Clover Avenue School Booster Club Pledge Drive
As parents, we all want our children to have the best school experience possible. One of the most important and tangible ways that we can make our children's education even more rewarding and well-rounded is by participating in the annual Clover Avenue School Pledge Drive- our largest fundraiser of the year. Thanks to past fundraising efforts, our school made significants upgrades to its library and computer lab facilities that continue to enrich the education experience for all Clover students. With our continued collective financial support, we can further expand the learning opportunities available to our children in art, science, music, and physical education programs and provide the additional hands-on resources they deserve.
Clover School's Mission
Clover Avenue Elementary School strives to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of each and every student to prepare him or her for success in a rapidly changing world. The school, parents and community work in partnership to develop in each student academic excellence, social responsibility and personal integrity. All stakeholders are committed to the implementation of State and District grade level standards.
Clover School's Vision
We will carry out our mission with a commitment to create a community of lifelong, successful learners. Successful learners will be able to access information through the appropriate use of written, oral and technological resources. All students will demonstrate proficiency according to State and District standards. They will be prepared to apply their knowledge in order to function independently and to contribute to our global society.
Clover School Profile
Clover Avenue Elementary School is a single-track elementary school located in a small, quiet neighborhood called Westside Village, in Los Angeles. Our proximity to the UCLA campus, UCLA family housing and convenient Westside location gives our school a rich diversity of cultures with the common goal of creating a stimulating environment for high achievement in an education-oriented community. The neighborhood is very stable. Some families have members who have attended over a span of three generations. The school was built in 1954 and recently had its 50th anniversary, which the local community celebrated with the current staff and student body.
Clover School is a LEARN school site with a very active parent component both in LEARN governance and in other parent organizations, such as PTA and the Booster Club, ELAC and School Site Council. Despite the fact that approximately one third of our students qualify for free or low cost meals, the parents of all students contribute to parent groups and are very involved with school activities.
There is a great deal of diversity in the student population. The student body is comprised of 41.9% Asian, 8.1% Black, 20.7% Hispanic, and 27.4% White students. Our student population also provides the multilingual richness of more than 2 dozen languages, other than English, to enhance our school community. Seventy percent of our students are residents of UCLA Family Housing living with one or both parents.
The instructional setting is comprised of 20 Class-size reduction Kindergarten through 3rd grade and six 4th and 5th grade regular education classes. There is a morning and afternoon session of a combined Special Education Preschool Mix and School Readiness Language Development Program (SRLDP) serving 46 students. In addition, Clover has two administrators and one full time Resource Specialist Teacher. There are 14 part time paraprofessional support positions. To address the needs of all students, Clover provides a variety of instructional programs including the School for Advanced Studies (SAS), Gifted and Talented Program (GATE), English Language Development Program (ELD) and the Resource Specialist (RSP) Program. Approximately 20% of our students are English Learners (ELLs), nearly 10% are receiving some form of special education services, 19% are identified gifted, while 33.5% of our students participate in the federal free or reduced meal program.
Clover’s curriculum is based on the California State Standards and California State subject frameworks. Teachers utilize grade level pacing plans based on LAUSD core curriculum guides to assure that all students receive a rigorous core curriculum. This ensures that all students are involved in similar learning units and activities within a given a given block of time.
Clover School is proud of its Wonder of Reading Library. Classes meet in the library on a regular basis and volunteers read with and mentor students. The Booster Club sponsors a Computer Center and provides a technical expert to assist teachers and students as they utilize the center. The Booster Club also sponsors psycho-motor activities for students each week.