
• Offers a Community School Program with a range of activities, including Girls on the Run,
yoga, Homework Club, Junior Men of Quality, and Zumba
■ Crums Lane
3212 South Crums Lane • 485-8236
Highlights:
• Dedicated to excellence in education, Crums Lane partners with families and the community in all content-area learning.
• Earned first place in podcasting at the 2015 state Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) competition; earned second place in podcasting and third place in newscasting at the 2014 competition. Students were national finalists in the 2010 eInstruction
Contest and have competed at the state level for the past two years. The Crums Lane
chess team placed first in the region in 2014.
• Offers the Community in Action Program, which partners with community organizations
(such as the 123rd Air National Guard) in monthly projects to promote understanding of
the importance of education and teamwork
• Offers the Small Class Size Program (20 students in each first- through fifth-grade classroom)
• Provides SMART Boards in every classroom as well as an iPad Lab and a computer lab;
every student learns new technology skills weekly.
• Offers a range of extended learning opportunities, including Academic Team, Garden
Club, Student Council, Junior Achievement (JA), spelling bees, newscast team, flag
football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, cheerleading, band, orchestra, dance/step team,
camping, Green Team, Safety Patrol, and assistant librarians
• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) and a winner in the
HealthierUS School Challenge, participates in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
three days a week, and received a Gardening Grant as well as a 5x5 Arts Grant
1500 Sanders Lane • 485-8261
Slogan: Gutermuth: Good Minds and Positive Attitudes!
Highlights:
• Provides engaging, standards-based instruction
• Offers opportunities for extra support through Reading
Intervention
• Provides weekly computer classes, Reader’s Theater
drama experiences, library, and physical education (PE)
• Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including
after-school tutoring, basketball, step team, volleyball,
soccer, Academic Team, band, and orchestra
• Offers a wide range of family support services
■ Kerrick
2210 Upper Hunters Trace • 485-8284
Slogan: Where Kerrick-ter Grows
Highlights:
• Provides rich, engaging, standards-based instruction
• Uses classic children’s literature to teach reading
• Math materials build students’ conceptual understanding
of numbers, patterns, and problem solving.
• Provides 14 acres of manicured woods and fields on
campus
• Offers Academic Team, volleyball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, archery, and band
• Provides state-of-the-art technology in every classroom
• Offers a wide range of family support services
• Receives support from a highly involved Parent Teacher
Association (PTA) that sponsors family and student
events
• Offers a range of family support services
• Offers several extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, chess, technology, step team, newspaper club, and Girls' Talk
■ Wellington
4800 Kaufman Lane • 485-8343
Slogan: A healthy mind and a healthy heart = success!
Highlights:
• Offers the Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning
Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 1 through 6
(See page 6.)
• Provides health and fitness education and career exploration through business partnerships, family nights, and
family field trips
• Provides interactive SMART Boards in every classroom
along with accessibility to student tablet computers
• Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including team sports, cooking club, running club, Student
Council, chess, Academic Team, and the Scholar
Society
• Serves as a host site for FRESH STOP, where families
can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from local
farmers at affordable prices; participates in the Food
Literacy Project
3816 Dixie Highway • 485-8301
Slogan: We Create Leaders for Life
Highlights:
Uniforms
3
Advance Program
• Offers the Leadership Academy Magnet Program for
Elementary Clusters 1 through 5 (See page 6.)
• Provides in-school electives, the Student Advising and
Mentoring Program, and a Weekly Convocation Series
• Offers the National Elementary Honor Society, which
promotes scholarship and community service
• Offers basketball, cheerleading, football, and Academic
Team
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• Placed second in the 2014 Mayor’s Cup competition and
in a 2014 robotics competition
• Provides a SMART Board, projector, and document
camera in each classroom
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■ Shacklette
5310 Mercury Drive • 485-8325
Slogan: A Community of Champions—we develop the champion in your child.
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Cluster 4
■ Auburndale
5749 New Cut Road • 485-8204
Highlights:
Cluster 4
• Helps all students learn at high levels using
research-based instructional practices, including Reading Journeys, science modules,
and world-class teaching standards
• Offers enrichment activities for Advance
Program students
• Offers an Arts and Humanities Program that
provides instruction in music, movement,
drama, and visual arts
• Provides state-of-the-art technology in the
classrooms and the computer lab
• Promotes parent involvement through the
Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the
School-Based Decision Making (SBDM)
Council, and volunteer opportunities
• Offers a wide range of extracurricular and
cocurricular activities, including National Elementary Honor Society, Safety Patrol, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), basketball, cheerleading, Visual Arts Club, chess, broadcast team, soccer, band, orchestra, and choir
■ Frayser
1230 Larchmont Avenue • 485-8255
Slogan: Steps to success begin at Frayser Elementary, where everybody is somebody.
Highlights:
• Offers the Small Class Size Program
• Offers practical living, arts and humanities, and computer programs
• Provides technology in all classrooms as well as the computer lab
• Provides small-group, research-based reading and math instruction
• Promotes wellness (Frayser has a full-time nurse on the staff.)
• Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) students the On Our Way to English Program and
small-group instruction that supports student success
• Offers a range of activities, including coed intramural basketball, Super Readers, and Math Wizards
■ Jacob
3701 East Wheatmore Drive • 485-8271
Highlights:
• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE)
• Offers basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, baseball, and track (kindergarten through fifth grade)
• Other activities include band, orchestra, Jaguar Singers, drama, newscast, Student Council, and
Safety Patrol.
■ Kenwood
7420 Justan Avenue • 485-8283
Highlights:
• Offers a learning environment that is caring and safe and strives to educate the whole child while
promoting good character, responsibility, and academic success for every student
• Provides state-of-the-art technology in the classrooms and the computer lab, including a 1:1 iPadto-student ratio in grades three through five and a 1:4 ratio in kindergarten through second grade
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• Employs master teachers who participate in a weekly Professional Learning Community (PLC) to determine how
to meet the needs of each student; many teachers have earned national certification.
• Offers an Arts and Humanities Program that provides instruction in music, movement, drama, and visual arts
• Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, flag football, volleyball, guitar club,
basketball, cheerleading, Girls on the Run, soccer, band, orchestra, and chorus
• Collaborates with the Fund for the Arts to enrich visual arts programs through field trips to the Louisville Ballet,
Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Actors Theatre, Blue Apple Players, and Kentucky Shakespeare
■ McFerran Preparatory Academy
1900 South Seventh Street • 485-8297
Slogan: Tradition. Academic Excellence. Diversity.
