Olive Drive Elementary School

Discovery Elementary School, located in Bakersfield, Calif., is a public school that offers educational and extracurricular programs to students in grades kindergarten through six. The school has an enrollment of more than 650 students and its core instructional program is developed and implemented according to the guidelines established by the Fruitvale School District and the state of California. Its language arts curriculum is based on the standards set forth by the California State Department of Education. The core program includes instruction in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Its reading program emphasizes reading skills, such as phonics, sight word vocabulary and comprehension skills. Its writing program includes daily writing as well as writing in subject areas, and research and report writing. Students learn the six traits of writing comprising ideas, word choice, voice, organization, sentence fluency and conventions. The school s curriculum also includes math, science, physical education, history and social science, and visual and performing arts.