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Bancroft School Goals 2008-2009
1. Increase application of best instructional practices.
· Workshop model
· Thinking strategies
· Formative assessment
· Summative assessment
· Use of Instructional coach
· Personalization
2. Create a professional learning community (PLC).
· Peer learning labs
· Instructional coaching
3. Exploring and apply concepts of cultural competency.
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Our Vision / Mission
The mission of Bancroft is to develop each student's capacity to learn and experience academic success, to strengthen positive relationships, and to become a contributing member of the community.
We provide a safe, respectful environment that is enhanced by the diversity and uniqueness of our students and reflects the interdependency of our programs.
Bancroft School History
The original Bancroft School was built in 1886. It had four rooms and was named for a wealthy San Francisco businessman and book collector, Hubert Howe Bancroft.
In 1891 a new Bancroft Elementary school was constructed and operated as an elementary school until 1960. The old schools was condemned and a new building constructed in 1961. From 1981 to 1987 the school was leased to the Community Colleges and housed the adult basic ed program among other programs.
From 1987 to present it has been home to a variety of Spokane Public Schools special programs including REAL School, Title I parent involvement center, Native Life Center, as well as offices for the DARE, LAP, Title I programs and security department. In 1997 the school was again filled with students from five diverse programs: Medicine Wheel Academy, High School Behavior Intervention, T.A.P. a middle school alternative, CAPE preschool and the special ed preschool. In the Fall of 1999 the middle school pre-vocational program replaced the T.A.P. program.
In the fall of 2000 the preschool and middle school programs were replaced with a new collaborative program called Family Connections that services students in 1-8 grades. Currently, this program serves students in grades 4-8.
In January of 2005, the Medicine Wheel Academy relocated to Havermale High School and the Middle School Re-Entry and Learning Center programs moved in. In March 2005, these two programs combined to serve 36 middle school students in a 3 hour program during mornings or afternoons. This program, called Middle School Alternative, blends aspects of both programs.
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