Pequea Valley School District
Pequea Valley School District | |
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Location | |
Lancaster County Pennsylvania United States | |
District information | |
Motto | "Where each learner counts" |
Grades | K-12 |
Superintendent | Erik Orndorff[1] |
Budget | $32,994.25 [2] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 1,589 |
Teachers | 122 |
Staff | 180 |
Other information | |
Website | Pequea Valley School District |
The Pequea Valley School District is a school district of 1,589 students educated in 4 schools by 122 teachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[3] It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13.
District Schools
Paradise Elementary School
Paradise Elementary School in Paradise, Pennsylvania is a K-6 facility in the Pequea Valley School District. In 2009, a new building was constructed adjacent to the old building. This new facility has features specifically added to try to limit resource consumption, such as auto-dimming lights and water fountains that use collected rainwater. [4]
Salisbury Elementary School
Salisbury Elementary School is a K-6 facility in the Pequea Valley School District. It houses around 360 students. Attendance at Salisbury Elementary School in Gap, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.11%, essentially the same as the 96.04% scored in the prior year. Students were 81.8% proficient in math, 72.9% proficient in reading.[5]
Pequea Valley Intermediate School
The PV Intermediate school is a facility for 7-8 grade students. There is approximately 250 attending. Attendance at Pequea Valley Intermediate School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.10%, essentially the same as the 95.54% scored in the prior year. Students were 71.1% proficient in math, 69.5% proficient in reading.[6]
Pequea Valley High School
Attendance at Pequea Valley High School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 92.91%, somewhat higher than the 87.97% scored in the prior year. Students were 57.1% proficient in math, 73.4% proficient in reading.[7]
One to One Initiative
Partnership with Apple
Pequea Valley was a part of a deal with tech giant Apple, where Macbook laptops were given to each student in the high school. This program started in the 2011-2012 school year, and this "One to One" learning program is a way Pequea Valley carries out their goal of Mass-Customized Learning, or MCL.[8]
Expansion
Since the birth of the One to One program, there has been a great deal of expansion into the intermediate school, and even down into the elementary schools. This is a result of the growth the students have shown in academic performance as a result of the program. There are now laptops for each student in grades 5-12, and those "learners" (This is what PVSD calls its students, as they claim MCL isn't teaching. Because of this, the teachers are referred to as Learning Facilitators) in grades K-4 each have iPads. These are taken home each day by students to use for school work or extracurricular activities. [8]
Sports
Pequea Valley High School's Varsity soccer team holds the 2012 State Championship title.
Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts
2016 SAT: average scores Lancaster County schools | ||||
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School district | Reading | Math | Writing | Total |
Cocalico | 514 | 524 | 495 | 1534 |
Columbia Borough | 460 | 448 | 427 | 1335 |
Conestoga Valley | 515 | 511 | 479 | 1505 |
Donegal | 515 | 508 | 492 | 1515 |
Eastern Lancaster County | 526 | 524 | 493 | 1544 |
Elizabethtown Area | 529 | 532 | 495 | 1556 |
Ephrata Area | 525 | 526 | 496 | 1546 |
Hempfield | 535 | 556 | 505 | 1595 |
Lampeter-Strasburg | 524 | 533 | 511 | 1567 |
Lancaster | 425 | 436 | 407 | 1268 |
Manheim Central | 507 | 510 | 483 | 1501 |
Manheim Township | 539 | 553 | 515 | 1608 |
Penn Manor | 516 | 523 | 483 | 1521 |
Pequea Valley | 531 | 526 | 492 | 1549 |
Solanco | 509 | 512 | 471 | 1492 |
Warwick | 537 | 539 | 507 | 1584 |
County average | 513 | 516 | 484 | 1514 |
Pennsylvania average | 481 | 485 | 458 | 1424 |
U.S. average | 494 | 508 | 482 | 1484 |
Each test section is out of a score of 800 points. | ||||
Source: Public School SAT Scores, PA Department of Education | ||||
U.S. Average Source: 2016 SAT Report, CollegeBoard |
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment 2016-2017 Average PSSA exam scores for Lancaster County schools | ||||||
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School district | Elementary Reading | Elementary Math | Elementary Science | Intermediate Math | Intermediate Reading | Intermediate Science |
Cocalico | 78% | 53% | 91% | 74% | 38% | 62% |
Columbia Borough | 50% | 35% | 80% | 41% | 15% | 29% |
Conestoga Valley | 72% | 52% | 81% | 71% | 46% | 60% |
Donegal | 69% | 51% | 79% | 60% | 41% | 66% |
Eastern Lancaster County | 67% | 49% | 87% | 69% | 49% | 60% |
Elizabethtown Area | 72% | 62% | 86% | 66% | 48% | 63% |
Ephrata Area | 73% | 60% | 85% | 61% | 46% | 51% |
Hempfield | 76% | 62% | 88% | 73% | 48% | 70% |
Lampeter-Strasburg | 82% | 67% | 86% | 74% | 56% | 61% |
Lancaster | 55% | 44% | 70% | 36% | 16% | 31% |
Manheim Central | 73% | 57% | 88% | 63% | 51% | 72% |
Manheim Township | 83% | 75% | 91% | 79% | 57% | 71% |
Penn Manor | 73% | 65% | 86% | 68% | 46% | 64% |
Pequea Valley | 71% | 57% | 89% | 57% | 27% | 50% |
Solanco | 57% | 50% | 86% | 62% | 35% | 56% |
Warwick | 74% | 44% | 82% | 73% | 44% | 71% |
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See also
References
- ↑ "Lancaster Online".
- ↑ "Pequea valley 2016 "Report Card"" (PDF).
- ↑ "Pequea Valley School District".
- ↑ "About Paradise / About Paradise". www.pequeavalley.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ "Salisbury Elementary". Pennsylvania Department of Education.
- ↑ "Pequea Valley Middle School". Pennsylvania Department of Education.
- ↑ "Pequea Valley Senior High School". Pennsylvania Department of Education.
- 1 2 "One-to-World Learning Initiative / The "Why?"". www.pequeavalley.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.