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| 5521 M-72 North East, Kalkaska, Michigan 49646 | |||||||||
| Phone (231-258-2934) Fax (231) 258-4103 | |||||||||
 About the
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| Crawford School is one of the last one-room schoolhouses in Michigan. It is a two-square mile district, located approximately eight miles east of Kalkaska, between Kalkaska and Grayling. Crawford School offers a unique and historical setting and prices itself on student success. Since the staff includes three teachers for just over 30 students, they are able to give valuable one-on-one instruction to students throught grade 8. | |||||||||
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 Overview of
Crawford School: |
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Excelsior Township District #1, Crawford School is a very unique one-room schoolhouse housing grades Kindergarten through Eight. Students living within our small district attend as well as several students through Schools of Choice. |
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 Accreditation: |
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| The school is not awarded accreditation status or grades by the Michigan Department of Education, Education YES due to our small school size. | |||||||||
 Our
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Educators in Excelsior District Number One, Crawford School are committed to the philosophy that all children are capable of learning if they have the appropriately specified learning tasks and a suitable amount of time commensurate with their individual learning rates. Since research and experience point to the fact that the self-concept influences learning and behavior,educators seek to provide a learning environment which nurtures success in order to influence the self-concept positively. The successful implementation of this philosophy depends upon specific interaction between educators, parents, students, the school board members, and the community. Sharing the responsibility of teaching and learning is of vital importance. The attitudes and the resulting actions of each of these groups will enable students from this community to achieve a greater degree of fulfillment of human potential and to function successfully and productively in a democratic society. |
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 Student
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| As a K-8 school district, the retention rate remains consistent as students do not drop out of school. | |||||||||
 Class Size: |
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| Crawford School employs three certified teachers so class size for the 2003-2004 school year was approximately 12:1. | |||||||||
 Other
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Crawford School partners with local service organizations such as the Kalkaska and Traverse City Rotaries as well as nearby restaurants and businesses (Edward Jones Investments) to provide additional funding and activities for students. During 2002-2003, Crawford School provided services to physically, emotionally or mentally handicapped students locally as well as through both Forest Area School System and Traverse Bay Area ISD. Also some services were available through the TBAISD for speech therapy at the schoolhouse on a weekly basis. |
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| Mrs. Linda McCauley | K - 2nd grade | Link name to photo? | |||||||
| Mrs. Karen Hart 3 - 5 | 3rd - 5th grade | Link name to photo? | |||||||
| Mr. Jim Johnson 6-8 | 6th - 8th grade | Link name to photo? | |||||||
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| Mrs. Julia Galea | |||||||||
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