Highlights:
• Awards badges for academic achievement, leadership, and behavior
• Uses a dress code that requires uniforms, including vests and ties
• Provides ESL classes
• Offers basketball and cheerleading as well as Academic Team and math, science, and computer clubs
■ Minors Lane
8510 Minors Lane • 485-8303
Slogan: Galloping Toward Proficiency
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Cluster 4
• Offers individualized instruction to meet the
diverse needs of students on a daily basis
through small-group intervention and enrichment sessions
• Provides multiple opportunities for extended
learning
• Employs a full-time school nurse
• Offers the Reading Recovery Program
• Maintains extensive technology integration
with two computer labs, three student computers in every classroom, SMART Boards,
and technology-based programs
• Offers basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, step team, band, orchestra, Safety Patrol,
Academic Team, Girls on the Run, and GLOW
Highlights:
724 Denmark Street • 485-8324
Slogan: Where Stars Learn to Shine
Advance Program
■ Semple
• Offers the Reading Recovery Program and small-group interventions in all content areas for all grades
• Uses state-of-the-art education technology in all classrooms
• Provides an extensive after-school Extended School Services (ESS) Program
• Provides small-group teaching and learning at all grade levels
• Offers a range of activities, including Engineering Club, soccer clinics, Academic Team, and Student Council
• Offers numerous ESL services to ensure academic success
• Provides a full-time music teacher for kindergarten through grade-five students
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Cluster 5
■ Blake
3801 Bonaventure Boulevard • 485-8210
Cluster 5
Highlights:
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• Offers a balanced curriculum to meet
the needs of students who have
diverse learning styles
• Offers many special activities and
extracurricular programs, including
Student Council, Safety Patrol, basketball, cheerleading, and Student
Technology Leadership Program
(STLP)
• Provides rigorous courses, including enrichment classes for advanced
students
• Provides SMART Board technology
in every classroom
■ Blue Lick
9801 Blue Lick Road • 485-8212
Slogan: Children come first.
Highlights:
• Collaborates with neighboring Knight Middle School to ease the transition to sixth grade
• Provides technology, physical education (PE), and arts and humanities classes
• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE), where fitness and nutrition
are emphasized
• Received a Read to Achieve grant
• Offers many student activities, including band, orchestra, STLP, Academic Team, Run! Louisville. Run!, basketball, cheerleading, Garden Club, and Drama Team
• Provides top-notch technology in classrooms, including SMART Boards, iPads, NOOKs, and
webcams
■ Coral Ridge
10608 National Turnpike • 485-8234
Highlights:
• Offers the Elementary Redesign Program, which features a 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, a
full-time instructional coach to support student success, and a partnership with the University of Louisville (UofL) for student-teacher/methods training
• Recent renovations to Coral Ridge added a secure office entry area, a new library/media
center, new heating and cooling systems, and new lighting.
• Provides technology, humanities, library, and PE instruction
• Provides additional services for English as a Second Language (ESL) students
• Offers a range of clubs and activities during and after school, including Academic Team,
ECHO outdoor science education, basketball, soccer, step dance team, 4-H, cheerleading,
STLP, We Succeed, Cub Choir, and Talent Show
• Provides state-of-the-art technology, including a fully equipped computer lab, Wi-Fi throughout the building, SMART Board technology, SMART clicker systems, document cameras,
iPads, a laptop lab, digital cameras, and a broadcast room with a green screen
10104 Mitchell Hill Road • 485-8247
Highlights:
• Offers the International/Cultural Studies and Language Magnet Program for Elementary
Clusters 1 through 7 (See page 6.)
• Provides instruction in reading, math, and science from
highly qualified teachers who use today’s most effective curriculum and instructional techniques
• Provides a technology-rich learning environment that
includes SMART Boards and document cameras in every
classroom as well as webcams in the computer lab
• Provides rigorous Spanish instruction for all students
• Offers a range of student activities, including music, art,
Fairdale United Nations, Peacekeepers, Battle of the Books,
Chess Club, Academic Team, orchestra, band, basketball,
soccer, and cheerleading
SPOTLIGHT
■ Hazelwood
1325 Bluegrass Avenue • 485-8264
Highlights:
• Offers the Small Class Size Program
• Provides the Reading Recovery Program for first- and second-grade students
• Offers the SuccessMaker Math Intervention Program
• Provides research-based instruction
• Provides homeroom and specialized grouping, which creates a sense of family, challenges students in independent study, provides intensive coaching, and promotes
cooperative learning
• Offers a range of activities, including basketball, cheerleading, girls’ volleyball, Spanish
Club, band, and orchestra
■ Rutherford
301 Southland Boulevard • 485-8320
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Blake
Advance Program
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Cluster 5
• Students develop
their criticalthinking skills in the
Advance Program.
• Provides a literaturebased curriculum
enhanced by team
teaching
• Offers after-school
sports and other
activities through the
Family Resource Center (FRC)
• Offers Academic
Team, STLP, and
Chess Club
Highlights:
Magnet
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Engineering Club
About 30 Blake Elementary
students started staying after
class during the last school
year for monthly presentations from LG&E and KU
engineers.
This new Engineering Club
let the students participate in
a range of science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) activities, including
building hovercrafts and
water filtration systems.
Each meeting featured seven
to nine engineers—including
civil, mechanical, electrical,
and chemical engineers—
who worked directly with
students to explain concepts
and guide activities.
The programs were planned
and vetted by teachers before
the year started, and the
engineers noticed that the
student discussions evolved
to include scientific concepts,
vocabulary, and observations.
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2016-17 Choices
Cluster 6
Cluster 6
■ Camp Taylor
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1446 Belmar Drive • 485-8222
Slogan: Where the Learning Adventure
Begins
Highlights:
• Provides full-time Spanish, technology,
library media, arts and humanities, and
physical education (PE) instructors
• Recipient of the 5x5 Fund for the Arts
Grant; students attend performances by local arts organizations.
• Meets the needs of all students in a culturally diverse environment
• Provides technology for twenty-first-century learning, including
classroom SMART Boards and audio enhancement systems
• Offers mentoring and in-school leadership opportunities as well as a wide range of inschool and after-school activities, including coed basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, step
team, photography club, band, orchestra, the Visual/Performing Arts Club, Jump Rope for
Heart, Girls on the Run, 4-H, Junior Achievement (JA), Student Council, Every 1 Reads,
the Male Empowerment Program, and the Ladies of Camp Taylor Program
• Maintains a partnership with Ford that enhances students’ social and academic success
■ Cochran
500 West Gaulbert Avenue • 485-8230
Slogan: Where children come first
Highlights:
• Proximity to local universities and performing arts groups offers unique opportunities to attend art events and interact with many groups; the school has received a 5x5 Fund for the
Arts Grant.
• Uses SMART Boards in every classroom; offers classroom computers and a fully equipped
computer lab as well as two new iPad carts
• Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, Student Council, Safety Patrol, drama, band, orchestra, basketball, track, ballet, Girls on the Run, and a schoolwide
holiday musical; also offers a range of clubs, including chess, crafts, bicycling, walking,
photography, sign language, crochet, gardening, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts
• Serves as a partnership school with duPont Manual High and the University of Louisville
(UofL)
• Offers Cardinal Club, a mentoring program for third, fourth, and fifth graders
• Offers the Primary Talent Pool
■ Gilmore Lane
1281 Gilmore Lane • 485-8257
Slogan: Home of Terrific Kids!
