Office Hours: 7:30am-4:30pm

Start /Dismissal Time : Kindergarten - 6th grade 8:45am - 3:30pm

Early Release Friday's :Kindergarten - 6th grade 8:45am - 2:00pm 

Half Day Release: Kindergarten-6th grade 8:45am-12:05pm

First bell rings at 8:30am for students to get breakfast in the cafeteria and go to their classroom to eat. Constitution is pleased to offer free breakfast to all students this year!

• All Grade level have a 15 minute recess either before or after lunch.

• Early Release PLC Fridays keep the same lunch/recess schedule besides 4th&5th. 

• No lunch period on 1/2 days. Grab & Go lunch. students eat in their classrooms or outside.

As the new leader of Constitution, Dr. Gilbert comes with a wealth of knowledge and experiences. She has worked in Deer Valley Unified for over 20 years serving different communities and in education for over 30 years. Most recently, Dr. Gilbert served as the principal of Mountain Shadows Elementary and supported the students and staff in earning an Arizona Department of Education "A" Rating. She is honored to work with such a caring staff and is excited to partner with the students and families at Constitution. Dr. Gilbert is a parent, grandparent, and loves learning. She is excited about the 25-26 school year.

Email Dr. Janet Gilbert

 

Email Samantha Botsko

As an Arizona native and Navy veteran, Samantha Botsko, is the new Dean of Students at Constitution Elementary. She has been within the field of education for over 12 years and most recently was the Special Education Strategist at Deer Valley High School. Her military experience, coupled with her educational background, lends her to being passionate about creating a supportive and highly-performing school community where all students can thrive and reach their full potential.

RTI B stands for Response to Intervention-Behavior

Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS)

The mission of the Constitution PBIS Team is to create a positive school environment by providing students and teachers with proactive strategies through the use of a school-wide system and class discussions. The PBIS committee meets once a month to collaborate over campus data and come up with strategies and reinforcements to implement around campus. 

The foundation for our PBIS Program is our school rules: At Constitution we SOAR by showing:

• Self Control

• On Task

• Achievement

• Respect

Our Constitution Eagles SOAR throughout all areas of our campus. Please take a look at our School Wide SOAR Matrix to see our SOAR expectations!

Staff members frequently recognize students for following our school-wide procedure and expectations. Students are given SOAR Bucks which they fill out and can buy prizes in our bi-weekly SOAR store.  They can also use the SOAR bucks for school-wide grade level drawings and classroom incentives!

The Boys Town Education Model

Boys Town is a school-based intervention strategy that focuses on managing behavior, building relationships, and teaching social skills. It emphasizes preventive and proactive practices rather than reactive responses to deal with student behavior.

Based on the Boys Town Model,® the Boys Town Education Model® puts Boys Town’s research-proven child-care methods to work in a variety of educational settings. Its gives classroom teachers, administrators and support staff the tools to implement key Model components:

• A curriculum of specific life skills taught as expectations in the classroom
• Teaching methods that support the life skills curriculum – specific ways to teach the life skills to students
• Administrative intervention – a method for dealing with students who are referred to the office from the classroom because of disruptive behavior
• Focus on student competencies – creating a positive classroom environment by encouraging teachers to see the value of developing a positive relationship with each student and praising students’ positive behaviors and successes

These components are part of a complete system-wide approach to creating and encouraging respectful staff and student relationships by changing the way schools address student behavior.

CE focuses on a new social skill every 2 weeks. Teachers implement the skill by having conversations about the skills with class then the class has time to role play, partner share their ideas about the skill.

For more information about Boys Town CLICK HERE. 

Download and View Soar Matrix Here

Our SOAR Store is where our students get to go shop and pay for some cool things with their soar bucks that they have learned by demonstrating Self Control, On Task, Achievement, Respect. Our SOAR store takes gently used children's toys, games, sport balls, stuffed animals, books, stationery, jewelry, etc. If you would like to donate any items to our SOAR store please reach out to our PTO president Via Email or you may contact our principal Dr. Janet Gilbert

PTO Email 

Principal Dr. Gilbert Email