Welcome to Barwell Road Renaissance Elementary
Mark your calendars! This Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 9-11 am we will be having several speakers sharing new ideas, strategies, tips, updated research regarding best practices, and advice based on experience to help our children be more successful at home, school and in the community! The school families of Barwell, Bugg and Walnut Creek Elementary Schools are very excited about forming a partnership to learn together at the university this spring! All presentations will be held at Bugg ES located at 825 Cooper Road, Raleigh, NC 27610. There is NO cost to attend any of the sessions! Please register for TWO sessions that are listed on the back! All sessions will be 50 minutes with the first session beginning at 9:00 am and the second session beginning at 10:00 am. There are two ways to register! You may register on-line at the link posted on the Bugg ES website at http://bugges.wcpss.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open House for all Barwell Road 5th Graders planning on attending East Wake Middle School Thursday, April 26 6:30-8:00pm Brief break-out sessions will be held to address the curriculum and electives. Staff will be available to answer questions about the STEM and LEGO programs as well. All students should of received an information packet at school and taken it home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------  The Raleigh AT&T Pioneers donated $500 to our school to help purchase books for our students. The donation will go towards helping set up Level Reading Libraries in every classroom at Barwell Elementary. Pictured above from far right are Michele Lesniak, School Social Worker, LaShara Gilkes, Assistant Principal, Peggy Jones, Raleigh Pioneers President and Dee Hamm, Raleigh Pioneers Treasurer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News and ObserverRaleigh’s Barwell Road Elementary makes Pieces of Gold debutBy Caitlin Baker - cebaker@newsobserver.com \ Barwell’s principal, Sandy Barefoot, wanted to change that this year. Barefoot hired Amanda Watson Bailey, one of the best young music education teachers in the area, and challenged her. “I told her that I wanted her to find me Barwell’s Idols and that we are going to Pieces of Gold this year and we’re going to do an original production,” Barefoot said.  Under Bailey’s direction, not only did the Barwell chorus earn a spot in the show, but its original performance was recognized as one of the top 10 auditions. The chorus will be among groups from 30 schools performing tonight at 7 in Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are sold out.Barwell Elementary, a year-round school in Southeast Raleigh, is one of Wake County’s four Renaissance schools that receive federal money because of low performance on standardized tests. Under the Renaissance model, new teachers and principals are lured with signing bonuses to improve the school’s performance. In Bailey’s first year of teaching, she formed a chorus of 31 fourth- and fifth-graders and, with the help of fifth-grade teacher Monica Kuznar, created an original routine for the Pieces of Gold audition. The students’ performance is a spin-off of the musical “Dateline: Rock & Roll,” but with original music, choreography, monologues, and percussion. It also incorporates technology stressed by the Renaissance curriculum by featuring several kinds of music devices such as iPods and iPads. “These students have far exceeded my expectations,” Baily said. Because the students had no uniforms, Bailey wrote a grant proposal to Donors Choose, an online charity that helps students in need. A friend she let read the proposal was so moved, she donated the money for uniforms – white button-down shirts and colored sequined neckties. The grant from Donors Choose paid for a keyboard lab. Mikaila McNeil, 11, said that chorus is one of her favorite things about school now because she enjoys learning new songs. Although most of the students in Barwell’s chorus have not had the opportunity to perform at such a large venue, several said they are not nervous about singing and dancing in front of an audience of thousands. “I know I can do this because Mrs. Bailey believes in me,” said 10-year-old Lyric Burnett. Maurice Griffin, 9, also sings in his church choir, so he’s comfortable at the front-and-center of the routine. “The kids are my inspiration,” she said. “My No. 1 goal is to get the community to believe in these kids.” More pictures of the Pieces of Gold Concert from N&O http://www.wcpss.net/slideshows/2012-pieces-of-gold/ WCPSS
Honors Special Education Teachers and Teacher Assistants
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Barwell Renaissance Elementary School
The Staff at Barwell Road Renaissance Elementary School will empower students to become high achieving life-long learners who are responsible, productive and engaged with the global community. Mission Statement Nationally recruited administration and faculty offers a comprehensive range of opportunities:
 Principal's Blog Click here to read the latest Barwell Road Blog from Principal, Sandy Barefoot  ExpectationsClick here to learn more about B.E.A.R.S. at Barwell Road Elementary School
School Tour AppointmentsTuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 -11:00 and from 1:30-3:00 Registration Appointments Kindergarten Parent Observation Form_SPA Kindergarten Health Assessment_SPA  Barwell Road Renaissance Elementary School In The News March 2012March 11 Celebrating its 29th year, Pieces of Gold is an annual Wake County Public School System student arts performance which benefits the Teacher Leadership Grants program. This year’s performance will feature more than 1,000 Wake County public school students from 30 different schools. 100.7 The River Around The Triangle guest is Amanda Bailey, music teacher at Barwell Elementry
School in Raleigh.