Highlights:
• Partners with the Metrobon Kiwanis Club to recognize character in students through the
Terrific Kids Program
• Offers a balanced curriculum to allow students to become learners for life
• Uses inquiry-based math and science programs to help students explore and develop
meaning
• Provides interventions/enrichment to all students
• Uses Lexia and Reflex Math, computer-based programs that help boost reading and math
skills
SPOTLIGHT
■ Indian Trail
Guest readers often
share books with
JCPS students
3709 East Indian Trail • 485-8268
Slogan: Cardinals C.A.R.E. (Cooperate, Always try, are Respectful and responsible citizens,
and are Eager to learn). Go CARDs!
Highlights:
• Offers the MicroSociety Program for Elementary Clusters 6 and 7 (See page 7.)
• Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including STLP, Academic Team, and
sports teams
• Provides weekly instruction in special areas, including arts and humanities, computer
skills, practical living, and PE
• Offers a walking path
• Recognized as a Health Promotion School of Excellence (HPSE) and as a Green
School
■ Slaughter
3805 Fern Valley Road • 485-8328
Slogan: Home of the Super Stars!
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Cochran
Cluster 6
6
Advance Program
• Enriches instruction through a
computer lab, laptop computers,
document cameras, SMART
Boards, wireless Internet access, and iPads
• Offers the Small Class Size
Program
• Provides student leadership
opportunities, including Peer
Mediators and Student Council,
as well as an award-winning
Academic Team
• Offers many student activities, including band, orchestra,
basketball, cheerleading, chess,
dance team, and JA
• Offers hands-on science education through outdoor gardens,
wetlands, and a science lab
Highlights:
Many JCPS elementary
schools invite special guests
to read to students.
For instance, during the last
school year, Camp Taylor
Elementary welcomed several
guest readers from the Kentucky Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta
Phi at UofL.
These readers were part of
Camp Taylor’s literacy events
during Read Across America
Week in March. The students
enjoyed such Dr. Seuss books
as The Cat in the Hat, The
Sneetches, and The Better
Butter Battle.
Magnet
Program*
Camp Taylor
students also
participated in
several related
activities, including
Dr. Seuss Character
Concentration and
Dr. Seuss Go Fish.
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• Offers a range of student activities, including band, orchestra, Academic Team, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), DIVAs Club, Girls on the Run, co-ed
basketball and cheerleading, photography club, JA, Mad Science, and Jump Rope
for Heart
• Participates in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
• Provides reading incentive programs, including Terrific Tiger Readers
and Battle of the Books, which encourage students to become fluent
readers
• Offers library, arts and humanities, practical living, and technology
programs
• Uses iPads to enhance instruction, provides a Science Lab for all students, and offers the Engineering is Elementary Program developed by
the Museum of Science, Boston, and its partners
• Provides daytime Extended School Services (ESS)
• Uses Thinking Strategy Instruction in all subjects
2016-17 Choices
Cluster 7
■ Hartstern
Cluster 7
5200 Morningside Way • 485-8262
Slogan: Success is the heart of Hartstern.
Highlights:
• Offers a balanced curriculum to help students become learners for life
• Enhances instruction with classroom computers,
SMART Boards, a fully equipped computer lab,
and wireless Internet connectivity
• Ensures that Title I, English as a Second Language
(ESL), and Exceptional Child Education (ECE) staff
members work collaboratively within the classroom
• Offers many student activities, including band, orchestra, Student Council, Book Battle, and Ecology Club
• Received a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant, which enhances
Hartstern’s arts and humanities instruction by allowing the
school to host artists-in-residence as well as visiting artists
■ Laukhuf
5100 Capewood Drive • 485-8289
Slogan: Where Learners Become Leaders!
Highlights:
• Provides full-time library media, arts and humanities, and technology instructors
• Enhances arts and humanities instruction by collaborating with the Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, and Kentucky Shakespeare
• Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, chess, yoga,
Girls on the Run, Hip-Hop Aerobics, Safety Patrol, band, orchestra, Student Council, and Walking Club
• Offers academic enrichment and interventions before, during, and after school
• Recognizes student achievement through the Laukhuf Leader Program and Town Hall meetings
■ Luhr
6900 Fegenbush Lane • 485-8295
Slogan: Caring enough to create success
Highlights:
• Offers an Honors Program to provide enrichment opportunities for Advance Program students
• Offers numerous extracurricular activities, including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, and
Academic Team
• Provides extra help for students through Extended School Services (ESS) and the We Succeed
Program
• Presents Lion’s Pride Awards to recognize student achievement in academics and behavior
■ Okolona
7606 Preston Highway • 485-8309
Slogan: Success for Every Child
Highlights:
• Provides a caring, nurturing environment with a wide range of educational and extracurricular
opportunities
• Provides extra support for students through small focus groups and ESS
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New website helps
students get ready
for kindergarten
■ Rangeland
1701 Rangeland Road • 485-8317
Mission: Fit to Learn: Developing Minds, Building Character, and Strengthening Bodies
JCPS launched a new website during the last school
year to give families and
child-care providers a range
of kindergarten-readiness
resources.
Highlights:
• Provides the Parent Institute (teachers and parents help other parents prepare for the
school year) as well as Reading Recovery and the Attitude, Action, Achievements
(AAA) Club
• Partners with Junior Achievement (JA)
• Offers Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, track, and Girls on the Run
The Ready 4K site (http://
ready4k.jefferson
.kyschools.us) offers access to many online tools,
games, and ideas for family
activities.
■ Smyrna Traditional
6401 Outer Loop • 485-8329
Vision: All Smyrna scholars will achieve Proficiency or above on state assessments to acquire
the skills and knowledge they need to be promoted to the next grade level.
“If we expect students to
graduate prepared, we must
provide them with a strong
foundation,” says JCPS Superintendent Donna Hargens.
“Ready 4K gives parents,
guardians, and child-care
providers information about
the cognitive, emotional, and
social experiences children
need in order to be ready for
kindergarten and beyond.”
Highlights:
• Provides extra support for students through such programs as ESS, Every 1 Reads,
homework clubs, and a partnership with Moore Traditional’s Mentoring Program
• Offers many student activities, including art club, band, chess club, dance club, karate,
orchestra, Academic Team (Quick Recall), robotics, and Student Council
• Smyrna is not part of the feeder pattern to traditional middle schools. See the information on traditional education on page 9.
