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 Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School

4300 W Ponds Cir.
Littleton, CO  80123
303-347-4750
http://wilder.littletonpublicschools.net
 
Principal:  Kathleen Ambron
School Hours:  9:06 a.m. to 3:43 p.m.


About Our School

  • Enrollment:  613
  • Attendance Rate:  96%
  • Number of Suspensions and Expulsions:  1
  • Average Class Size:  25 students per classroom

Sources of Pride

  • John Irwin School of Excellence Award 
  • Exemplary level of performance on state and district assessments
  • Focus on whole child development supported by full-time certified staff for art, computer, library, music, and physical education
  • Volunteers clocked about 9,000 hours during the 2007-2008 school year
  • Award winning school-age child care program voted "Best in County"
  • State accredited parent participation preschool

School Improvement Goals 2008 Update

  • Ninety percent of students in grades 2-5 will be proficient writers by 2009 as measured by the District Grade 2 Writing Assessment and CSAP
  • Twenty-five percent of students in grades 3-5 will score advanced in Reading by 2009 as measured by CSAP
  • School-to-home communication will improve by 2009 as measured by a parent survey

Preschool

  • Options available for children ages 3 to 5.

Kindergarten

  • Five-day and two half-day options available
  • Tuition-based extended day enrichment

Enrichment

  • Student council 
  • Accelerated Reader Program
  • Young AmeriTowne
  • Math Olympiad, spelling bee, science fair, art
  • Destination ImagiNation program
  • Bully proofing program
  • Before and After -school enrichment programs-Spanish, French, German, art, science, drama, jewelry, chess

School-Age Child Care (SACC)

  • In-house before- and after-school child care
  • Named a Program of Excellence by the Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council
  • Summer child care