3-DEMOGRAPHICS,+TARGET+POPULATION,+STANDARDIZED+TEST+SCORES

**Target Population**: One fourth grade classroom in one elementary school. Twenty-five children are in the class Four of the children are English language learners


 * **Name ** || **Country of Origin ** || **Language ** || **ELP Level ** ||
 * = Ernesto ||= Mexico ||= Spanish ||= 4 ||
 * = Stefan ||= France ||= French ||= 3 ||
 * = Mimi ||= Guatemala ||= Spanish ||= 3 ||
 * = Margo ||= Switzerland ||= German ||= 4 ||


 * Demographics of the the elementary school: **

Sunrise Elementary School has 590 students and 45 professional staff members. Fifty of these children are English language learners (ELLs), or 8.4% of the population. The home language of 40 of the ELLs is Spanish and these children come from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Thirty of the ELLs are in kindergarten and first grade.


 * The 2011 PSSA (Pennsylvania's State Standardized Scores) scores are as follows: **

**Community Activities**: School children and staff participate in growing vegetables for the homeless shelter, raising funds for cancer causes, and other community outreach programs:
 * **Grade** || **Math** || **Reading** ||
 * || **% Proficient and Advanced** || **%Proficient and Advanced** ||
 * 3rd || 93% || 87% ||
 * 4th || 100% || 99% ||
 * 5th || 94% || 93% ||

**Staff**: Sunrise Elementary School has two reading specialists, a physical education teacher, a music teacher, an art teacher, a psychologist, a guidance counselor, special education teachers, two ELL teachers, and several support staff.

**Title I Designation**: Sunrise Elementary School is designated as a Title I school, and it periodically administers the DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy) screening tool.