Activities

The following are some of the activities available at Dogwood Elementary.

  • Advanced and Accelerated Math
  • After School Programming through Community Partnerships
  • Co-teaching Instructional Model
  • Collaborative Learning Teams
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Dogwood Connections (Parent Resource Center) with bilingual parent liaisons
  • Dogwood Dance and Cheer Team
  • Early Intervention Reading Initiative (EIRI)
  • Family Literacy Classes
  • Full-time Advanced Academics Resource Teacher (AART)
  • After School Running Club
  • Grade level learning gardens
  • Guided Reading and a balanced literacy program
  • Imagine Learning
  • Instructional Coach, Literacy Coaches, Math Coaches
  • Leveled Literacy Instruction (LLI)
  • Mentor Works: Student Mentoring Program
  • 1 to 1 laptops in grades 3-6
  • iPads in grades K-2
  • Monthly Parent "Coffee Talks" with Principal
  • News Broadcast Team (WDES)
  • Peer Mediation Program
  • Project LIFT-Summer Reading Program
  • PTO Sponsored, Community Building Events
  • Reading is Fundamental
  • Reduced pupil-teacher staffing ratio in grades K-3
  • Response to Intervention
  • Safety Patrols
  • School Wide Responsive Classroom
  • SmartBoard Technology
  • STEAM program
  • Strings/Band 4-6
  • Student Leadership Team
  • Student iPad Lab
  • Summer Inquiry Camp
  • Teachers as Readers
  • Time to Shine drama club
  • Waterford phonological computer program in FECEP, kindergarten, and grade one