Seward Elementary
Home of the Sea Lions!
Vision
School vision goes here
Mission
Seward Elementary School’s mission is to provide children with optimal social, emotional, and academic experiences that engage and motivate them to become happy, responsible, life-long learners with the skills necessary to successfully adapt and interact in a dynamic society.
Contact
907.224.3356
600 Sea Lion Ave
PO Box 247
Seward, AK 99664
Demographics
- Principal Tenure: 2 at Seward, 13 years total
- 19 Certified staff
- 6 Bachelors Degree
- 10 Masters Degree
- 3 Doctorate Degree
- 11 Classified staff
- 3 Associates or higher
- 17.6:1 P/T ratio
- 12 average Staff years of service at Seward El
- 205 Enrollment
- 92.09% Attendance Rate
- Our full-time Interventionist provides small group instruction for students that require additional academic support
Academics Assessment
- MAP – Math
- MAP – ELA
Elementary Specific
- iReady is our district math curriculum used for Tier 1 classroom instruction. In addition to classroom iReady lessons, students complete additional online instruction designed just for them.
- CKLA is our science of reading English Language Arts curriculum designed to enhance early reading skills and support our students ELA instruction throughout their elementary learning experience.
- 44% mCLASS Kinder at benchmark or above on EOY
- 48% mCLASS 1st grade at benchmark or above on EOY
- 67% mCLASS 2nd grade at benchmark or above on EOY
- 70% mCLASS 3rd grade at benchmark or above on EOY
- Afterschool programs
- Seward Boys and Girls Club
- Intramural Soccer
- Cross Country Skiing
- Volleyball
- Running
- Basketball
- Science Club
School Projects/Initiatives
- Student led assemblies
- Local Artists in Residence
- school-wide swim lessons
Honors, Awards and Recognitions
School Climate and Mindset Key Data
Seward Elementary school’s student climate survey indicates the highest scores are; our students care for their community and school, get along with others that are different than them, are treated with respect, are encouraged to do their best and can do their best even when things are hard.
School Culture Highlights
Morning staff greeters
Student leadership team
Student spirit weeks
Staff spirit days
Birthday celebrations
Spelling Bee
Geography Bee
Battle of the Books
Annual Student Talent Show
Add to Family and Community Engagement
Annual Seward SeaWalk
Family and Community Engagements/Highlights
Family fun nights
Field day
Muffins in the morning
Parent/community volunteer readers
Parent collaborative facilitated by Youth360
Partnership with National Parks and KMTA
Goals for the year
- The goals for Seward Elementary this year focus on reading and language arts for our early learners in Kindergarten-2nd grade; this included phonemic awareness, fluency and reading comprehension.
- We will also concentrate on positive and respectful peer to peer, and peer to adult relationships with our upper grade levels 3rd-5th. As a school community we believe it is imperative a student learns academic and social skills required to be successful in their future.