Julie Knight of Sonora Elementary received a ROOTS Award from Assistant Superintendent Maribel Childress Friday. A fourth grade teacher, she was selected for strategically helping the Sonora team implement phonics and phonemic awareness strategies to targeted students. She is very fluent with what is being taught in ROOTS and makes herself available to other... READ MORE >
Sonora Elementary's EAST program became only the third ever to twice win the Founder's Award, the highest national honor awarded to an EAST program. Springdale Har-Ber High and Buffalo Island High are the only other schools to earn the award twice. Sonora, which earned Founder's recognition six years ago, is still the only elementary school ever to be a Founder's... READ MORE >
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Audrey Parkes, a third grade student at Sonora Elementary, plans to advance her medical aspirations this summer at a camp in Dallas. Eventually she wants to travel around the world helping patients who may not have access to doctors. Wait! Parkes is only a third grader? How in the world did she start thinking like a pre-med college... READ MORE >
Second graders have been working hard on becoming experts on reading nonfiction text. Yesterday they showcased their expertise on a topic they had been reading. They used the lingo to talk the talk and taught others about the topic to walk the walk! READ MORE >
Literacy has been alive and well at Sonora Elementary School since the building opened but the Sonora Scholar Student Leadership Team wanted to promote literacy at an even higher level. Through a partnership with Lakeside Junior High teacher Kristin Pennington and her students, two Little Libraries were constructed and installed at Sonora Elementary. “I meet... READ MORE >