About Potter Road

Philosophy | Goals | Potter Road Specialties | School Improvement Plan

Our Philosophy

The Potter Road School Community believes that all children are capable of becoming lifelong learners when they:

• experience a challenging academic curriculum enriched by the arts
• master traditional oral and written communication skills
• use 21st Century technology as a tool for processing and communicating information
• establish relevant connections between classroom experiences and real life situations
• interact within an environment that values integrity and the contributions of the students, the parents, and the teachers of our diverse population

Our Goals

1. Understanding a Text (LS #9) Students will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.
2. Vocabulary and Concept Development (LS #4) Students will understand and acquire new vocabulary and use it correctly in reading and writing.
3. Writing (LS #19) Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization, and sufficient detail.

II. MATHEMATICS

Goal: Potter Road aims to support all students as needed toward proficiency in Mathematics, and to ensure that all studentsmake acceptable growth as measured against the Massachusetts curriculum standards.

All students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Grade 3 – Number and Operation – 3.N.3 Represent Fractions and 3.N.4 Locate Fractions, Geometry – 3.G.1 2 Dimensional Features and 3.G.7 Combining 2 Dimensional Figures, Data Analysis-3.D.1 Collect and Organize Data.
2. Grade 4 – Number and Operation – 4.N.5 Use of fractions and decimals, 4.N.11 Multiplication and division facts, 4.N.16 Rounding of Whole numbers. Measurement – 4.M.2 Unit Conversion, 4.M.4 Area and Perimeter, Data Analysis – 4.D.1 Organize Data, 4.D.6 Classify Outcomes.
3. Grade 5 – Number and Operation – 5.N.7 Compare and Order Numbers, 5.N.13 – Positive Fractions, Geometry – 5.G.2 – Dimensional Shapes, Data Analysis – 5.D.1- Compare Data Sets

III. HOME – SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

Goal: We will engage and educate parents/guardians/caregivers through a variety of initiatives that will increase participationin supporting their children's education, both outside of school and in the school environment, to help narrow the achievementand access gap.

Potter Road Elementary School is a Special Place

Potter Road offers a wide variety of unique in-school and extracurricular activities.

• Open Circle Social Competency Program (K-5)
• Annual Grade Level Community Service Projects
• Monthly "Gatherings" celebrating our children's accomplishments
• Summer Reading Champions Program
• Award winning Brainstormers Club
• Ballroom Dancing
• Math Club
• Page Turners Book Club
• Lego Engineering Club
• Student Operated School Store
• Two Choruses
• Prestigious business partnership with The MathWorks, a Natick based computer software engineering company
• An award winning, curriculum-centered laboratory in our courtyard
• Framingham State College student teachers and field study students
• Long Standing relationship with Garden in the Woods
• State-of-the-art, handicapped accessible community playground
• Joe Lundy Memorial Baseball Field and soccer field
• Recently restored basketball courts
• Wee Deliver, our student-run post office
• National Geography Bee participants
• Volunteers from the Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy