Overview of
Wagram
Elementary School
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Kayla Young
What’s to come…
– Mission
– Core Values and Ethics
– History
– Needs
Mission Statement
– “It is the mission of Scotland County Schools to develop responsible, productive citizens by
providing excellent education for its children through engaging instruction. Partnering with
families and the community, we will ensure every child’s academic, social, emotional and
physical needs are met in a safe, nurturing environment.”
– Scotland County Schools
– “It is the mission of Wagram Elementary School to provide academic instruction and support
to enable students to be self-motivated and self-confident.”
– Prepare leaders for tomorrow
– Guide motivate and encourage students to be accountable
– Ensure all needs are met in a safe, nurturing environment
– Forge partnership with families and the community
– Wagram Elementary School
Core Values
– School Social Worker
– As a school social worker you must monitor the attendance of all students and attend
home visits for those who misses a certain number of days. You must also speak with
children who may exemplify behavioral concerns that may interfere with their learning.
– The focus of the social worker is advocate for those students who exemplify behavioral
concerns as well as attendance concerns.
– School
– The focus of the school is responsibility and respect.
– The school focuses on teaching their students responsibility and respect while also the
basics of education
Ethics
– Separating your beliefs and bias for the concerns and safety of your client.
– Being able to exemplify professionalism, not only physically but also through your
communication with clients.
– Be respectful, empathize and show responsibility when working with your clients.
– Confidentiality, only discuss and disclose information about the client to those who are
involved with the student.
– Let students/clients determine their goals, the right to self-determination.
– Be informative, inform clients of their rights as well as resources that are available to them.
– Avoid any conflict and put the safety of yourself as a priority.
– Exemplify cultural competency, and show your understanding of the diversity of client’s.
History
– Wagram is nearly 80-90 years old
– Prior to consolidation Wagram originally held 1-12 grade classes
– Kindergarten started at a home across from the current school, meaning the school held 1st-4th graders.
– Wagram held an ESEA Program, which was taught by the first teacher, Caroline Applegate.
– Wagram is apart of the Scotland County School Systems, and prior to the establishment of Wagram “K-5” there were a number of schools that were apart of the
growth of Wagram
– 5th-6th graders were enrolled at Shaw
– 7th-9th graders were enrolled at Laurinburg Junior
– 10th-12th graders were enrolled at Scotland High School
– About 6 years ago Wagram added two new additions to the school, such as the gym and media center.
– In 1983-1984, the old Wagram was torn down and the newer model of Wagram was in place.
– The teaching ratio at Wagram Elementary is a 15:1 ratio.
– The maximum amount of student enrolled in Wagram Elementary was about 600, and the least being 380.
– Wagram now offers more and better EC programs for kids in need, with about 6 EC teachers.
Wagram has been through many grade changes throughout its history, switching from grades 1-12, K-4, PreK-3, K-3, and K-5
Needs..
– Attendance program (encourage students to have perfect attendance)
– Enforce disciplinary actions
– Bullying program (discourage bullying and encourage positivity and acceptance)
– Leadership program for 4-5th graders
– Future Direction
– Develop strong leaders so the lower grades can have someone to look up to and
examples to follow
– Enforce the needs of responsibility
– Perfect attendance will increase
References
– M. Breedan., 2019. Personal Communication
