Our school, in cooperation with Lincoln Public Schools, the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools and the Realtors' Association of Lincoln has created a downloadable brochure that details some important information and statistics about Sheridan Elementary School. You may download it here. (The free Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view it)
SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY
Sheridan Elementary School is located at 3100 Plymouth Avenue in Lincoln, Nebraska [map]. Our main office phone number is 402-436-1167.
Staff members at Sheridan are committed to providing opportunities for students to reach their highest potential. Sheridan staff and parents set high standards for each student and design instruction to enable individual students to reach his/her goals.
Teachers teach connections between school and the outside world, they teach students how to learn, to work effectively with a diversity of people. They encourage students to accept responsibilities, to take risks and learn from mistakes, how to become effective problem solvers and to develop expertise in self expression.看 Staff and parents help students discover that learning can be fun.看看
Sheridan has 428 students in ECSE through Grade 5. Twelve percent of our students are low income. Twenty-one percent of our students are gifted and 18% are in special education. Twenty-seven students are mentored in academic areas and art.看
Sheridan has 30 teachers in Early Childhood through Grade 5, a coordinator, three resource teachers, a reading recovery teachers and five specialists including media, physical education, art, computer and vocal music. Fourteen of the Sheridan teachers have ten or more years of teaching experience and thirteen have master’s degrees.看看
Itinerant staff at Sheridan includes an instrumental music teacher, a strings teacher, orthopedic specialists, a psychologist, a speech pathologist, mentors and a school nurse.
Sheridan began an Early Childhood Program at the beginning of the 1998-1999 school year.看 This program supports families in achieving goals for students between the ages of 3 - 5 years and promotes the student’s successful interaction with and mastery of his/her environment through an IFSP or IEP.看 Student’s progress in developing communication, cognitive, motor, social, play, self-care and other skills deemed appropriate.看 They build functional social skills applicable for life and learn to use their skills in a variety of environments.
Sheridan’s Resource Program serves students in kindergarten through grade 5. Regular classroom teachers, resource teachers, administrators and parents work collaboratively when planning effective instruction for resource students.看 This commitment requires a belief that each student can learn and succeed, that diversity enriches all, students at risk for failure can overcome that risk through involvement in a thoughtful and caring community of learners, each student has unique contributions to offer to the community of learners and each student has strengths and needs.看 Teachers, administrators, parents and students meet yearly to plan an individual education plan to meet the needs of individual special education students.
Student Assistance Team
Sheridan School Assistance Team consists of teacher representatives, the school psychologist, and school coordinator.看 The purpose of this team is to identify students experiencing problems which interfere with their ability to learn and to provide strategies to help students learn; and to provide students and parents with a support system within and outside the school setting to address student concerns.看 Students are referred to SAT team by teachers, administrators or parents.看 If behaviors indicate there might be a drug or alcohol-related problem, action is taken through an intervention process.
Gifted Program
Sheridan has 88 students in its Gifted Program.看 Students are recommended for gifted “identification” by a parent, teacher or administrator, any community member or themselves.看 Recommendations can be made to Sheridan’s Gifted Facilitator, Ms.Peterson, Mrs. Beatty or the Principal, Mrs. Kanter.看 When a student is recommended for gifted “identification” Mrs. Beatty 看guides the teachers through the “Data Gathering Process.”看 Students are then evaluated based on their grades and class performance, outstanding products, behavioral checklists, standardized achievement test scores or IQ test scores.看 Once a student is identified he/she is offered differentiated classes in the area of English/Language Arts and Math.
Science Enrichment
A strong emphasis is placed on the study of science at Sheridan.看 Marietta Eckel, a grade 5 teacher, is the Science Facilitator.看 A parent organizes the Spring Science Fair at Sheridan for students in grades Kindergarten through Grade 5.看 During the 2005-2206 school year there were over 90 entries in the Sheridan Science Fair.
The Arts
Parents and staff at Sheridan demonstrate a strong belief that students grow from exposure to the arts. Music begins tapping into the neural brain structure at birth. Sheridan has many fifth grade students involved in their vocal, strings and instrumental music program. Students perform for parents and community members as often as opportunities arise.看 A winter and spring program is also part of their commitment.
Sheridan is an Arts are Basic School.看 Arts are Basic is the exploration of various elements that are integral to particular works of performing and visual arts.看 This program helps teachers see the interrelationships between art forms and connections between works of art and the world around them.看 A group of Nebraska artists, dancers, actors, composers and musicians, visual artists and architects work as a team with classroom teachers.看 Students benefit as they develop an enthusiasm for the arts and an appreciation and understanding which enhances all areas of learning.看 Arts are Basic does not try to teach skills, but gives all students a structured opportunity to explore for themselves the same process of making choices that artists use when making a work of art.看
Chess Club
A teacher and a group of Sheridan parents facilitate Sheridan’s Chess Club.看 Tom O’Connor coaches them and over 20 students take part in the program.看 Students meet once weekly for instruction and competition. They are recognized with honors on a regular basis while playing in tournaments. Last year Sheridan has received both school wide and individual honors for tournament play.看
Ventures in Partnership
Sonic, Panera, Lincoln Music Association and the Lincoln Chess Foundation are VIP partners with Sheridan. The companies support Sheridan staff as they work to meet school goals.看 The school also provides student written materials and visuals for the businesses.