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Kettering Elementary
is a Comprehensive School with enrollment of 449 students.
We offer the following core curriculum:
Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Technology.
Students in primary grades K-5 receive instruction in traditional
self-contained classrooms.
Teachers implement daily instruction using block scheduling as
follows:
K-1 instruction for reading in 150 minutes, Gr. 2-5 instruction
for reading in 120 minutes.
Math instruction is 90 minutes for grades K-5. The instructional
day begins at 7:45am and ends at 1:55pm.
All teachers implement the Voluntary State Curriculum (VSC) by
using the aligned curriculum frameworks.
Kettering Elementary School’s student population is
predominately from the Kettering-Largo areas of Prince George’s
County. There are
seventy-seven (77) students enrolled in full-day kindergarten;
seventy-three (73) students in first grade;
one hundred four (104) students in second grade, one hundred
nineteen (119) students in third grade;
one hundred seven (107) students in fourth grade, one hundred
twenty two (122) students in fifth grade; and one hundred fifty six
(156) students in sixth grade. This
population is comprised of three hundred sixty-three (363) males and
three hundred ninety-five (395) females.
The student teacher ratio is 28:1 in primary grades and 32:1 in
the intermediate grades.
The professional staff is comprised of one (1) principal, one (1)
vice-principal, 43 professional staff members of whom 27 are
African-American and 16 are Caucasian.
Among the staff 27 teachers have advanced professional
certificates, 8 have standard professional certificates and 8 have
provisional certificates. The number of faculty by years of teaching experience is: 8
teachers have 0-2 years, 5 teachers have 3-5 years, 4 teachers have 6-10
years, 3 have 11-15 years and 23 staff members have 16+ years.
The support staff consists of 22 members of whom 20 are
African-American and 2 are Caucasian. The support positions include 3 secretaries, 1 health
aide, 1 building supervisor, 1 cafeteria manager, 4 instructional aides,
7 group activity assistants, 1 Before and After Care coordinator, and 4
cafeteria assistants.
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