Sarah Milner Elementary School

Sarah Milner Elementary School is a neighborhood school in the southwest of Loveland. Everyone in our community, from students and families to teachers and community members, strives to fulfill our vision of Respectfully Working Together to Achieve Our Personal Best. At Sarah Milner Elementary School, you will find a collaborative community dedicated to meeting each and every student’s academic and social needs.

Leader in Me

As a Leader in Me School, we believe that every member of your family has greatness, and we cannot wait to learn and grow from you! Although children must be knowledgeable when they graduate, they must also be healthy, engaged, responsible, and caring.

Leader in Me (LiM) is an evidence-based, comprehensive school-improvement model — developed in partnership with educators and FranklinCovey — that empowers students with the leadership and life skills they need to thrive in a global community.

Sarah Milner has chosen to operate through a uniquely different lens. Leader in Me empowers your child to reach their full potential while ultimately finding their voice. As a school, the staff in this building have made five core commitments to your child.

We call these our Core Paradigms. In these paradigms, you will find the beliefs and ways we view all students. At this school, we see that:

• Everyone is a leader.
• Everyone has genius.
• Change starts with me.
• We empower students to lead their own learning.
• Educators and families partner to develop the whole person.

Leader in Me provides Sarah Milner with the vision and language to lead the school in a way that addresses all areas of development. As each child discovers and develops their unique gifts and talents, they are given opportunities to lead. As leaders, they become active, engaged partners in their own education, and their self-confidence, responsibility, and initiative grow.

The children quickly understand the benefits of different gifts and talents; they learn to listen to new ideas, work together to achieve results, and motivate one another to be the best. We know our school will enjoy sharing these new opportunities.

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol

Along with the Leader in Me model, our teachers are trained in the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP). This lesson planning delivery system incorporates high-quality practices that benefit all students. The SIOP model does not mandate cookie-cutter instruction; it provides a framework for well-prepared and well-delivered lessons for any subject area.