Our School
Crossfield Elementary School serves 335 students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 from in and around the Town of Crossfield. Our school has a warm and inviting atmosphere where all learners; students, teachers, parents and community are encouraged to achieve personal success. At Crossfield Elementary School we focus on Kindness, Safety, Respect, and Growth as being foundational to our collective success.
Foundation Statements:
Vision: To have a safe and caring environment where all learners are empowered to achieve personal success.
Mission: Supportive relationships will serve as the foundation for relevant and connected learning opportunities with high expectations for all.
Motto: Kindness, Safety, Respect, and Growth
Unique Features of our school include:
Excellence in Professional Learning: facilitated coaching model, peer mentoring, embedded professional learning, action research, and an ILT (Instructional Leadership Team)
Warm, inviting atmosphere: guest speakers, performers, internal and external contractors, and visitors comment on the positive and gentle nature of our school
Positive and collaborative relationships: our school community works together to plan school-wide events, share in student celebrations, and address the needs of our school
Student Leadership Groups:
Many different classroom are responsible for:
- visiting our local businesses and maintaining relationships with community members
- maintaining clean school grounds
- paper recycling and beverage container recycling
- daily announcements
- snack fridge inventory and stocking
- AMA road patrols
- reading buddies and peer mentorship
Strong Literacy Focus: Home reading program, extensive classroom libraries, Resource Assistant and Parent volunteer literacy assistance for students
Committed Parent Community: dedicated volunteers, strong home involvement, active communication
Safe and Caring environment: implementation of Positive Behaviour Intervention and Support to promote positive behaviour and foster a safe and positive learning environment.
Environmentally focused: Annual participation in community clean-up, beverage container recycling, paper recycling
How do we define success for our students?
Success is being aware of students’ needs and removing barriers so that all students are available for learning. Having high expectations for all students and staff, being deliberate in instruction, and using assessment to improve student learning and teacher performance results in 21st century learners who are effective, resilient citizens, actively engaged in their learning.
What makes our school good and how do we know?
The positive relationships between staff, students, parents and community make our school a wonderful and inviting place to be. With our students at the centre of every decision, through every professional learning opportunity, and every pedagogical conversation we are successful in creating a vibrant, engaging learning atmosphere, focused on meeting the needs of the whole-child, preparing them for a future we can only imagine. Our school results from the OurSchool Survey indicate strong satisfaction from parents, students and teachers.