Friday, December 4, 2015

Lab 3: School Community Walk

I picked a small elementary school that I have drove by many, many times. It is call Willow Elementary School in Grantsville, Utah.
  • The children that attend this school, live in the main part of town of Grantsville. The social classes are from every level. There are mainly middle class families that live in that town.
  • The main elementary school burned down in 2009, and since the rebuild of Willow, there has been a huge increase of suburban neighborhoods and tightly packed housing. They are mostly higher class homes that are priced for middle class families.
  • There are parks all around town that children play at after school, but the most popular is the small park that is across the street at the city fire house.
  • The conditions of the parks are anywhere from brand new to very old. Most of them are rebuilt and updated every 5 to 10 years. The school playground is very updated and brand new. The playground sets are brand new.
  • I didn't go inside the school, but I suggest that the children eat in the school cafeteria.
  • Local school buses are the only public transportation in Grantsville.
  • The school is located on the end of town, but there are a few gas stations and one local grocery store.
  • The culture in Grantsville was mainly Caucasian with a small number of Hispanic families.
  • English is the main language with Spanish in second.
  • There are several local restaurants and cafes that line Main Street.  
  • The closest main road near the school is Utah State Route 112 that connects Grantsville to Tooele.
  • This school teaches children from Kindergarten to 5th Grade.
  • The resources from this school is the lunch and a school nurse.
  • The children are gaining a very strong knowledge from the updated technology.
  • They are learning very helpful things that help them advance in life very fast.
This school build bonds that small town should create. The children grow up in school with the same kids from grade school all the way up to high school. Being from a small town myself, this was very helpful to gain the ability of building very strong relationships.

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