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Hartstern
7
Cluster 7
• Designated a Distinguished School of
Distinction by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), which
means Wilt is among the top 5
percent of elementary schools in the
state
• Implements the Assessment for
Learning Program
• Recognized as a Health Promotion
School of Excellence (HPSE)
• Offers a wide range of student activities, including Academic Team, basketball, Safety Patrol, Jump Rope For
Heart, Student of the Week, Student
of the Month, and many other afterschool activities and programs
Highlights:
Advance Program
Slogan: Where Effort Becomes Excellence
6700 Price Lane • 485-8353
Magnet
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• Offers a range of activities, including chess club, Young Rembrandts, Academic Team,
4H, Sport Stacking Club, Kaleidoscope Camp, Safety Patrol, Boy and Girl Scouts, Student of the Month, and many after-school programs sponsored by the Family Resource
Center
• Uses an “all hands on deck” approach to meet the diverse needs of every student
• Provides classrooms equipped with SMART Boards, computers, document cameras,
and other technologies that enhance the learning experience
• Offers an increased exposure to the arts through a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant, which
allows the school to host artists-in-residence as well as visiting artists
2016-17 Choices
Cluster 8
■ Alex Kennedy
Cluster 8
4515 Taylorsville Road • 485-6950
Slogan: Everyone Matters
• Provides Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics
(STEAM) education; Kennedy is one of
five schools participating in a collaborative grant with Bellarmine University to
offer the STEAM Program.
• Offers physical education (PE) as well
as art and music education
• Provides a variety of extracurricular
activities
• Offers students and teachers access to
advanced technology in every classroom
• Provides the most up-to-date curriculum
■ Bates
7601 Bardstown Road • 485-8208
Slogan: Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
Highlights:
• Incorporates advanced technology into instruction via a computer lab, interactive SMART Boards,
document cameras, a mobile laptop lab, eBooks, and iPads loaded with educational applications;
students consistently achieve Proficiency on 21st Century Skills Technology Assessments.
• Through a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant, students experience live art performances in collaboration with StageOne Family Theatre, the Kentucky Center for the Arts, the Kentucky Shakespeare
Festival, and the Louisville Orchestra.
• Offers an extensive performing arts program, which includes band, orchestra, hand chimes, choir,
and grade-level plays
• Provides a wide range of extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, cross-country, soccer, Young Rembrandts, robotics, basketball, cheerleading, drama, Safety Patrol, a student-led
broadcast team, and Bridge Club
• Hosts Safety City, a police-directed safety program for Jefferson County second graders
• Employs highly qualified teachers, including an Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the
Year. Many Bates teachers have earned National Board Certification or Administration Certification and serve as presenters at conferences and workshops at the district and state level.
■ Farmer
6405 Gellhaus Lane • 485-8625
Slogan: A mind is not an empty vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited. —Plutarch
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• Master educators provide differentiated instruction; the staff includes nine nationally certified
teachers, the 2013 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year, four teachers who have earned the
Excellence in Classroom and Educational Leadership (ExCEL) Award, a 2014 Kentucky finalist
for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics teacher, and teachers who have earned
endorsements in technology and in gifted-and-talented education as well as teachers involved in
the Louisville Writing Project.
• Integrates the arts—including band, chorus, drama, orchestra, Suzuki violin, and the visual arts—
in all grades to provide a fun, kid-friendly approach to teaching the whole child
• Incorporates advanced technology—including SMART Boards, a computer lab, a mini laptop
computer lab, iPads, and the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP)
• Gives students access to state-of-the-art technology
via SMART Boards, iPads, and enhanced audio
• Provides Spanish instruction and an expanded Arts
and Humanities Program
• Provides the National Elementary Honors Society
• Offers an award-winning Academic Team and a range
of student activities, including band, orchestra, Student
Council, sports, and technology programs
■ Fern Creek
■ Wheeler
8815 Ferndale Road • 485-8250
Slogan: A Child-Centered School
5700 Cynthia Drive • 485-8349
Slogan: Expecting the best, producing success
8
Advance Program
• Offers gifted-and-talented education and advanced
groups
• Provides the Primary Talent Pool for kindergarten
through grade-three students
• Provides Spanish instruction at all grade levels
• Offers an expanded arts and humanities program to give
students the opportunity to exhibit talents during annual
performances
• Offers band, orchestra, art, and technology programs as
well as a wide variety of extracurricular activities
• Offers students and teachers access to advanced technology in every classroom
• Provides an outdoor classroom
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Jeffersontown
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• Provides the Primary Talent Pool for kindergarten
through grade-three students
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3900 Breckenridge Lane • 485-8342
Slogan: Inspiring great minds to succeed!
Cluster 8
Highlights:
Uniforms
3610 Cedarwood Way • 485-8274
Slogan: Teamwork makes the dream work.
■ Jeffersontown
• Named a Proficient School by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE); identified as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of
Education
• Employs teachers with National Board Certification
and teachers with endorsements in gifted-and-talented
education; offers a gifted-and-talented enrichment
program
• Offers the third-grade Accelerated Math Program
• Hosts an artist-in-residence program during the instructional day and as an after-school activity
• Offers the Engineering is Elementary Program in
partnership with the University of Louisville (UofL) J.B.
Speed School of Engineering
• Offers robotics; Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM); Spanish; and drama classes
• Incorporates technology into the curriculum via
SMART Boards, iPads, and audio enhancement in all
classrooms
• Provides a range of academic and athletic activities,
including Academic Team, band, orchestra, basketball,
running club, cross-country, cheerleading, chess, art
club, and Suzuki violin
Highlights:
• Provides advanced educational technology, including
computers, interactive whiteboards, and document cameras in all classrooms
• Recognizes the importance of weekly instruction with
fitness, computer, library, and arts and humanities teachers
• Offers Spanish instruction (kindergarten through second
grade)
• Hosts several student clubs, including STLP, Academic
Team, Morning Broadcast, and Student Guard Team
• Provides numerous extracurricular activities throughout
the year, including basketball, cheerleading, track, and
art club
• Offers the Primary Talent Pool for kindergarten through
grade-three students
• Provides a site-based therapist through Seven Counties
Services
Highlights:
Magnet
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• Implements inquiry-based activities in all grades, including activities in the outdoor classroom, which features
a pond, forest, sensory garden, and Chenoweth Run
Creek
• Recognizes the importance of physical education (PE),
nutrition, and consumerism
• Values experiential learning by providing more than 35
instructional-based field trips each year
Cluster 9
2016-17 Choices
Cluster 9
■ Cochrane
2511 Tregaron Avenue • 485-8231
Slogan: A great place for students to learn and grow
Highlights:
• Holds family nights that focus on academic/social themes
• Offers many student activities, including Safety Patrol, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country,
soccer, girls’ volleyball, art club, Spanish club, drama club, and an award-winning Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP)
• Introduces students to the field of communications through a student-produced morning news
broadcast
• Offers orchestra and band
• Recipient of a grant that provides performing arts experiences for students
• Provides an iPad lab, computer lab, and Google Chromebook lab
■ Hite
12408 Old Shelbyville Road • 485-8267
Slogan: Hite is a family place, where success is the only option!
