Theodore Judah Elementary

Theodore Judah Elementary is one of 21 Folsom Cordova Unified School District elementary schools. We are located in Folsom; a culturally and socioeconomically diverse city located approximately 15 miles east of Sacramento. We operate on a traditional calendar, August-May, with school hours between 8:15 - 2:45. During the first month of the 2023-2024 school year, 626 students were enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5. Data from that year shows that our population was 41.2% Asian, 26.3% White, 17.9% Hispanic, 11.1% in two or more race categories, and 2.2% African American.

At Theodore Judah Elementary, we respect and celebrate individual differences. The staff and administration are committed to inspiring our student body to become lifelong learners. Our school serves the needs of general education and special education students in kindergarten through fifth grade. We proudly offer programs that serve the individual academic, and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) needs of our students. Our programs address the special education needs of students through our Learning Center, speech services, and Occupational Therapy (OT).

We provide English Learner support through classroom instruction, the support of a Bilingual Support Aide, and intervention. Enrichment opportunities are offered through after-school clubs and teacher-led initiatives. We are equipped to help our students with their social and emotional needs through the availability of our school psychologist (mentoring), our social worker (counseling), our use of Responsive Classroom (RC) practices in every classroom, and our delivery of Second Step social-emotional learning curriculum. Theodore Judah is a Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) school. We teach the Second Step curriculum in grades K-5. Our teachers are trained in Responsive Classrooms and focus on implementing these practices in our classrooms.

A distinguishing characteristic of Theodore Judah is that in addition to serving our neighborhood community (""Core""), we host the Academy for Advanced Learning (""Academy""). This Academy is a selective program that serves the needs of gifted and high-achieving students from throughout our district and surrounding areas. There are currently two Academy classes for each grade level, 1-5. We currently have 1 TK class, 2 kindergarten classes, 4 first grade (2 core 2 Academy), 4.5 second grade (2.5 core and 2 Academy), 4.5 third grade (2.5 core and 2 Academy), 4 fourth grade (2 core and 2 Academy), 4 fifth grade classes (2 core and 2 Academy), and one learning center classroom. We have a full-time credentialed physical education teacher. To help address the academic and social-emotional needs of our students we have a school psychologist 3 days a week, a social worker 5 days a week, a full-time Intervention teacher, and a part-time paraeducator.