Community Profile River Bend Elementary School Elkton VA
Community Profile River Bend Elementary School Elkton, VA Lisetta Brandy, Elizabeth Brito, Kelly Denham
River Bend Elementary ● ● ● Rockingham County’s 15 th elementary school Opened in August, 2009 Principal: Sharon Martz Mascot: Cardinal About 390 students ○ 56 -68 students per grade ○ 159 qualify for free and reduced lunch ○ 92% white, 5% black, 1% hispanic ● About 70 teachers and staff ("River bend elementary, " 2013)
Dr. Samuel H. Jennings’ House ● Built in 1840 ● After the Battles of Cross Keys (June 8 th and 9 th, 1862) Jennings and his wife Barbara treated wounded soldiers in their house ● Severely wounded soldiers treated under a burr oak tree before being transferred to a hospital ● October 1864: The Union’s General Philip H. Sheridan’s burning of the Shenandoah Valley destroyed Jennings’ flour mill ● Field trip: Great place to visit while learning about the Civil War ("Jennings house, " 2009)
Skyline Drive ● Stone wall built in 1935 by Works Project Administration (WPA) ○ WPA was most famous act out of all of Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs ○ Employed millions of unemployed people (although more than 5 million remained unemployed) ● Provided economic stability for many in the community while also conserving natural areas ● Skyline Drive is 105. 5 miles long ● Complaints while being built: cannot see the view (needs to have an opentype guard); may block snow removal (National Park Service, 2013)
Skyline Drive • Field Trip: While learning about economics and the Great Depression, a field trip can be taken while learning about the different acts put in place by President Roosevelt. • Can integrate science and social studies lessons while outside. • Science: National Park (What trees are there? What animals inhabit it’s environment? ) • Social Studies: Economics behind it; Great Depression for history
Community Observations ● Resources: ○ Most of land is open and mostly farmland ■ Corn fields and cows ● Buildings vary from old and rustic to new and more modern ○ Downtown buildings (older, some with fading writing) ○ More modern buildings further into town (stores, fast food) ○ Car repair shops and used car dealerships are everywhere (“Elkton, Virginia”, 2013)
Community Observations ● Housing: ○ Housing varies by socioeconomic status (median household income $35, 000 -40, 000) ■ mobile homes (low SES) ● 6. 8% of population live below poverty level ■ brick homes (lower middle-middle SES) (“Elkton, Virginia”, 2013)
Downtown Driving into downtown Elkton
Works Cited ● Elkton, virginia. (2013, June 28). Retrieved from http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Elkton, _Virginia ○ ○ ○ ○ "American Fact. Finder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008 -01 -31. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007 -10 -25. Retrieved 2008 -01 -31. Wayland, John, “A History of Rockingham County, Virginia, ” 1912: Ruebush-Elkins Co, Dayton, VA, pp 33 -37 “The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography” Vol X – No 1, July 1902, The Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA, pp 84 -86 Strickler, Harry, “A Short History of Page County Virginia” 1952: The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, pps 50 -51 Wayland, John, “The German Element in the Shenandoah Valley, ” 1907: Michie Company Printers, Charlottesville, VA, p 38 -39 Wayland, John, “Virginia Valley Records, ” p 311 Wayland, “The German Element in the Shenandoah Valley, ” p 42 Wayland, John, “A History of Rockingham County, Virginia, " pp 33 -37 “ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, " pp 84 -86 "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011 -02 -12. Retrieved 2011 -04 -23. "Profile of General Demographic Characteristics". United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2008 -03 -21. Elkton Elementary School webpage Elkton Middle School webpage http: //www. elktonbluesox. org ● Jennings house. (2009, March 04). Retrieved from http: //www. hmdb. org/marker. asp? marker=2916&Result=1 ● National park services. (2013, August). Skyline drive. Retrieved from http: //www. nps. gov/shen/historyculture/skylinedrive. htm ● River bend elementary school. (2013). Retrieved from http: //blogs. rockingham. k 12. va. us/rbes/about-river-bend/
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