Highlights:
• Provides full-time computer, music, art, physical education (PE), and Chinese teachers
• Receives a high level of support from parents and the community
• Offers band, orchestra, Academic Team, fencing, Jump Rope For Heart, Chess Team, crosscountry, and the award-winning Junkyard Hawks music ensemble
■ Klondike Lane
3807 Klondike Lane • 485-8286
Highlights:
• Provides English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction
• Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, and crosscountry
• Received a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant, which provides art experiences for students
• Maintains a wide range of technologies for students, including SMART Boards, document
and digital cameras, a mobile iPad station, and Chromebooks. In addition, each classroom is
equipped with at least three student desktop computers.
■ Price
5001 Garden Green Way • 485-8315
Slogan: Where Visions Become Reality
Highlights:
• Offers the Visual Arts Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 7 through 13 (See page 10.) The
program is integrated with the math, science, social studies, reading, and writing curriculum. Students develop award-winning projects to enhance their learning.
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Advance Preparatory Program
The Advance Preparatory Program at Price is designed to nurture the abilities of Primary
(kindergarten through grade-three) students who perform at high levels. The program
engages, stimulates, and challenges students through individualized/small-group instruction and a wide variety of learning experiences that enhance their interests and
abilities.
■ Tully
3300 College Drive • 485-8338
Highlights:
• Integrates technology into the curriculum
• Provides a technology center, a fireside meeting room for taping a morning telecast,
and a science lab with an attached greenhouse
• Offers spacious and modern facilities as well as a campus with a large, grassy play
area and state-of-the-art playground equipment
• Offers many student activities, including Academic Team, Art Camp, band, chorus,
Jump Rope For Heart, orchestra, track, and cross-country
App and website
offer info on school
meals
JCPS has teamed up with
technology company Nutrislice to give families instant
access to detailed information
on school meals.
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Cochrane
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Cluster 9
A new smartphone app and
a website show each day’s
menu and include nutritional
and allergen information
as well as photos and food
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says Food Service Director Julia Bauscher. “Parents
now have the ability to see
what their kids are eating by
viewing the nutritional and
allergen information. Students
can easily see daily menu
options and also comment on
and rate meals. In turn, this
allows the Food Service team,
parents, and school nurses to
more effectively create menu
items that are healthy and that
the students enjoy.”
The website is http://jcps
.nutrislice.com. The free
School Lunch by Nutrislice
app is available in the Apple
App Store and Google Play.
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• Offers the Advance Preparatory Program for kindergarten through grade-three students (See below.)
• Offers a Guidance Program that effectively develops leadership skills among the
school’s student body
• Provides academic and athletic activities, such as band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, step team, karate, Academic Team, art camp, and STLP
Cluster 10
2016-17 Choices
Cluster 10
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■ Bowen
1601 Roosevelt Avenue • 485-8213
Slogan: The Greatest School on Earth!
Highlights:
• Provides special-area instruction in art, music, technology, physical education (PE),
Spanish, and hands-on
See the inside front cover for
science to all students
information on Norton Commons
• Features the latest in
Elementary.
educational technology,
including SMART Boards,
document cameras, and multiple
computer stations in every classroom; the school’s computer lab features wireless tablets,
desktops, and the latest software.
• Offers a range of extracurricular activities, including band, orchestra, Safety Patrol, Academic
Team, basketball, cheerleading, and track and field
• The award-winning Parent Teacher Association (PTA) sponsors monthly Family Fun Nights to
keep families engaged in school activities.
■ Chancey
4301 Murphy Lane • 485-8387
Slogan: A Caring Community of High Achievers
Highlights:
• Welcomes families as partners in reaching and teaching the whole child
• Engages students by providing instruction based on individual interests and learning styles,
which meets the students’ academic, social, and emotional needs
• Provides a Right Now Intervention Team that helps meet students’ academic, emotional, and
behavioral needs
• Provides individualized opportunities for students to participate in drama; art; show choir;
wellness; robotics; coding; MakerSpace; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM); and a twenty-first-century-media center
• Enhances student achievement through Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in which
teachers collaborate weekly to focus on instructional strategies and analyze student assessment data
• Infuses instruction with technology—including a computer lab and iPad cart—to meet the
individual needs of twenty-first-century learners
• Offers a wide range of during- and after-school enrichment activities, including step team,
cheerleading, basketball, band, orchestra, Academic Team, and Girl Scouts
■ Goldsmith
3520 Goldsmith Lane • 485-8258
Slogan: We can show you the world
Highlights:
• Offers the International/Cultural Studies and Language Program for Elementary Clusters 8
through 13 (See page 6.)
• Students and staff represent and celebrate the diversity of Louisville; more than 25 countries
are represented.
• Offers special instruction in music, Spanish, art, practical living/career studies, and technology
• Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) classes
• Offers band, orchestra, Academic Team, Spanish Club, Safety Patrol, and Student
Council
• Enhances student achievement through PLCs and by partnering with parents
• Communicates to the community through print media, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest,
and the school’s website (www.goldsmithdolphins.com)
■ Middletown
218 North Madison Avenue • 485-8300
Slogan: Discovering the brilliance in every child
Highlights:
• Staffed by award-winning teachers
• Presents a drama/musical each year
• Offers a dynamic, award-winning PTA
• Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, soccer,
basketball, cheerleading, dance, and chess
• Provides after-school enrichment programs
■ Norton
8101 Brownsboro Road • 485-8308
Slogan: Where all children learn at high levels. No exceptions. No excuses.
Highlights:
• Recognized as a Kentucky Pacesetter School for scoring in the top 5 percent on state
tests
• Designated a Parent Involvement School of Excellence by the National PTA
• Offers numerous programs and activities, including Academic Team, Spanish, Boy
Scouts, and Girl Scouts
■ Stopher
14417 Aiken Road • 485-8281
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• Presents a musical production each spring
• Offers an Academic Team that has won Mayor’s
Cup competitions and a Student Technology
Leadership Program (STLP) that has been
awarded Gold status on the state level
Cluster 10
• Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities,
including basketball, cheerleading, flag football,
golf, chess, dance, Spanish, Bricks 4 Kidz,
Science Matters, 4 Kicks for Kidz, tae kwon do,
and Drama by George
• Provides Chinese and Latin instruction to all
students
Bowen
• Earned a Distinguished rating on the state’s
school assessment system
Chancey
Advance Program
Highlights:
Magnet
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2016-17 Choices
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■ Byck
2328 Cedar Street • 485-8221
Slogan: Developing the Academic, Artistic, and Creative talents of
students
Highlights:
• Offers the Talent Development Program (See
page 8.)
