Elkhorn Valley Schools

Elkhorn Valley Schools is located in the northeast section of the state of Nebraska in Tilden.

District statistics

The district is a Class 3 school and categorized as a C2 class size. The district houses approximately 300 students in a K-12 campus location. The staff consists of 33 teachers, 9 paraprofessionals, 2 administrators and 15 classified personal.

Curriculum

The school supports a strong education foundation of scientific research based educational programs and curriculas. The curriculas support and comply with the expectations and guidelines of the Nebraska S.T.A.R.S. program. The district continuously improves its educational structure through the training and support of a 6-year Reading First grant and program implementation. An inhouse preschool, funded through Title I federal grant monies, along with the traditional Kindergarten through 12th grades, focus on improving reading skills, for their school improvement plan. Focus areas supporting the main improvement plan include the use and implementation of technology into the learning environment of all students and an increased emphasis on math skills and practice time in the classrooms. These targeted areas provide a direction for students and teachers to improve reading, math, and technology skills that will intentionally meet the needs of the 21st century expectations.

chool symbols

Green and white are the school colors and the Falcon is the mascot.

External links

* [http://falcon.esu8.org/ Elkhorn Valley Schools website]