Beaumont, CA
Principal Lauren Kinney explains how explicit, direct interactive instruction (DII) engages students in active conversations and learning, and teachers Jennifer Tillson and Tracy Waters demonstrate how kinesthetic learning helps students retain knowledge and stay engaged in learning. A student reflects on teaching another student as part of an innovative, statewide RTI intervention that uses DII, kinesthetic learning, and students’ teaching other students—practices that have raised achievement in this elementary school.
Read the transcript of Gateway to Learning. Download Sundance’s 2011 National Blue Ribbon School application.
Contact Information
| Current Principal: Ms. Lauren Kinney |
| Sundance Elementary School |
| 1520 East Eighth Street |
| Beaumont, CA 92223-2416 |
| Telephone: (718) 965-4200 |
| Web site/URL: http://www.beaumont-ca.schoolloop.com |
| E-mail: lkinney@beaumontusd.k12.ca.us |
Student Demographics
2011-2012 School Year
| Number of Students K – 5 | 712 |
| Students eligible for subsidized meals | 60% |
| Limited English proficient students | 21% |
| Students receiving special education services | 7% |
| Student mobility rate | 7% |
| Latino students | 44% |
| White students | 39% |
| African American students | 9% |
| Asian students | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian of Pacific Islander students | 5% |
| Native American students | 1% |
| Students of two or more races | 1% |