• Integrates arts
education and
enrichment
learning into the
curriculum
• Employs instructors in the arts and humanities (drama, dance, art, and music) as well as library
media, technology, and practical living/physical education (PE)
• Provides gifted-and-talented services
• Offers a range of clubs and activities during and after school, including band, orchestra, Academic
Team, Boy Scouts, cheerleading, basketball, chess club, track, choir, Student Council, yearbook,
talent show, and National Elementary Honor Society
• Received a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant, which enhances Byck’s arts and humanities instruction
by providing both artists-in-residence and visiting artists
• Provides a technology-rich learning environment that includes a computer lab and classroom
SMART Boards and document cameras
• Promotes parent involvement through the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the School-Based
Decision Making (SBDM) Council, and volunteer opportunities
■ Coleridge-Taylor Montessori
1115 West Chestnut Street • 485-8232
Slogan: Making a world of difference
Highlights:
• Offers the Montessori approach to education for Elementary Clusters 9 through 13 (See page 7.)
• Provides hands-on learning that is accelerated or individually paced for optimum educational success
• Offers a tuition-based Montessori Program for 3- and 4-year-olds
• Provides cultural arts opportunities, including band, orchestra, drama, and visual art instruction
• Offers Intermediate students trips to Washington, D.C., and Pine Mountain, Kentucky
• Provides an instructional assistant in every classroom
• Offers many student activities, including science club, chess club, basketball team, Boy Scouts,
yoga, cheerleading, Girls on the Run, soccer, Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP),
Student Leadership Team, and Academic Team
■ Dunn
2010 Rudy Lane • 485-8240
Slogan: Success for tomorrow begins today!
Highlights:
• Honored with the Mayor’s Top Apple Award for reading achievement
• Consistently scores in the top 95 percent of JCPS elementary schools in computer application
skills
• Offers computer, music, art, Spanish, library, and PE classes taught by certified teachers
• Offers state-of-the-art education technology, including
SMART Boards and document cameras
• Provides the Wilder Arts Program, which includes
drama, music, and visual arts
■ Zachary Taylor
9620 Westport Road • 485-8336
Slogan: Where Learning Takes Flight
■ Lowe
Highlights:
■ Wilder
1913 Herr Lane • 485-8350
Slogan: Wilder Wildcats always do their best.
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• Offers the district’s only elementary Technology Magnet Program (See page 9.)
• Offers Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Programs for all kindergarten through
grade-five students
• Provides full-time art, PE, and technology teachers
• Offers Academic Team, Girl Scouts, track, orchestra,
band, Safety Patrol, STLP, art club, and basketball
team
Cluster 11
Highlights:
1615 W. Broadway • 485-8319
Slogan: Where Technology Is Child’s Play
Advance Program
■ Roosevelt-Perry
• Awarded National Parent Involvement School of Excellence Certification
• Recognized by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) as a Winner’s Circle School for exemplary
school climate, safety, and achievement (This honor
was presented to only ten schools statewide.)
• Offers an Integrated Arts and Humanities Program
• Offers many student activities, including Academic
Team, Bluegrass Book Battle Team, chess club, orchestra, band, choir, basketball, cheerleading, crosscountry, spirit club, running club, soccer, and tennis
• Recognized by KDE in 2013-14 as a Kentucky School
of Distinction for college and career readiness
Highlights:
• Offers band and orchestra
• Offers Chess Club, Academic Team, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, Robotics Club, and Flamenco
• All classrooms are equipped with SMART Boards that
support and enhance instruction
• Provides PE, technology, dance, drama, music, art, and
Spanish classes
• Receives support from a highly involved PTA as well as
local churches and businesses
• Offers community after-school activities, such as Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts
210 Oxfordshire Lane • 485-8293
Slogan: Where the Education Adventure Begins!
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• Provides a highly effective curriculum that includes Literacy by Design, Being a Writer, and science modules
• Offers STEM for all students
• Offers many after-school activities, including flag
football, cheerleading, basketball, Geo Bee, soccer,
chorus, drama, and Young Rembrandts
• Earned two Mayor’s Top Apple Awards for reading
achievement
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• Maintains a strong partnership with parents and the
community to enhance student achievement
• Offers a range of student activities, including Student
Council, STLP, chess team, chess club, Academic
Team, band, orchestra, basketball, cheerleading, and
cross-country
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■ Atkinson Academy
2811 Duncan Street • 485-8203
Highlights:
• Provides the Louisville Reach Academy, which offers technology-based learning and small classes
as well as opportunities for students and their families to receive a range of services, including
health services, adult education, job shadowing, and family education workshops. The academy
initially served preschool through grade-five students, but it will include sixth graders during the
2016-17 school year and will continue to grow to include grades seven and eight in subsequent
years. Sixth grade at the school is open only to current Atkinson fifth graders.
• Offers the districtwide Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Program (See page 5.)
• Uses the Literacy by Design Program to integrate both science and social studies with reading
• Maintains a strong connection between writing, science, and math education and the content on
state tests
• Works with the University of Louisville (UofL) as a Signature Partnership School
• Offers a range of student activities, including basketball, cheerleading, band, and the Suzuki Violin
Program
■ Breckinridge-Franklin
1351 Payne Street • 485-8215
Slogan: Hopping Our Way to Success (The school’s mascot is a frog.)
Highlights:
• Offers the Communications Magnet Program for Elementary Clusters 8 through 13 (See page 5.)
• Participates in the Small Class Size Program
• Maintains partnerships with Bellarmine University, WLKY, and The Courier-Journal
• Provides a two-acre campus with plenty of outdoor play space, two computer labs, an art room, a
music room, and an extensive media center
• Provides a literacy-based education and an extensive math curriculum, with technology embedded in every classroom
• Offers many student activities, including basketball, cheerleading, band, orchestra, track, volleyball, and Academic Team (which has won several Mayor’s Cup competitions)
■ Chenoweth
3622 Brownsboro Road • 485-8227
Slogan: Chenoweth children charging to be champions
Highlights:
• Named a Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Distinguished School; rated by the National
Center for Educational Achievement as a Higher Performing School as recognized by the ACT
• Offers special-area classes taught by certified teachers in the following areas: science, arts and
humanities, physical education (PE), library, and computer; offers Spanish instruction and Reading Recovery
• One wing of the school and an award-winning outdoor classroom are dedicated to allowing students to engage in hands-on, creative learning environments.
• The school’s award-winning faculty and the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) have earned numerous awards.
• Offers many extracurricular activities, including Academic Team, Primary Talent Pool, band, orchestra, Safety Patrol, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, podcast, Technology Club, WCES
Broadcast Team, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Flamenco Dance Team
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• Recognized for academic excellence as a No Child
Left Behind (NCLB) Blue Ribbon School and a state
High Performance School
• Provides distinguished teaching through daily enrichment and intervention programs for all students,
including What I Need (WIN) Time and teacher-led,
grade-level Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
• Provides student leadership opportunities through
the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP),
Safety Patrol, and community-based service projects
• Uses integrated technology throughout the school,
including a computer lab, SMART Boards, document
cameras, laptops, and other assistive technology
• Receives support from a highly active PTA, Crescent
Hill businesses, and various community organizations
• Provides Mandarin Chinese classes for kindergarten
through fifth-grade students
• Offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including 3D printing, Academic Team, band, basketball,
cheerleading, chess club, computer programming,
computer technology, cross-country, Girls on the Run,
journalism, LEGO WeDo, Mad Science, orchestra,
robotics, scouting, soccer, web design, ballet, debate,
math club, choir, StageOne Drama, Fan Dancers, and
art club
■ King
4325 Vermont Avenue • 485-8285
Slogan: Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School—Where
Dreams Come True!
