Demographics
I teach at Deneen Elementary School of Excellence, located on the Southside of Chicago. It is a Title 1 school. My school is one hundred percent minority. The total population of students is 482. Ninety eight percent of our students are considered to be low income. Twelve percent of our students have IEPs (Individual Education Plans). Four percent of our student population is homeless. The overall student attendance is ninety seven percent. Our student mobility rate is seventeen percent. About twenty-two percent of our students are chronically truant. Seven percent of our students are chronically absent. I teach Spanish to our Kindergarten through 8th grade students. The attendance for my class is very high. My students have Spanish class two days a week for one semester (20 weeks) Each day, they have Spanish for one hour for a total of 2 hours per week. I will teach this unit to my 3rd – 8th grade scholars. My scholars are from the southside of Chicago. Many of our families reside in high violence and crime ridden areas such as: Englewood, Park Manor, Auburn Gresham and Chatham. My scholars primarily live in economically disadvantaged areas.
My students are very diverse in nature. Spanish is considered to be a resource class so everyone attends. At Deneen, we practice inclusion in our resource classes which enables our students with some academic, social or emotional concerns to participate as their general education peers. This gives them an opportunity that they may not have had otherwise. They thrive and do well with remembering what is taught with the appropriate support and accommodations when needed.
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