ULYSSES BYAS Elementary School   
  

“Ultimate Goal Is To Empower Each Student For Success”

The programs/projects listed are designed to achieve our ultimate goal. Students will be provided with experientially coached information that will enhance their analytical, inquisitive and creative skills. This will allow them the opportunity to pose appropriate questions, seek answers and develop solutions in all subjects in an integrated manner.

PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

• 98% of our students wear uniforms to school.
• Departmentalization of Grade 5.
• Point system (schoolwide) promotes self-control and rewards students for performing well academically and socially.
• The Mock Court System allows students to participate in determining and enforcing established school rules as per our legal system.
• Integrated Learning Center in all classes provides hands-on experiences.
• Principal’s Read Aloud Program encourages a life-long love for reading. Thirty
(30) minutes per night of reading with a parent, instills parent involvement and
reinforces reading skills.
• Book-it-School Wide Reading Program sponsored by Pizza Hut.
• Dollars and Sense Experiential Math Program third through fifth grade
students.
• Greatness in Me: An after-school math program based on Professor Barrett’s
Effective Method of Teaching and Learning Math.
• Science Enrichment Program: Enables students to analyze, inquire and design
scientifically.
• DEAR - Drop Everything and Read.