Welcome to Alice Birney School.

At Alice Birney School, we are excited about the many improvements we have been making to our campus as well as our curriculum.

Beginning in the spring of 2005, our campus underwent modernization as a result of the local Bond Measure T. Our school received new lights, new floors, new electrical, new fire alarms, new plumbing, new walkways, new roofing, a new kitchen and wonderful new bathrooms. In addition to facility improvements, we also gained state-of-the-art technology. Students in the 4th and 5th grades now benefit from our new interactive white boards, known as InterwriteBoards. This technology has infused new life into the delivery of the instruction and has created excitement among the students. Other teachers have expressed interest in this new technology and have requested digital presenters for their classrooms.

Major Achievements

Alice Birney has earned the reputation as a high achieving school. We have twice been named a California Distinguished School (1995 and 2002). All staff members including; teachers, monitors, secretaries, custodians, librarian, aides, site coordinator, counselor and the principal take responsibility for the educational progress and well being of our students. Our dedicated staff and system-wide supports are the reasons that our students continue to score highly on the STAR test. For six consecutive years our school has received an API score of 10 on the similar school ranking.

Strategic Plan mission statement:

Eureka City Schools, the educational leader on the North Coast, is committed to maximizing all students' potential, inspiring them to be productive citizens, lifelong learners and responsible participants in a global society by offering a personalized education and a challenging curriculum in partnership with the community.

Alice Birney Elementary School's Strategic Plan

Phase II 2003

Mission Statement: Alice Birney Elementary, a school of proven excellence, is committed to preparing every student with the skills, knowledge, and problem solving techniques needed to become successful participants in tomorrow's world by involving them in an innovative, challenging, and personalized education.

Objectives:

Every student will demonstrate safe, productive, and respectful behavior.
Every student will meet or exceed academic expectations.
Every student will leave our school with strong interpersonal skills and the knowledge that they are capable of choosing the course of their life.

Tactics:

We will encourage family and community involvement to promote Alice Birney's exemplary academic performance
We will utilize innovative and personalized teaching practices to ensure adventurous learning and high academic achievement.
We will systematically address our students' diverse needs to build optimal learning environments.

We Are located at

717 South Avenue, Eureka, CA 95503
Phone (707) 441-2495 • Fax (707) 444-3524
Map to Alice Birney Elementary School

Georganne Fulstone-Pucillo
Principal
707-441-2495

School Hours:

Kindergaten to
3rd Grade:
8:10 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
4th Grade and
5th Grade:
8:10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Minimum Days:
8:10 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.

Focus for Improvement

During pre-duty days before the start of school, our teaching staff spends time analyzing test data from the previous year. For the past few years, we have identified math as a strength and language arts as an area where improvement is needed. Last year our teachers participated in district-wide grade level collaborations where teachers had the opportunity to brainstorm with their colleagues about “best practices.” Writing instruction was identified as an area where teachers felt improvements needed to be made. As a result, many teachers participated in writing workshops. Through the Strategic Planning process last spring, our staff identified our English Language Learner Program as an area of needed improvement. We developed a plan to strengthen the program that will be implemented at the start of the next school year.

Alice Birney is a wonderful school with a very dedicated and caring staff. Please come visit us; we would love to show you around. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate call.

Georgeanne Fulstone-Pucillo
Principal
707-441-2495

1995, 2002

Alice Birney Elementary Staff

Administration
Teachers
School Staff
Alice Birney PTO


Georganne Fulstone-Pucillo Principal		Email

Pat Graves	School Phychologist	Email


Brad Albee	Fourth Grade	Email
Jani Ayers	Kindergarten	Email
Warren Blinn	Fifth Grade	Email
Ernest Fabian	Third Grade	Email
Sheila Forbes	Kindergarten	Email
Arthur Hand	First Grade	Email
Leslie Hawkins	Second Grade	Email
Nicole Holland	First Grade	Email
Nancy Lawrence	Second Grade	Email
Joyce McGibbon	Kindergarten	Email
Mary Meyer	Speech	Email
John Moor	Foruth Grade	Email / Visit Mr Moor's Webpage
Laurin Pic'l	Third Grade	Email
Kristi Puzz	First Grade	Email
Ligia Ray	Kindergarten	Email
Patrick Riggs	Second Grade	Email
Lorraine Smith	SDC	Email
Shelly Smith	First Grade	Email
Vikki Smith	Reading Intervention	Email
Diane Stockness	Third Grade	Email
Mardi Terrill	Resource	Email
Gerry Tollefson	First Grade	Email


Connie Beattie	Literacy Tech / Monitor
Dolores Blanc	Advocate
Lisa Bozzoli	Aide
Paulette Corbin	Afterschool Coordinator
Kay Crow	Literacy Tech
Lori Dorsey	School Secretary
Jay Foss	Custodian
Donna Gerace	Monitor
Jennifer Gooch	Food Service
Kay Kaylor	Library & Literacy Tech
Kathleen Meglemre	Literacy Tech
Gladys Pierce	Monitor
Angela Rivera	English Learner Tech
Cindy Therkelsen	Clerk Typist
William Tillitt	Monitor
Stephanie Townsend	Lead Custodian
Kiyo Tracy	Nurse
Marilynn Windbigler	Literacy Tech
Mona Yeider	Aide

Alice Birney PTO
The Alice Birney PTO meets the first Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the school library. Call Alice Birney School at 441-2495 for more information. Come join us!
Diane Knight PTO coordinator	Kathy Warren Acting Chairperson	Georganne Pucillo Principal

Parent Information

After School Is Cool is our K-8 after school program.

The After School Program serves children in grades K-5. A full day program is offered in the summer.

Parent Handbook

Answers to frequently asked questions can be found in our parent handbook.
English • Spanish

PowerSchool is our Web-based student information system for students. parent and teachers. You can use PowerSchool to send email to teachers. Contact your school site for a user name and password.