Highlights:
735 Ziegler Street • 485-8327
Highlights:
• Provides the Traditional Magnet Program (Shelby is a
feeder school to a traditional middle school; see the
information on traditional education on page 9.)
• Offers art, computer, and library instruction as well as a
science lab and PE
• Provides an arts and humanities emphasis with full-day
immersion six times a year; collaborates with the Fund
for the Arts
• Offers Academic Team, Art Club, Science Club, Shelby
Scholars, Shelby STAR Academy, National Honor
Society, volleyball, basketball, cheerleading, track, and
Environmental Club
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■ Portland
3410 Northwestern Parkway • 485-8313
Slogan: Celebrating Success—Every Class,
Every Student, Every Day!
Highlights:
• Offers the Environmental Studies Magnet
Program for Elementary Clusters 7 through 13
(See page 5.)
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Program
Advance Program
• Offers two districtwide magnet programs:
the Visual and Performing Arts Program (see
page 9) and the Gifted and Talented Program
(see page 6)
• Provides introductory courses for all students
in many of the arts during the school day
• Provides English as a Second Language
(ESL) classes
• Offers basketball, cheerleading, Academic
Team, Step Team, African Dance/Ballet,
martial arts, fencing, Show Choir, gymnastics,
visual arts, and more
■ Shelby Traditional Academy
120 Sacred Heart Lane • 485-8252
Slogan: Soaring to new heights!
• Provides an expert, unrivaled staff that engages students in a rigorous, relevant curriculum integrated with
environmental sciences
• Offers small class sizes to provide tailored instruction
that meets individual needs; collaborates with the UofL
Signature Project to support teachers who are implementing innovative practices in the classroom
• Participates in environmentally based service learning
and collaborations through community partnerships;
uses sustainable practices and applies them to realworld situations
• Maintains one of the world’s Muhammad Ali Center
Peace Gardens
• Offers many enrichment programs and activities, including environmental club, chess club, basketball, cheerleading, Academic Team, and Book Battle; participates
in the 5x5 Fund for the Arts Program and the USDA
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
• Received the 2015 Green and Healthy School Award
Magnet
Program*
Academy for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning
Communications
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■ Bloom
1627 Lucia Avenue
485-8211
Vision: To become a world leader in individualized
student growth
Highlights:
• Provides full-time music, physical education (PE), Chinese, library, and technology teachers as
well as an artist-in-residence
• Offers several after-school programs, including tae kwon do, chess, basketball, cheerleading,
media club, drama club, Young Rembrandts, and Academic Team
• A grant-winning school garden will be incorporated into classroom instruction and the nationally
recognized Food is Elementary Program for first graders.
• Offers an actively involved Parent Teacher Association (PTA) with strong classroom and community support
■ Engelhard
1004 South First Street • 485-8246
Slogan: Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day
Highlights:
• Offers small classes; a full-time, on-site nurse; and teaching support and expertise from the
University of Louisville (UofL)
• Provides differentiated instruction for all students
• Provides English as a Second Language (ESL) classes
• The Family Resource Center (FRC) provides many student activities, including basketball,
cheerleading, and chess club, as well as family activities and support services.
■ Hawthorne
2301 Clarendon Avenue • 485-8263
Slogan: If you can dream it, you can do it.
Highlights:
• Offers the Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program (See below.)
• Offers a range of athletic activities, including basketball, soccer, tae kwon do, and running club
• Offers many other student clubs and activities, including chess, Young Rembrandts, Student
Council, orchestra, band, Safety Patrol, drama club, and Hawthorne Kids Choir
Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program (Optional Program)
Hawthorne’s program is designed to provide a daily Spanish immersion experience that prepares students to read, write, and speak proficiently in Spanish. The students (kindergarten
through fifth grade) receive daily math and science instruction in Spanish. Other content
areas are taught in English. Students also benefit from cultural enrichment in a Spanish arts
class, which combines the arts with Spanish language and culture learning. Hawthorne’s
program benefits both students who are learning Spanish as a second language and students who are learning English as a second language. In addition, the Hawthorne community is a dual-language community with an expressed appreciation of language learning and
inclusion of diverse cultural experiences. Because this program is an optional program,
transportation is provided only for Cluster 13 students.
■ Maupin
1312 Catalpa Street • 485-8310
Slogan: Living education for the whole child
Highlights:
• Offers the Catalpa Model Program (See the
inside back cover.)
• Uses art, music, drama, movement, and experiences to deliver the curriculum
• Empowers students to think creatively and critically, understand and manage emotions, and
work in a focused and willing manner
• Focuses on artistic integration, play with social
intent, relationships as a foundation, nutrition,
and environmental sustainability
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1107 South 17th Street • 485-8348
Slogan: A Community of Learners Committed to Excellence!
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Bloom
• Offers a range of student activities,
including Academic Team, band,
basketball, cheerleading, orchestra,
and Student Technology Leadership
Program (STLP)
• Named a Distinguished (highest-performing) school based on state testing
data
Cluster 13
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• Provides art, music, PE, Spanish, and technology instruction
• Every student participates in a class musical.
• Recognized as a Parent Involvement School
of Excellence by the National PTA
Advance Program
Highlights:
601 Browns Lane • 485-8321
Slogan: Great Expectations, Infinite Possibilities
Magnet
Program*
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Immersion**
Catalpa Model
Mathematics/
Science/
Technology
Highlights:
• Offers the districtwide Mathematics/
Science/Technology Magnet Program
(See page 6.)
• Offers the Elementary Redesign Program, which features small classes; a
full-time, on-site nurse; and teaching
support and expertise from UofL
• Offers an FRC that provides many
student activities, including cheerleading, drum corps, and STLP, as well as
family activities and support services
**Hawthorne’s Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program is an optional program. Transportation is provided only for Cluster 13 students.
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Services for Students With
Educational Disabilities
Exceptional Child Education (ECE) services are available to JCPS students with educational disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Students
served under IDEA receive specially designed instruction to meet individual needs as
described on their Individual Education Programs (IEPs).
IEP development and placement are determined by each student’s Admissions and Release Committee (ARC), which includes the student’s parents. To the maximum extent
possible, students with disabilities are educated with nondisabled peers. JCPS offers a
placement continuum: regular class with co-teaching, resource class, special class, special school, home instruction, and hospital instruction.
Most JCPS schools serve students with disabilities. JCPS also offers specialty groupings
of students with similar needs at specific schools. Specialty groupings include Moderate
to Severe Disabilities (MSD), Autism (AU), Social Communication (SC), Emotional-Behavioral Disability (EBD), Learning and Behavioral Disabilities (LBD), Visual Impairment
(VI), Hearing Impairment (HI), and Orthopedic Impairment/Other Health Impairment (OI/
OHI).
