Directions
Highcroft Drive Elementary School is located
in rapidly growing
western Wake County near Green Hope High School off Highway 55 near the Chatham
and Durham County lines. A student population of approximately 775 students
is enrolled for the 2009-10 school year, which is the sixth year of operation.
Registering
Your Child
You may register your child with the NC Wise Data Manager
(registrar) in the
main office.
When
registering your child, please
bring the following:
--Certified copy Birth
Certificate
--Immunization record
--Proof of residence (examples:
utility bill, housing contract, rental agreement)
--The parent should
have a photo ID.
Kindergarten registration - Your child must be five years old on or before August 31,
2009 to register for the 2009-10 school year.. You should bring all the information listed above.
A Kindergarten orientation PowerPoint
presentation can be viewed by clicking here.
Instructional Day - 2009 -
2010
The instructional day is from 9:05 to 3:45.
Students should arrive between 8:45 to 9:00. Staff members are on
duty at various arrival and dismissal location sites to ensure the safety of all
children, whether the child is a walker, a bus rider, or a carpooler.
Every
Wednesday is one-hour early dismissal, except for six early releases during the
year. For more information on early dismissals and early releases,
please click here
for a copy to download and print about early dismissals and early releases.
Carpool
There is limited supervision after school
hours. We ask that you try to be
punctual; however, we do realize that occasionally unexpected delays occur.
Dismissal is at 3:45
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and at 2:45 on
Wednesday. Carpool lasts less than 15 minutes. Carpool students who remain after carpool is finished will
be escorted to the front office. Parents
must then sign out the student. Thank
you for your cooperation!
Class
Organization
Listed below is the number of classes at each grade level:
| Grade Level |
No. Classes
for 2008-09 |
No. Classes
for 2009-10 |
| K |
6 |
5 |
| 1 |
6 |
6 |
| 2 |
6 |
6 |
| 3 |
5 |
6 |
| 4 |
5 |
4 |
| 5 |
4 |
4 |
| Special Ed |
3 |
3 |
Our goal is to
avoid re-organization after school begins. In order to form this many
classes, some teacher assistant positions were converted to teacher
positions.
How
Teachers Determine Where Child Is Performing
For students who have been attending school, each
sending school will forward the complete cumulative record for your child.
In addition to the usual demographic and health data about your child, profile
cards, containing specific information about your child' performance in math,
reading, and writing, will be included. Teachers will also perform
informal assessments at the beginning of the year.
Bus Riding Determination
Students who live greater than 1.5 miles from the
school are bused. This distance
is determined by driving the shortest distance from the school to the child’s
home. Many of the homes within The
Reserve neighborhood are less than 1.5 miles from Highcroft and are, therefore, in the walk zone.
Students who
live less than 1.5 miles from Highcroft but along Green Hope School Road may
request a courtesy stop on Green Hope School Road, which is heavily traveled and
does not have sidewalks. For a complete list of HDE bus routes,
please click
here.
Grading System Used
Highcroft will use the Standards Based Grading
System that all WCPSS schools use. Student performance will be assessed on grade level objectives for each
quarter.
Rather than letter grades, students receive numerical grades.
