Students enrolled in a Pinellas Countywide Magnet school in the current school year will be allowed to remain at that school through the highest grade offered. Arterial transportation will be provided to those that qualify. If you have any questions please contact the school at 893-2175.
School Improvement
Plan link
To see Melrose's School Improvement Plan, go to www.flbsi.org and click on the Read Only version after pulling down to Pinellas and Melrose.
How to reach us
Address: 1752 13th Ave. S,
St. Petersburg, FL 33712
Phone: (727) 893-2175 Fax: (727) 893-1884 Hours of operation:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:35 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. Wednesday: 8:35 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. (Before and after-school care
available from the YMCA.)
Mark your Calendar
3/26-3/30 Spring Holidays - schools closed for students.
4/2 Schools reopen. Classes resume.
4/4 Terrific Technology for Parents
4/12 PTA/SAC meeting, 8:45 am in media center
4/16-4/27 FCAT tests, grades 3-5, days vary
4/30 Professional Learning Day - schools closed for students.
5/10 PTA/SAC meeting, 8:45 am in media center
5/17-5/18 Field Days
5/28 Memorial Day Holiday - schools closed for students
6/7 Last day for students. Second semester ends., report cards go home.
PHOTO CORNER Photo by JURIAH WALKER, third grade Third-grader Juriah Walker took this photo of a pencil from an "ant's-eye view." Her class did a photo essay looking at the world from ant's-eye and bird's-eye points of view.
That means we receive federal funds to
help increase student achievement. This money helps provide additional teachers, support
our free summer journalism camp, buy curriculum materials
and technology for our classrooms as well as books and supplies
for students, and fund parent workshops. Click here for more information on Title I.
We are seeking parent input on our Title I compact for the 2012-2013 school year. The compact can be found here.
Prospective parents: Learn all about Melrose in this video.
Photo by TANIKA HAYES
Melrose Elementary is a journalism magnet school
in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is the only elementary school in Pinellas County to have netbooks for each student to use. At Melrose, students receive hands-on,
real-world experience for writing, speaking,
photography and videography.
Photo by KAYLEE BAKER
Students with digital cameras in hand
document the action at Melrose. Students
with notebooks scour
the school for news -- taking notes, doing interviews and
writing stories on laptop computers. They hold
press conferences
with the mayor at City Hall and do phone interviews with School
Board members. Journeys in Journalism is a full-school magnet program, that
gives every student a hands-on, real-world experience.
The mission of Melrose Elementary is to increase achievement to 100% student success and lifelong learners by providing a safe, positive and challenging environment in order to develop responsible citizen and creative, curious lifelong learners.
Melrose Elementary Vision Statement
The vision of Melrose Elementary, its staff and and administrators is to unite with parents and community to ensure success for all students.
Melrose Elementary Guiding Principles
Be respectful
Be responsible
Be safe
Pathways to Success
In the 2010-2011 school year, the State Department of Education adopted new standards for our curriculum areas. Because the standards changed, the end of the year testing changed as well and FCAT is now referred to as FCAT 2.0. As you might think, requirements for graduation were impacted by this change. It is never too early to begin thinking about what will be asked of your child in order to graduate! If you would like to preview the details of this information, click here. The brochure is also available on our district website using www.pcsb.org under the Parents and Students tab and following the drop down menu to locate the Parent’s Bulletin Board postings. It is full of interesting information!
All Melrose students
get netbooks to use
The arrival of netbooks makes Melrose Elementary the first elementary school in Pinellas to give each student the use of a classroom laptop in the one-on-one computer program.
Classroom Kindles are here!
Melrose just received 22 more Kindles, a classroom set purchased by the Library Media Services department. These ereaders will be used to support independent reading, as well as classroom literature circles.
The Melrose Reading Leadership Team has ordered nearly $1400 in Kindle book codes. Once they arrive, the books will be ordered electronically and registered on the Kindles. Popular series include:
Dan Gutman's "My Weird School"
Barbara Parks' "Junie B. Jones"
Mary Pope Osborne's "Magic Tree House"
David Adler's "Cam Jansen"
Megan McDonald's "Judy Moody"
Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson"
Also included with the ebook purchase was a $500 voucher to purchase apps from the itunes store for our iPad lab.
Melrose students are reading more than ever before, and in many nontraditional ways. It's all good, and the "out of the book" ways are good preparation for the workforce of the future that they will encounter after they leave Pinellas County Schools.
The next time you are on campus, stop in the media center and ask for Mrs. Albietz or Mr. Williams. We'll gladly show you the iPad lab and the Kindle set so you can see the options available to your students.
Melrose Elementary Center for Journalism
and Multimedia | 1752 13th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL | 727-893-2175
