Cedarwood Elementary

IDAC VISIT 2023-2024

Who We Are! Cedarwood Demographics

● Approximately 800 TK-6th grade students

● Approximately 20 different languages spoken in homes ● Approximately 15 countries of origin
● Over 30 current English learner students

ETHNICITY
	
TOTAL

White
	
361 Students (46%)

Hispanic
	
267 Students (34%)

African American
	
31 Students (4%)

Asian Indian
	
23 Students (3%)

Other Asian
	
18 Students (2%)

Who We Are! Cedarwood Demographics

DEMOGRAPHIC
	
TOTAL

Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
	
229 Students (29%)

Special Education
	
59 Students (7%)

IDAC
	
213 Students (27%)

English Learners
	
21 Students (3%)

Who We Are! Cedarwood Demographics

School Year
	
2019-20
	
2020-21
	
2021-2022

Suspension Rate
	
0.13%
	
0.00%
	
0.63%

2021-22 School year
	
White
	
African American
	
Hispanic
	
SED
	
SWD

Suspension Rate
	
0.63%
	
0.00%
	
1.53%
	
1.43%
	
2.3%

Who We Are! Cedarwood Demographics

BEHAVIOR
	
TOTAL

Suspension Rate - ALL
	
6 suspensions for 2022-2023

White
	
3 occurrences

Hispanic
	
0 occurrences

African American
	
3 occurrences

Asian Indian
	
0 occurrences

Other Asian
	
0 occurrences

Who We Are! Cedarwood Demographics

Who We Are! Cedarwood Academics

State Testing - ELA

●	66% of students on grade level

●	34% of students not on grade level

By Sub-group:

-	48% of SED students on grade level -	63% of EL students on grade level
-	19% of SPED students on grade level

By Grade Level:

❖	3rd grade: 62% on grade level ❖	4th grade: 67% on grade level ❖	5th grade: 64% on grade level ❖	6th grade: 71% on grade level

Who We Are! Cedarwood Academics

State Testing - MATH

●	60% of students on grade level

●	40% of students not on grade level

By Subgroup:

-	41% of SED students on grade level

-	32% of SPED students on grade level

By Grade Level:

❖	3rd grade: 66% on grade level ❖	4th grade: 62% on grade level ❖	5th grade: 43% on grade level ❖	6th grade: 64% on grade level

ETHNICITY (*3rd - 6th grade only)
	
% PROFICIENT English Language Arts
	
% PROFICIENT Mathematics

Hispanic (154 students)
	
60%
	
54%

Asian (45 students)
	
67%
	
64%

African American (8 students)
	
75%
	
50%

Who We Are! Cedarwood Academics

*Results based on 2021-22 SBAC assessments

IDAC Focus Area Multicultural Education

Table Talk Tuesdays

An engaging wayto include the community in the education of differences and similarities in cultures represented at Cedarwood

●	School-wide event held before school on the ﬁrst Tuesday ofthe month
●	Morning “Table Talk” greeters can be parents, students, family members, or staff members
●	Greeters display special items from their culture to the Cedarwood student body
●	Cultural displays can include traditional clothing, jewelry, music, cultural heroes, historical facts, native language, traditional foods, and cultural artifacts

Armenian Heritage

Chinese Heritage

Hawaiian Heritage

Italian Heritage

Punjabi Culture

Diwali and Rangoli Art

Diwali and Rangoli Art

Student Projects TK-3rd

●	Multicultural Classroom Quilt

○	Each student designs and creates a quilt to represent theirfamily ●	Lucia Day (Swedish winter holiday)
●	Benchmarktexts and analysis focused on civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Alice Paul, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
●	Black History Month Google Slides research projects, featured at Open House

4th-6th

●	Potlatch Ceremony

○	Students appreciate the complexity of Native American culture while learning how geography has affected lifestyle forthousands ofyears
●	Voting Day

○	Students practice voting on real-world scenarios and learn howvoting is a respectful wayto make a difference in one’s community
●	Ellis Island Day

○	Students experience how most Americans are either an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant
●	American Sign Language performance at Cedarwood’s annual Winter Concert

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Black History

Student Projects

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IDAC Focus Area

Acceptance and Understanding ofAll

School-Wide Initiatives

● Positivity Project ● HAWK Attitude

● CSI (Support & Intervention)

● Autism Acceptance Month ● World Down Syndrome Day ● Inclusive and Adaptive
Sports

● Character Counts Awards

Care Closet

●	Available to any Cedarwood student or family who needs support with personal care items
●	To ensure privacy, items can be delivered to classrooms in plain bags

			
	Annual Cedarwood Multicultural Week ●	Held everyyear in March
●	Upper grade student council leaders lead multicultural games during morning recess
●	Every student lunch features a different live performance from various cultures
○	African rhythms and drums ○	Traditional Hawaiian dancers ○	Folklorico dancers
○	Indian dancers ○	Hmong dancers

School-Wide Events

School-Wide Events Multicultural Fashion Show

Countries Represented (2023)

➢	Afghanistan ➢	Denmark
➢	England ➢	Germany ➢	Hmong ➢	India
➢	Ireland ➢	Korea ➢	Mexico
➢	Philippines ➢	Russia
➢     Sweden ➢     Thailand
➢	United States ➢	Vietnam
➢	Yemen

★ Over 40 student participants grades K-6th
★ Cedarwood Student Council representatives served as MCs and read aloud facts about each traditional outﬁt

School-Wide Events

	
	●	“Where the HEARTS Are” is an annual Cedarwood tradition to showthat everyone belongs
●	Every February, Cedarwood staff and teachers make paper hearts embossed with every student’s name
●	Students ﬁnd their heart taped on grade level posters in the morning and wearthem all day
●	Ifthey lose their heart, they can visit a “heart doctor” to receive a new one

School-Wide Events

School-Wide Events

School-Wide Events

Heifer International

●	Mrs. Wilkin’s 5th grade class is teaming with Mrs. Hay’s autism class to fundraise for Heifer International. Together, they are collecting recyclable cans and bottles from Cedarwood classes to raise moneyto buy a cow and clean waterfor a family in need.

Heifer International Intro Video

Service Learning

● #SOCKTOBER sock drive

● Toys forTots Student Council holiday coin and toy drive
● “Souper Bowl” canned food drive ● Student created tie blankets for
Fresno Rescue Mission ● 5th grade February
Random-Acts-of-Kindness Community BINGO

“Howwonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

— ANNE FRANK

THANK YOU

Matt Lucas, Principal Beth Willson, GIS Cedarwood Elementary
Clovis Uniﬁed School District 2851 Palo Alto Ave, Clovis, CA 93611
559-327-6000

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