Annual Report
To view Handley's entire Annual Report click here. Handley's Annual Report 2005-2006

Showcasing Our Success

1. Handley fourth and fifth graders continue to maintain the district’s highest MEAP test scores; 100% ELA, 100% Math, 99% Science and 63% Social Studies.

2. Timetravelers, our school-wide social studies curriculum, is in its eighth year. Each grade studies the major events and influences, literature, art, philosophy, inventions and cultural universals of a specific historical time period in four major geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Americas north and south and Europe.

3. Fifth graders completed a project for the Saginaw County Science and Engineering Fair. Several top awards went to Handley students. Other students received local and regional awards in art. The Handley team won the City spelling championship for the fourth year in a row.

4. Students engaged in a number of service projects including a book drive, gifts for the troops, Tsunami Penny Drive and Holiday Pound Fundraiser, where students collected over 1000 pounds of supplies for the Underground Railroad.

5. Handley’s partnership with Team One Credit Union is in its twelfth year. Fifth graders conduct banking business for several hundred student accounts each week.

6. The Handley Foundation awarded Handley students with two Unique Experiences: Australian Outback and Tidepool Touch. The Handley media center received $10,000 from the Foundation and purchased over 500 new books. The Foundation’s Reach for the Stars Fundraiser and Barnes & Noble Night raised over $20,000. The Foundation awarded two grants to teachers for special projects. The Handley Home and School hosted a Welcome Picnic for new families in August, a Readathon in September, Holiday Bazaar in November and a Holiday Open House in December. The annual Poetry Festival in May and the end of the year Ice Cream Social are also sponsored by HHSA. Fundraising efforts support assemblies and capital improvements.

7. Volunteers help extend the opportunities for learning. Teacher assistants come from the Saginaw Career Complex, Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University. Parents work as team coaches, RIF volunteers, Picture Parents, scout leaders, popcorn poppers, chaperones, club sponsors. They were appreciated by the staff at an annual June picnic.

8. The PanCats, Handley’s steel drum band, performed at many schools and community functions during the summer and school year.