ABOUT FLOSSIE WILEY ELEMENTARY
Flossie Wiley Elementary School is one of six Urbana School District #116 elementary schools. Wiley Elementary has rich history in Urbana, as it was named after Flossie Wiley, an exceptional teacher and principal who dedicated her life to student success. “Miss Wiley made herself a part of the lives of each child and their families, always serving beyond what her duties were as a principal or teacher,” noted then Assistant Superintendent Esther Blackburn.
Wiley's Family Engagement Policy
At Wiley, we are committed to family engagement. Wiley commits to the belief that family engagement is a shared responsibility between home and school. Wiley school commits to working with families in meaningful and culturally linguistically respectful ways, and asks our families to commit to supporting their children’s learning and development. It is essential that schools and parents support each other’s responsibility to ensure student success. Family engagement is continuous across a child’s life and carried out everywhere children learn — at home, in school, in after- school settings, in faith-based institutions, and in community youth based programs.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS)
Wiley School helps students learn about and practice how to be safe, respectful, and responsible in order to make a healthy school in which to learn. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a framework for developing strategies that help students learn good behavior. PBIS has been successful in many schools in Illinois and across the country because the PBIS approach to teaching and practicing good social skills relies on the same concepts that are used to teach academic skills.
The PBIS framework emphasizes mutual respect and good communication, resulting in a school culture where students learn more and feel less stress because everyone is respectful, responsible, and safe.
Expectations: Wiley School expectations for student behavior are based on just three simple ideas that we believe are in keeping with what children are learning in their homes. At school, these three basics will be taught and practiced.
Students should be responsible, be respectful, and be safe. We want to remind students and their families of a few guidelines not covered elsewhere in this handbook for making the school day a positive and safe experience for everyone.
- No shoes with wheels are allowed. They are not safe on either the school grounds or inside the school. Students will be required to take out the wheels or take off the shoes themselves if they wear the wheelies to school.
- It is not wise for students to carry cell phones to school. If the cell phone is brought to school, it must be turned off and given to the teacher, who will keep it until the end of the day. Repeated problems will result in parents being asked to pick up the phone from the Principal.
- Students should not bring CD players, Game Boys, iPods, MP3 players, PSPs, and the like. Those items will be kept by the teacher for the day. If the problem persists, parents will be expected to pick up the electronic items from the Principal.
- Students should not bring balls or other play items, such as jump ropes. The school provides balls and equipment for recess and PE. Again, the items will be held by the teacher or Principal until it is appropriate to send them home or have a parent pick them up.
Flossie Wiley Elementary School
1602 S. Anderson St.
Urbana, IL 61201
(217) 382-3670