Fall Branch Elementary highlighted for community engagement, STEM and student supports
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Board staff presented a detailed profile of Fall Branch Elementary, emphasizing SOAR behavior expectations, a student-run care locker, community festivals, STEM programming and recognition of two students for helping a substitute teacher.
Staff presented Fall Branch Elementary as a community-centered school that emphasizes safety, organization, achievement and respect under its SOAR framework. The school has a student-created care locker stocked with hygiene items and easy meals for discreet student access, active PTO partnerships for events, and community-supported activities such as a trunk-or-treat and a color run that raises money for art, physical education, music and library supplies.
The board saw photos and learned that the school's student council coordinates community outreach including a monthly "Pizza Plus" recognition for "Cardinals of the Month." Staff recounted two second-graders, Nova and Paisley, who assisted a substitute and later received a certificate of recognition from U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger. Fall Branch also runs STEM classes for grades five through eight with hands-on projects and has multiple 3D printers for student use.
Board members and staff praised the school's community partnerships and student leadership work and said the district would share the Fall Branch materials for broader awareness.