I am proud to be a teacher at Caroline Sibley school. We have great students and an excellent staff, not to mention a fabulous administrative team. I put in many hours and spend a lot of my own money to make sure that every child in my classroom succeeds to the best of their ability. I am offended
... Read more by many of the comments parents have made. How discouraging for us to read!!! It's easy to judge from the outside, but as an insider we are doing great things!!! We could use more parent involvement and support from the home. I am sorry, but we can't do it all! It does start in the home! I know that we have areas that need improvement; who doesn't?? Know that if your child is attending our school, the staff does care and takes very good care of your baby! Read less
Posted by a teacher on 09/12/09
I am proud to be a part of the Caroline Sibley family. I am proud to say we have an outstanding administration and a superhero for a principal. We have made AYP for three consecutive years which reflects how much we take pride in education and our students. When you are being critical, and on the
... Read more OUTSIDE looking in, you must ask yourself; What have I done to help? When you are on the inside doing all you can to make sure our babies get what they need, and succeeding, now that is PRICELESS! Read less
Posted by a teacher on 09/18/08
As a teacher of this school, I am upset at the fact that some parents can say that the teachers don't care about the kids. Teaching requires kids all day, and if we didn't care, we wouldn't report to school daily. Teaching is our passion and we carry it out proudly at Caroline Sibley School.
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Posted by a teacher on 09/05/08
I think is a great school, just need to have more help on the outside in the morning, kids r to free.
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Posted by a parent on 05/18/08
my daughter went to this school and there was so much drama. Fights every day, And the teachers arent that educated.
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Posted by a parent on 04/19/08
My daughter is in the 1st grade, and she does well, I think Parents need to get more involved with their childs future and stop depending on the Teacher to do all the work. So what it's their job, it's your job as well! The school, needs lot of work, starting with it's students. It's a shame the kids
... Read more who want to learn have to go to school with kids who wants to curse, and fight, I'm talking about 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders! I wonder where that get it from! It starts at home, kids see and hear everything! Teachers, well I'm not sure about the other teachers but my daughter's teacher loves to teach and it shows! Now I dont plan on her going back to this school due to it environment, which is another thing that needs to be worked on. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/20/08
The school is improving year by year which is great but one thing they should work on is the conduct at the lunch periods for the grades 5 and 6 . Also, they need better food because my child has reported that some of the food is not thourghly cooked .Last but not least the school needs alot of improvement
... Read more in the way it looks, for example they need a seprate gymnassium and not the gym mixed with auditorium .Another thing is that the floors are hideous and they could use alot of work im just going to make a sugesstion of wooden floors these are some things the school needs to work on. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/03/07
MY child was a straight A student coming to this school. When he transferred, he was still getting straight A's but was having problems with behavior. I learned later that is was because he was bored with the work that was being given. I transferred my son and he is being challenged now and has less
... Read more behavioral problems. My son will not go back to that school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/20/07
I think the teachers at this school do not take time to help the students who are in need. This school will have better academics, if there were better teachers. The teachers are lazy.
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Posted by a parent on 08/10/07
This school is horable! This school should be shut down and burned, i can't believe some one would actually leave their children with these people. Teachers don't care about the students. by the time they get to real schools there acedemic skills are terrible.
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School Profile for Caroline Sibley Elementary School
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Test Year: 2008
Caroline Sibley Elementary School
Dolton School District 149
Illinois
* In 2007-2008 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
874
Students per teacher:
20
Full-time teachers:
43
Number of classrooms:
34
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specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
Vocation/Technical Curriculum
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Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
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English as Second Language
English language classes for students whose first language is not English.
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Calumet City schools — Caroline Sibley Elementary School is located at 1550 Sibley Blvd, Calumet City IL 60409. 1550 Sibley Blvd is in the 60409 ZIP code in Calumet City, IL The school district for Caroline Sibley Elementary School is the Dolton School District 149. Caroline Sibley Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK - 6.
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