Students at Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary have a varied curriculum offered to grades K through 5. The curriculum includes language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, art, music, and guidance. A balanced literacy program is implemented in all classrooms. Saxon Phonics and spelling is used in kindergarten, first and second grades to develop phonemic awareness and word-attack skills so our students will have a strong foundation to build upon in reading and spelling. Daily Oral Language is used in all classrooms. A state of the art computer lab was installed during the 2005-2006 school year.

All teachers participate in state standards and benchmark training to learn how to best implement curricular goals in daily instruction. All teachers have copies of the standards and bencmarks. The curriculum is aligned to the required standards. Monthly curriculum maps are used when planning to ensure total coverage of state standards and benchmarks. Teachers share ideas, suggestions, and activities during monthly grade level meetings. Teachers in second through fifth grades are composing cruuiculum noetbooks which consists of correlating textbooks and other curriculum with our state standards. Kindergarten teachers are working on "Traveling Tubs" which contain thematic units that are correlated with the state standards. Grade level teachers spend time weekly in group planning.

A study of previous grades, TCAP scores, early literacy, STAR test scores, DIBELS testing, and end of year assessments provide assistance in placing students in classes. Students who are identified with a state defined disability are provide special education services. The special education program continues instruction toward goals and benchmarks with identified students. The ESL program offers instruction for students who speak limited or no English. Health Services conduct vision and hearing screening annually. Parents of students whose screening indicate a need for further assessment are given a notice and a referral for professional testing/treatment. Incoming kindergarten students are screened in the spring before fall enrollment.