Welcome to Bethune Elementary School, where our roots run deep within the community, fostering a legacy of quality education spanning generations. At Bethune, we cherish each child we serve and view ourselves not just as educators, but as mentors shaping students into young leaders destined for greatness. We are a B-rated school, with a warm and dedicated staff, where we develop competent achievers who are confident, self-directed, and motivated to become lifelong learners!

School Goals

• We will ensure that our students are at the heart of every decision made.
• We will ensure every student we serve is achieving academic success.
• We will engage students in a rigorous, relevant, research-based learning environment led by well-trained staff.
• We will ensure that we systemically address sustainable, equitable access and success for every student.
• We will ensure that we interact with families, community members, staff, and partners and they are engaged and highly satisfied with our actions and results.
• We will hire, retain, and develop highly motivated and effective staff.

Awards and Recognitions

• B-Rated School 
• Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Achievement Awards:
  • AmAZing Award (2019-2020)
  • Gold (2017-2018)
  • Silver (2016-2017)
  • Bronze (2015-2016)

Grades K-5 Academics

A strong foundation of learning in the primary grades leads to lifelong learning success. By offering high quality instruction aligned to the rigor of the K-5 Arizona state standards, classroom lessons are planned and implemented in the areas of foundational reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies. Teachers provide engaging instruction using standards-aligned resources and instructional best practices to ensure every student learns and achieves in every grade level and subject area.

Our programs are designed to meet the needs of all students quickly and effectively through strong grade-level instruction. Staff uses data-based decision making to provide appropriate evidence-based intervention and enrichment opportunities.

To continue building and sustaining our collaborative learning community, teachers meet regularly within and across grade levels and participate in professional development.

Grades 6-8 Academics

High-quality instruction aligned to the rigor of the state standards continues in grades six through eight. Classroom lessons are planned and implemented in the areas of English language arts (ELA), mathematics, science and social studies.

Students read both quality literature and informational text. The emphasis is on critical thinking skills to make connections to and across texts as well as citing text to justify responses. Writing is embedded in all content areas. Our core mission is to ensure that every child is achieving at or above grade level in each subject area. Our intervention programs are designed to identify remediation and enrichment opportunities quickly and effectively for each and every child through data-based decision making. We believe that with strong and effective instruction, children will grow.

To continue building and sustaining our collaborative learning community, teachers meet regularly within and across grade levels and participate in professional development.

The program is based on research of best practices for middle level students ages 11-15. Our program promotes a sense of self-actualization, the realization of one’s own talent and potential that serve as a motivation for success.

Opportunities for collaboration and presentation of conceptual understanding of learning in multiple ways are incorporated into the lesson and assessments.

The goal of our program is to ensure students are well prepared for the transition to high school.