Our History
The present Israel Loring Elementary School building was built in 1999 on the site of the original Israel Loring Elementary School that dated from the early 1960's. We opened our doors for students on September 8, 1999.
The school was named for Reverend Israel Loring who was the first minister to the Sudbury territory west of the river. Rev. Loring was respected throughout the Bay Colony as a preacher and writer of extraordinary eloquence. Eleven of his works were published and widely read. Rev. Loring's parsonage still stands in Sudbury Center, just east of the Town Hall. Rev. Loring had preached for sixty-six years at the time of his death at the age of 90.
Our Core Values
Respect
Show respect for oneself, students, teachers, parents, and the individual differences that make each person a valued member of the Loring community.
Responsibility
Be responsible for one's actions and one's work, as well as to be responsible to others and the common mission of our school.
Best Effort
Strive for academic achievement and success through determination and risk-taking in both teaching and learning, creating an enthusiastic love of learning.
Caring
Show empathy, kindness, and tolerance for those around us, to value honesty and integrity, and to show a spirit of cooperation, collaboration, and teamwork.
Our Mission Statement
It is our mission to provide the highest quality education to all children in the safest environment possible while embracing diversity, individual talents and creativity, and the overall joy of learning.
Our vision statement
It is our vision that all students obtain a strong education that will assist them in becoming responsible citizens, future leaders, and life-long learners by providing:
- a curriculum that meets and surpasses academic standards set by the School, the District, and Government bodies, while respecting and supporting diversity as well as a child's individual needs and talents;
- an education supported by the belief that ongoing staff development and parental and community involvement is vital for children to learn and grow to their full potential-socially, emotionally, academically, creatively, and physically;
- the safest environment for our children to learn by incorporating best practices in physical security as well as teaching the core values of the school community-respect, responsibility, best effort, and caring.
Our Program
A team of approximately 80 staff members supports our approximately 600 kindergarten through grade five students.
All students attend General Music classes each week. Students in Grades 4 and 5 also have Chorus each week. Students in Grades 4 and 5 also have the opportunity to participate in our District Band and Orchestra programs.
All students also attend Physical Education and Library classes each week. Students in Grades 1 through 5 also participate in Spanish and Visual Arts classes.
For students who qualify for instructional support in the core curriculum areas of literacy and math Literacy support is available for students in Grades 1 through 3 and Math support available through Title I to students in grades 2 through 4.
For students with diagnosed learning disabilities, Special Education support is provided through the special education process.
Our kitchen staff prepares hot, nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches daily available to students and staff.
Parents support our school by participating in our strong and supportive Parent Teacher Organization, being elected to our School Council, by attending Principal Coffees and by volunteering. Parents are involved in many aspects of the school-from volunteering in classrooms, the library, and the dining room as recycling volunteers and as recess monitors to publishing the monthly newsletter, The Loring Link.
As an inclusionary school we are dedicated to students learning with their peers in classrooms to the maximum extent possible.
Special curriculum related events include whole-school Community Celebrations, Social Action projects by grade, an annual Reading Incentive Program, Science eXpo, grade level cultural arts events, second grade Mexico Cultural Day, Kindergarten Chick Fest, third grade Colonial Sudbury tour, fourth grade Bridges Program, fourth grade Odyssey and, fifth Grade DARE program.