Monroe Elementary School
General Information
- Grades Served: K-6
- Address: 431 Flora Vista Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
- Phone: (805) 966-7023
- Fax: (805) 963-4198
- E-mail: Mr. Brent Millhollen
- Principal: Mr. Brent Millhollen
- School Mascot: Mustang
- School Colors: Blue and Gold
- Web Page: www.sbceo.org/~monroe
School Highlights
Monroe Elementary School – a modern, well-equipped campus – is located on the Santa Barbara mesa. The school was constructed in 1958 on a 9.85-acre site at Flora Vista Drive and Cliff Drive.
Monroe’s staff is committed to a learning environment that promotes individual self-worth and academic excellence through an “inclusion” model: all students are served for general education in heterogeneous classrooms. Students are grouped (and re-grouped) for daily instruction in math (45 minutes, grades 2-5) and language arts (45 minutes, grades 3-5) based on performance on specific objectives. Students in K-1 receive individualized small-group instruction in self-contained classrooms with teaming of regular and special education teachers.
The school’s innovative “Mastery Mathematics” program allows students to move at their individual paces, and built-in assessments form an on-going evaluation process. Project Read, a multi-sensory, structured language arts program, supports the established reading program and provides a consistent approach to the teaching of phonics and written language. For limited and non-English language learners, a Planned Variation program teaches English using vocabulary and content areas of interest and usefulness to students. All students gain appreciation of ethnic cultures through special units of study and monthly multi-cultural assemblies.
School Recognition
California
Distinguished School (1987, 1997, 2002)
Feeder Schools and their District
Monroe Elementary School feeds into La Cumbre Junior High School.
School Accountability Report Card
Content Standards
Assessment Plan
Assessment Results
California’s testing program seeks ways to create a cohesive system that is fair to all students, provides reliable comparisons, and measures what students are expected to know. The Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program is the centerpiece of state testing. STAR has three basic components, all of which are multiple-choice tests: California Standards Test (CST), which is an achievement test based on state standards, California Achievement Test, 6th Edition (CAT/6), which is a nationally normed achievement test, California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA), for student with severe cognitive disabilities, and Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, Second Edition (SABE/2) for newly enrolled English learners. These “on demand” assessments are administered to all students in the grade level that is being tested. In addition to the “on demand” assessments, student achievement is continuously monitored by the classroom teacher(s). If you have additional questions regarding student testing, please direct them to the Santa Barbara School Districts’ Office of Research and Evaluation.
Academic Performance Index (API)
The Academic Performance Index is a system of measuring each school’s academic performance and progress in reaching established goals.
School Safety / Disaster Preparedness
All schools in the Santa Barbara School Districts periodically conduct fire and earthquake drills. Each school has a disaster preparedness plan and works in coordination with local law enforcement and other public safety organizations.
School custodians address daily cleaning and maintenance needs. The Districts’ maintenance team visits each campus regularly, according to a defined rotation schedule, and addresses specialized needs (e.g., painting, carpentry, etc.). In the event of a facility emergency at the school site, the District maintenance team responds on an immediate basis.
Student Enrollment and Ethnic Distribution
Enrollment and ethnicity information is gathered from the California Basic Education Data System (CBEDS). CBEDS information is updated each October as a California Department of Education reporting requirement. Comprehensive and comparative CBEDS data for all Santa Barbara County schools is available at: http://www.sbceo.org/districts/cbeds.shtml