The ECE Parent Resource Center (485-3215) offers information on special education
services. Liaisons help parents work in partnership with their child’s school. Other contact
numbers include ECE Programs (485-6270) and ECE Assessment (485-6052). Contact
ECE Placement (485-3215) if your child is new to JCPS and already has an IEP from a
previous school district. Visit the ECE website, which offers information on Child Find, referral, evaluation, Who to Call listings, and parent resources, at www.jefferson
.kyschools.us/Programs/ECE/index.html.
JCPS Phone Numbers
Optional and Magnet Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-6250
Information on applying to specialized schools and programs
Advance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-6250
Information on Advance Program policies and procedures
Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3050
Information on which school a student could attend based on his or her address
Student Assignment/Parent Assistance Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-6250
Information on student assignment, registration, specialized educational
programs, and other school-related issues
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3470
Information on bus transportation
Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3387
Information on health policies
Exceptional Child Education (ECE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3215
Information on programs and services for special-needs students
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Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSCs) . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3703
Information on social, health, and crisis-assistance resources
Early Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(502) 485-3919
Information on JCPS preschool programs
English as a Second Language (ESL) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-3623
Offers academic support during language transition
FactLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (502) 485-FACT (3228)
Answers to basic questions and transfers to other departments for in-depth
information; call this number if you don’t know where to call.
Application Quick Reference
Guide
Overview of the Online Application Process
(If you don’t have Internet access, call [502] 485-3323 for information on how to apply.)
This is an overview of the online application process for students who are entering kindergarten and older elementary students who have moved or who want to apply to a magnet
school, a magnet program, or Hawthorne Elementary’s Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Optional Program. Students who have not previously attended a JCPS school need
to register with the district before they can apply. For more information, see page 2.
• You will need one of the following pieces of identifying information to apply to elementary
schools and programs:
–A JCPS Parent Portal username and password
–A Parent Portal activation key
–A registration confirmation number
• Once you have the identifying information, go to the JCPS website at www.jefferson
.kyschools.us and click the Register & Apply button. The online system will walk you
through the application process.
• Be sure to review the information on your child in the system. If any of the information
is incorrect, notify your child’s school or go to a JCPS registration site. If the address is
incorrect, you will need to provide proof of the new address.
• The online system will let you rank the schools in order of preference in the elementary
cluster that serves your address. You also may choose to apply to magnet schools and
programs.
See page 3 for more information on the application process.
■ Magnet Schools and Programs
Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Program (page 5)
• Atkinson (districtwide magnet program), application code: 185MGA
Catalpa Model Program (inside back cover)
• Maupin (districtwide magnet program), 480MGC
Communications Program (page 5)
• Breckinridge-Franklin (magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13), 038MGA
Environmental Studies Program (page 5)
• Cane Run (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6), 005MGA
• Portland (magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13), 500MGA
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Gifted and Talented Program (page 6)
• King (districtwide magnet program), 432MGA
Health and Fitness for Accelerated Learning Program (page 6)
• Wellington (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 6), 116MGA
International/Cultural Studies and Language Program (page 6)
• Fairdale (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 7), 010MGA
• Goldsmith (magnet program for Clusters 8 through 13), 061MGA
International Baccalaureate School (page 6)
• Young (districtwide magnet school), 374MGA
Leadership Academy Program (page 6)
• Mill Creek (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 5), 147MGA
Mathematics/Science/Technology Program (page 6)
• Wheatley (districtwide magnet program), 182MGA
Mathematics/Science/Technology School (page 6)
• Brandeis (districtwide magnet school), 260MGA
MicroSociety Program (page 7)
• Indian Trail (magnet program for Clusters 6 and 7), 076MGA
Montessori Program (page 7)
• Kennedy Montessori (magnet program for Clusters 1 through 8), TTTMGA
• Coleridge-Taylor Montessori (magnet program for Clusters 9 through 13), TTTMGA
Performing Arts School (page 7)
• Lincoln (districtwide magnet school), 520MGA
Self-Directed Learning School (page 8)
• Brown (districtwide magnet school), 165MGA
Talent Development Program (page 8)
• Byck (districtwide magnet program), 243MGA
Technology Program (page 9)
• Roosevelt-Perry (districtwide magnet program), 530MGA
Traditional Education (page 9)
• Audubon Traditional (EEEXXX), Carter Traditional (EEEXXX), Foster Traditional Academy (270MGA),
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional (EEEXXX), Schaffner Traditional (EEEXXX), and Shelby Traditional
Academy (610MGA)
Visual and Performing Arts Program (page 9)
• King (districtwide magnet program), 432MGB
Visual Arts Program (page 10)
• Price (magnet program for Clusters 7 through 13), 128MGA
■ Optional Program
Dual-Language Spanish Immersion Program (page 36)
• Hawthorne, 048OPA
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District Offers Innovative New Magnet Program
New school to open at Norton Commons
A new school will open in the Norton Commons neighborhood at
the start of the 2016-17 school year. Norton Commons Elementary
(10941 Kings Crown Drive) will be part of Elementary Cluster 10.
JCPS anticipates that the school will open with 400 students in
kindergarten through fifth grade.
Eventually, the building will be able to serve about 600 students,
including eight classrooms for Early Childhood students.
See page 30 for information on other schools in Cluster 10.
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JCPS is offering a new magnet program as part of its District of Innovation initiative. Two years
ago, the district launched a School of Innovation Design Competition that invited community members to submit ideas. JCPS received almost 50 submissions.
After a rigorous review process, the district decided to develop a new program guided by Public
Waldorf Education core principles. This schoolwide program is available at Maupin Elementary,
a member of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education. (See page 37 for more information on
Maupin.) Features of the new program, which is called the Catalpa Model Program, include the
following:
• Art, music, drama, movement, and nature experiences promote student creativity and critical
thinking.
• Teachers stay with the same group of students as they progress through grade levels.
• The school serves students who live in Elementary Cluster 13 as well as those selected through
the magnet application process. Parents of students throughout the district may apply to the
program during the online application period, and JCPS will provide bus transportation for those
who are accepted.
• The program initially served preschool through grade-five students, but it will include sixth graders during the 2016-17 school year and will continue to grow to include grades seven and eight
in subsequent years. Sixth grade at the school is open only to current Maupin fifth graders.
The Kentucky Board of Education named JCPS a District of Innovation in 2013. The designation
allows JCPS to implement new ideas that reimagine teaching and learning. Another School of
Innovation initiative is the Louisvile Reach Academy, which is located at Atkinson Academy. See
page 34 for more information on Atkinson.
Donna M. Hargens, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Jefferson County Board of Education
David Jones Jr.
Chairperson
Diane Porter
Vice-Chairperson
Chris Brady
Linda Duncan
Chuck Haddaway
Stephanie Horne
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