We
are the Pelicans
Woodlake Elementary,a National Blue Ribbon School,
was established in 1987 and is nestled in the woods
surrounded by natural wetlands south of Highway 190
in Mandeville, Louisiana. Lake Pontchartrain is located
three blocks south of our school which is visited
by students for walking field trips and various activities
throughout the school year. The campus consists of
36 indoor classrooms, 4 portable buildings, a cafeteria,
a library and an air-conditioned gymnasium, and outside
physical fitness course, and a well-defined nature
trail with an outdoor classroom bordering on Bayou
Castine. The white pelican was chosen as our school
mascot to sustain the Louisiana theme.
The school serves over 600 students in grades
Preschool through third grade from a wide variety
of backgrounds. The one non-cat preschool, five kindergartens,
one transitional first grade, seven regular first
grades, two multiage classes, six second grades,
and six third grades are served by a faculty and
staff
of 60 employees under the leadership of Jean Krieger,
principal and Tara Dragon, assistant principal.
Special education services include speech therapy,
academic and enrichment gifted, academic lab. AIM
(Accessing Instruction in the Mainstream) lets many
special education students receive services in the
regular classroom.
At Woodlake, each day begins with Morning Meeting,
a general assembly of students, teachers, and staff.
Once a week all the students receive music and physical
education instruction from certified teachers. Woodlake's
Award-Winning
PTA is a parent volunteer force that gives thousands
of hours of time each year to enhance student achievement
through a wide variety of programs.
The students of Woodlake Elementary find their school
"A Fun Place To Learn!"
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Woodlake's
Mission
Our Woodlake family strives to instill a love of
learning by developing the whole child, one who appreciates
individual differences, while discovering his or her
own strengths.
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Woodlake's
Vision
The faculty, staff, parents and community partners
of Woodlake Elementary are working together to create
a safe and stimulating learning environment and to
teach decision-making and problem-solving skills by
effectively connecting the curriculum and modern technology
in order to provide the students with the knowledge
and resources needed to achieve success in the 21st
century.
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Woodlake's
Philosophy
The faculty and staff at Woodlake Elementary School
believe that the school’s responsibility is to
help each student develop into a responsible and productive
citizen in the school, home, and community. We believe
that each student should be provided with an educational
program that fulfills his academic, social, emotional,
and physical needs. We believe that the educational
development of the individual student is the basic
responsibility of the school but must be shared with
the home and community in order to insure the child’s
fullest development and the fulfillment of his needs.
We believe our program should respond to and build
upon every child’s uniqueness.
The school environment and atmosphere should not
only reflect that school is a good place to be, but
also that it is a safe place for explorations, questioning
and self-expression so that learning becomes fun,
exciting, and an integral part of each child’s
life. Self-discipline, self-motivation, perseverance
and inquisitiveness should be emphasized. Woodlake
is a school where it is acceptable to make mistakes
because we believe from mistakes comes learning.
Our Morning Meetings provide daily opportunities
for the school-wide application of our philosophy.
Morning Meetings are designed to include all of the
programs and people throughout our school. This is
also where our school-wide discipline plan is taught
and reinforced in a positive manner.
