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Welcome:
Welcome to Addison Elementary School! As the principal of this fine elementary facility, it’s my pleasure to welcome you and provide you with a glimpse of our school. As of the 2016-17 school year, Addison is starting its fifteenth year as a comprehensive elementary learning center, which accommodates students in grades 4K-5th. As always, there are a few changes in store for this year… The biggest change for this year is a building addition to the back of the building, which will start in October and take most of the school year. We also have a couple of staff changes to our school community and some on-going curricular initiatives (math, reading, and writing) that will be taking place during the course of the year. It should be another exciting, fun, and challenging year!!
Our theme for this school year (fittingly!) is “Building Our Future" which will guide us on our mission together and highlight our emphasis on student learning, character development, and academic achievement. We plan on having many exciting and engaging activities during the course of the year – all around the theme of building and construction! It should be lots of fun and tie in nicely with all the construction taking place at Addison.
Our teaching and support staff here at Addison remains relatively stable, with very few changes for the coming school year. Our staff continues to be a wonderful mix of new and veteran members who are excited about creating a wonderful learning environment for all of our students. We are excited about the new challenges for the 2016-17 school year and look forward to creating yet another memorable year for our students, staff, and school community.
Facilities
Some of the major features of our school include the secured, clearstory entry at the upper level; a beautiful, large library with many windows looking out over the woods to the north; modern special education rooms for the district's most needy elementary students with disabilities; and a cafeteria and gymnasium similar to those facilities in the middle school. There are also "break-out” spaces for each of grades two, three, four, and five that provide additional square footage for computers, tutoring, small group instruction, and student projects both now and in the years to come.
South of the building, flat play areas have been created, expanded, and enhanced. Grass is growing on our new baseball/softball diamonds, our soccer fields, and our PE playing fields. In addition, there are both blacktop and grassy playgrounds, which are located north and east of the school. In addition, there are also two separate playground systems for both our younger and older students. A tree-lined boulevard serves as the entry to our new school building, east of Indian Drive, just north of County. Hwy. K. To see more of Addison and take a virtual tour of our school, please go to the Virtual Tour tab, which is part of our website.
If you have any other questions or concerns about our school, please do not hesitate to e-mail or call me at 262-644-8037. Welcome to Addison Elementary!!
Sincerely,
John T. Larkin - Principal
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