School 4
Encyclopedia
School 4 is one of several public elementary school
s serving Clifton
, New Jersey
, United States
, as part of the Clifton Public Schools
. It is located on West Second Street. It is one of 17 public elementary schools serving the city of Clifton.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 169 students and 11.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student-teacher ratio
of 15.4.
meets the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
, including Reading, Mathematics
, Health and Physical Education
, Language Arts
Literacy, Social Studies
, Science
, Visual and Performing Arts
, and World Language. New Jersey Core Standards also include Character Education, Technology Literacy, Career Education and Consumer, Family and Life Skills.
Instrumental Music
is taught in Grades 4 and 5.
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
s serving Clifton
Clifton, New Jersey
Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 84,136. The 2010 population represented an increase of 5,464 residents from its population of 78,672 in the 2000 Census, making it the state's 11th largest...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as part of the Clifton Public Schools
Clifton Public Schools
The Clifton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Clifton, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States....
. It is located on West Second Street. It is one of 17 public elementary schools serving the city of Clifton.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 169 students and 11.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher...
of 15.4.
Curriculum
The K-5 curriculumCurriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
meets the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards were created by the New Jersey State Board of Education in 1996 as the framework for education in New Jersey's public schools and clearly define what all students should know and be able to accomplish at the end of thirteen years of public education....
, including Reading, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Health and Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, Language Arts
Language arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
Literacy, Social Studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, Visual and Performing Arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
, and World Language. New Jersey Core Standards also include Character Education, Technology Literacy, Career Education and Consumer, Family and Life Skills.
Instrumental Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
is taught in Grades 4 and 5.
School Programs
Various other programs and services are offered at School Four.- BandBand (music)In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
/Strings/ChorusChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus... - Basic SkillsBasic skillsBasic skills can be compared to higher order thinking skills. Facts and methods are highly valued under the back-to-basics approach to education....
Improvement (B.S.I.) - Computer-Assisted Instruction
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education Field Trips (D.A.R.E.) - Grade 5
- English as a Second Language: (ESLEnglish language learning and teachingEnglish as a second language , English for speakers of other languages and English as a foreign language all refer to the use or study of English by speakers with different native languages. The precise usage, including the different use of the terms ESL and ESOL in different countries, is...
) Bilingual Education - Gifted and Talented
- Gifted and Talented Art - Grades 3-5
- Intervention and Referral Service
- Special EducationSpecial educationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Media/Technology Education
Administration
- Superintendent of Schools - Richard Tardalo
- Principal - Dr. David Montroni
External links
- School 4 Website
- Clifton Public Schools
- Data for the Clifton Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...