SBC (School Building Capacity) - Building capacity- the number of students that can be accommodated in permanent, "brick and mortar building."
ASCC (Annual School Campus Capacity) - Current Capacity- building capacity PLUS on-site mobile unit capacity with supplemental program adjustment; total campus capacity for the listed school year.

Curriculum: Traditional

Traditional curriculum schools offer students high quality instruction, opportunities for advanced studies, creative exploration and extra-curricular activities in a nurturing educational setting. Some of the highest-performing schools in Wake County are traditional curriculum schools.

Description

At Fred A. Smith Elementary School we not only firmly believe that every child can learn and be successful in school, but we put this belief into practice by providing multiple opportunities for each child to demonstrate their growth and ensure adequate yearly progress. Lessons are designed to address different learning styles by using a variety of materials and presentation methods. Children are routinely given the opportunity to learn through hands on materials, visual aids, projects, large and small group work, individual conferencing, field trips, technology use and by incorporating physical education and the creative arts.

Smith Elementary is a Project Achieve School. This is a Wake County sponsored program that provides each teacher in grade 3-5 with daily focus lessons in language arts and math. These focus lessons are usually about 15 minutes in length and serve as an anticipatory set into the longer lesson. All the focus lessons are directly correlated to the curriculum objectives. The children are given assessments in both math and language arts about every week. The teachers use these assessment results to guide their lesson planning as well as to provide weekly remediation and enrichment to the students.

Smith Elementary School is very proud to be recognized as a North Carolina School of Distinction for the second consecutive year. We also take great pride in the fact that we have achieved high student growth as well as made adequate yearly progress, as measured by the new No Child Left Behind federal legislation. The students at Smith continue to soar to success!

Directions

Take US 401 South past the split with US 70 (North Station Shopping Center on right) to Maxwell Drive (just before Old Stage Road). Take left onto Maxwell Drive. School is located down the hill on right of Maxwell.

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