Esperanza Elementary School

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Esperanza Elementary School
40521 35th St. West
Palmdale, CA 93551
Phone: (661) 575-0420
Hours: 7:40 a.m. - 1:55 p.m.

Mission Statement
The mission of Esperanza Elementary School is to create a safe, committed, and encouraging school climate for all students through support from both internal and external communities. Esperanza will maintain an environment that includes a comprehensive system of support that is focused on preparing students with high levels of academic achievement and responsible citizenship as noted in state and national standards.
A Message From the Principal



Joe Andrews,
Principal
Esperanza Elementary School is located at 40521 35th St. West, Palmdale CA 93551 in the southwest portion of the Antelope Valley in the Westside Union School District.

Founded in 2003-2004, Esperanza serves approximately 1075 students in grades Kindergarten through sixth grade. The student population is 46.4% Caucasian, 28% Hispanic, 14% African American, 4% Filipino, 4.7% Asian, 1% American Indian and .6% Pacific Islander. 7% of the student population are students with disabilities. Approximately 21% of our students participate in the National School Lunch program. The Esperanza staff includes 34 regular education teachers, 3 SDC teachers, 1 Speech teacher, 1 Resource Specialist, and 36 classified personnel.

Esperanza operates under a School Improvement Plan, and the needs of our diverse student population are served through specialized programs including: English Language Learners (ELL), Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), and Special Education. Special Education services are comprised of Speech, Resource Specialist Program (RSP), and Special Day Class (SDC). Supplemental programs exist to extend learning opportunities for all students, with an emphasis on helping our at-risk population succeed. Programs include: before and/or after-school tutoring, musical instrument instruction, and a variety of fee-based enrichment programs in sports, foreign language, and the arts.

Esperanza’s School Plan offers the on-going opportunity to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate a meaningful standards-based curriculum for all students. The goals, objectives and activities have been identified and written based on needs expressed by students, parents and teacher input, previewing state/district test findings, analysis of the STAR results and API scores. These goals, objectives and activities are established to improve and focus instruction at Esperanza’s Elementary School enabling students to meet grade level, district and state standards.

School Site Council and Grade Level Chairpersons Council collaborated to develop and refine the plan and will continue to work towards the ongoing implementation, evaluation and revision of this plan as needed.

Esperanza Elementary has as one of its essential philosophical cornerstones, the concept that quality school programs are based on shared decision-making by all staff members in meeting school district and state guidelines.

Esperanza benefits from a dedicated and active PTA which serves as a direct link to the community. The PTA funds and coordinates numerous student opportunities that include: assemblies, field trips, family nights, reading and fitness incentive programs, and an annual Fall Festival.

Regular and on-time attendance is critical to student success at our school. An incentive program is in development to motivate students to be on-time and at school daily, and to build responsibility. Saturday school is available for students to make-up absences and to serve as an academic intervention.

The instructional day lasts from 7:35 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. for K – 6th grades. After school child care is provided from 1:50 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. through the Palmdale Parks and Recreation programs.

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