Barwell Chorus students perform at the Pieces Of Gold event at Raleigh Memorial AuditoriumListen to the Podcast click here!
on March 14. March 8 - WCPSS Audio podcast with Barwell Road Elementary teachers Mr. Brian Regis and Ms. Becky Earl and their students about student achievement at the school Listen to the Podcast click here!
January 2012 BRES Teacher of the Year:Mr. Levi Moore BRES First Year Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Amanda Bailey BRES Teacher Assistant of the year : Mrs. Mona Callom December 5, 2011 Congratulations to Barwell 4th and 5th grade music students who were selected to perform in Wake County’s Performance of Pieces of Gold. This performing arts extravaganza celebrates some of the most talented singers, dancers, and performers in Wake County. Not only were we selected, but we also scored in the top ten for all of the auditions, including high schools and middle schools, and we will be closing the first act of the show. The show will take place on March 14th, 2012 at the prestigious Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. This will be Barwell’s first year of participating in this event and we are honored and excited to take part! Stay tuned for ticket and event details! Read more November 17, 2011 Barwell Safety Patrols have been invited to participate in the Raleigh Christmas Parade on November 19, 2011. The invitation was extended by the Raleigh Police Department. October 26, 2011 Walmart Teacher Appreciation Recipients: 2nd grade teacher Mr. Matt Hoffman and 5th Grade teacher Ms. Aqueelah Robinson October 24, 2011 Four students from Barwell Road Elementary were selected to be part of the WCPSS ALL-COUNTY Chorus! October 14, 2011 Barwell Road Art students placed 8th against 140 other schools at the NC State Fair! News and Observer Raleigh School Aims for Student 'Renaissance' BY THOMAS GOLDSMITH AND T. KEUNG HUI - Staff writers
A first grader conducts a string quartet of N.C. Symphony members in an exercise to show the difference between loud and soft, or fortissimo and pianissimo, during a performance Monday, September 19, 2011, at Barwell Elementary School.
RALEIGH -- A string quartet playing Beethoven, Rossini and Ravel caught the ears of hundreds of Barwell Road Elementary School students Monday, part of an effort to transform the previously low-performing Wake County school into a sought-after destination for students and parents. The quartet, from the N.C. Symphony, offered quick but thorough courses in tempo, texture, dynamics and other essentials to students ranging from kindergarten to fourth grade. Read more:
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School Description
Barwell Road Elementary operates on the year-round calendar. Students at the year-round schools are divided into four groups, called tracks, with each track having its own calendar. In a year-round elementary school, the traditional 180-day school year is divided into nine-week quarters with a three week break at the end of each quarter. Read MoreStarting with the 2011-12 school year, classrooms in Renaissance Schools, such as Barwell Road, will have additional teaching staff for each grade level. In addition, these schools will have the flexibility to maximize instructional time during the school day.
Barwell Road Elementary School
3925 Barwell Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
Email: barwell@wcpss.net
Phone: (919) 661-5405
Fax: (919) 662-2111
Bell Schedule: 9:15 a.m.- 3:45 p.m
School Colors: Blue and White
Mascot: Bear
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