Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary

Lorain Community Elementary, located at 201 West Erie Avenue in Lorain, Ohio, is a charter school that has been in existence since the 2001-2002 school year. Since that time Lorain Community Elementary has grown by leaps and bounds. Thanks to parents making the choice to enrich and further their child’s education, we currently have students attending our school in grades Kindergarten through Fourth. To maintain and continue to provide a quality education we have small class sizes, typically no more than 20 students per class with only two classes per grade level. This means that every child is given more attention and we have a greater ability to meet each student’s needs. The goal of Lorain Community Elementary is to ensure that every student reaches and surpasses their potential for learning every day and to provide a variety of ways of allowing students to do so. We believe that with dedication of the school staff, parents, and students, this is truly possible. Lorain Community Elementary (LCE) adheres to the Ohio Academic Content Standards and monitors student progress through the use of State Diagnostic Testing, Ohio Proficiency and Acheivement tests, and other district advised assessments such as the Stanford 10 and DiBELS (reading diagnostic test). The principal of LCE encourages teachers to choose lessons, which target the appropriate Academic Content Standard and assesses teachers through frequent evaluations and reviews of lesson plans. Lorain Community Elementary expects their teachers to be well researched and up to date with methods for teaching all subject areas, with a focus on Literacy and Math. Teachers use a variety of literature, which is well matched to individual students and provide many strategies for learning and developing reading skills. All classrooms incorporate the appropriate areas of Literacy lnstruction set forth by the National Reading Panel, which include Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. Teachers work with small groups of children while providing meaningful literacy experiences to all students.