Southside Elementary School

Southside Elementary School has received the Keystone Achievement Award in recognition of meeting Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP. The Keystone Achievement Award is given to schools as a public recognition of the fine work and commitment of educators, students and families. Four Keystone Achievement Awards are proudly on display in the entrance of the school signifying this great accomplishment.

Southside Elementary School is located on Station Road, which is approximately two miles outside of the borough of Huntingdon, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is one of four elementary schools in the Huntingdon Area School District. Southside Elementary School is a K-5 school, which presently serves 341 students. The school provides all day kindergarten in addition to three classes at each of the other grade levels.

Students receive specialized instruction in art, music, band, library, physical education, drug awareness, and health. Support programs and services include: Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Title I Reading and Mathematics, Learning Support, and after school and summer extended learning opportunities. In addition, small group, class and individual counseling sessions are provided by our Guidance Counselor. We have an active parent-teacher organization that facilitates student and family events throughout the school year. These events include field trips, family-fun nights, school-wide celebrations and many more activities that support our students, families and staff. Parental involvement is encouraged throughout the school year.

Through our yearly curriculum review process, data-analysis sessions, annual goal setting meetings, and our ongoing staff development focusing on literacy, we continue to move in a direction that centers around the success of each child.

During the 2007-2008 school year, the Response to Intervention model was implemented to provide additional support to children. The model includes a team approach to provide appropriate scientifically-based intervention combined with ongoing progress monitoring to ensure academic success.

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