About Sawyer Road

IB at Sawyer Road Elementary

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) at Sawyer Road Elementary educates the whole child by providing a comprehensive, inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. While incorporating local, state, and national curriculum requirements as well as the arts and world language, the PYP reaches beyond minimum standards to provide a rich, intensive education. All of the students at Sawyer Road Elementary receive IB PYP instruction.

Through IB, our students become internationally-minded thinkers and inquirers who ask questions and seek answers from a global perspective. IB helps all students develop a love for learning by nurturing their natural curiosity.

As IB learners, we strive to be:

• inquirers
• knowledgeable
• thinkers
• communicators
• principled
• open-minded
• caring
• risk-takers
• balanced, and
• reflective.

These IB learner profiles represent 10 attributes valued by IB World Schools.

Students & Teachers

• Student Enrollment: 600
• Average class size: 22 (*Not considering COVID-19 changes*)
• Number of teachers: 34 Classroom Teachers and 31 Support Teachers
• Gifted Certified Teachers: 37
• Number of AP’s: 2
• Number of Paraprofessionals: 11
• Two Fulltime Counselors
• Uniforms: Yes

Instructional Program

• Standards-based classrooms which implement rigorous standards and The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies are in full effect and include content and skills necessary for student success. Read more about the GSE.
• Implementation of the Workshop Model to maximize instructional time in reading, English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
• All students receive differentiated small group instruction to meet their specific learning needs – acceleration, extension, or intervention
• 50 minute daily Specials instruction in the areas of art, music, drama, and Spanish.
• Weekly STEAM experience in the STEAM Lab - “Starfish Exploratorium.”
• 60-90 minute weekly Physical Education instruction
• Each Semester students in 2 – 5th grade participate in Student Tutorial Enrichment Programs (STEP) and/or Clubs twice a week.
• Special Student Services: Gifted, Special Education, ESOL and, Response to Intervention (RTI).
• Teachers engage in high levels of professional development throughout the school year

Our Mission

Sawyer Road Elementary will set high expectations and use inquiry-based real-world experiences to engage all students. Relationships built here will produce lifelong learners and global citizens.

Our Vision

To be a school where rigor, relevance, and relationships breed success.

Facility

• Spoke-wheel design for increased school safety
• Secured Front entry door system w/ camera and intercom.
• Security camera’s in the hallway
• School grounds enclosed with fencing.
• Learning Commons and Maker Space for students
• STEAM Lab classroom “Starfish Exploratorium”
• Foreign Language Learning Center (Spanish)
• Gifted/Mile Program for eligible students
• Starfish Reef Student Incentive Room
• Observational Bee Hive
• Student-led School Store
• Student Garden
• Computers in the classroom
• Chromebooks, laptops and Ipad Carts: 1:1 (3-5th Grade) 2:1 (K-2nd Grade)
• Interactive Smartboards in all classrooms
• Art Room equipped with firing pottery kiln
• Music Room w/ keyboard lab
• Literacy Theater/Stage Classroom
• Performance stage
• Gymnasium with retractable bleachers and rock climbing wall.
• Two enclosed playgrounds and soccer field
• Central atrium called IB Pointe used for various school activities
• Closed-circuit television center
• Before School Care and After School Care Available

Additional Resources

Attendance Zone Map

College & Career Ready Performance Index