Whitehall Elementary Before and After School Extended Learning Pr

Whitehall Elementary School is located in Bowie, Prince George’s County, Maryland. The mission of Whitehall Elementary School is to educate children beyond expectations. We will accomplish this through a learning community of caring and competent educators who provide rigorous, quality instruction to all students. The collective utilization of the many strengths, talents, creative energy and cooperation of staff, parents, volunteers, and community partners will ensure that students reach their maximum potential academically and socially. Our school day begins promptly at 9:15 am. Each morning the principal and assistant principal greet the bus riders, as well as the students walking or being dropped off at school. At 9:15am announcements begin. A student leads the building in the Pledge of Allegiance. The reading specialist reads the word of the day, the counselor recognizes students and has a student give the character tip of the day, and birthdays are announced. The instructional day begins. Students follow the county mandated time allotments for reading (kindegarten-gr.2; 135 minutes and grs.3-5; 105 minutes), mathematics (kindegarten-gr.2; 75 minutes and grs.3-5; 90 minutes), science (kindegarten-gr.2; 45 minutes and grs.3-5; 60 minutes) and social studies (kindegarten-gr.5; 45 minutes every other day). They participate in vocal music, physical education, library/media, computer technology, and social skills/character education. Our students benefit from instruction from an Interrelated Arts teacher several times throughout the year. Each classroom teacher also infuses Art into the curriculum. There is an overall positive learning environment for each child and individual that enters our building. We exist to promote an academic environment that’s second to none, where students are challenged and prepared to be lifelong learners and positive contributors to our world.