Community Involvement

A.A. Milne Elementary

An Introduction:

• Title I school with an enrollment of 811 students.
• The free/reduced breakfast and lunch program serves 90% of the students.
• 300 children participate in after-school programs providing tutoring, homework assistance and extra curricular activities.
• 99% attendance represents a zone composed of distinct residential areas, seven apartment complexes and an established neighborhood.
• Last year, the Project CLASS Social Skills Program, in collaboration with Houston Achievement Place, was initiated school wide and significantly helped to improve student discipline and reduce the number of student referrals to the office.

Ethnic distribution:

• 20.3 % Hispanic
• 76.1% African American
• 2.5% Anglo
• 1.1% Asian and Other

A.A. Milne offers a variety of programs to meet the needs of its students:

• The Project Class Program was established in August 2002 to assist children in learning acceptable social skills.
• The Bilingual Program serves 5.3% of the student population.
• A Writing Lab was implemented to give students in grade 4 an additional 45 minutes of writing instruction weekly.
• A school-wide Tutorial Program serves students in grades K-5 who are identified as "at-risk" of failing.
• The Voyager Reading Program was piloted in grades K-1 last year and extended to grade 2 this school year.
• A Reading Specialist is assigned to work with students who are identified as struggling readers.
• A Math Specialist team teaches with classroom teachers and provides additional support for math instruction.
• A Science Lab was implemented to give students in grades K-5 an opportunity to do actual lab experiments.

A.A. Milne is host to several community improvement programs which focus on character building through community projects, inspirational speakers and incentive programs. The staff has seen dramatic results in students that were seemingly unreachable.

• The DARE Program for fifth graders is a drug prevention program that teaches at-risk students that they have choices.
• Milne Elementary has adopted the Creekbend Gardens Retirement Center as a simulation of the importance of community outreach and civic contributions.

A.A. Milne is devoted to high academic standards within a warm nurturing environment through cooperative efforts of the parents, students, community, volunteers, faculty and staff.