Clarks Creek Elementary School

Clarks Creek students learn to live by the five standards of PRIDE as described above. Students work to achieve personal goals by demonstrating PRIDE while also working to help our school as a whole.

Based on positive behavior intervention and supports (known as PBIS in education-speak), students are rewarded for showing their PRIDE at school. When caught showing PRIDE, students are awarded credits which then accumulate to become PRIDE bands. In addition, this encourages students to work together to fill our giant credit-collector which goes towards an all-school reward. Quarterly PRIDE convocations serve to bring our students together to celebrate their accomplishments.

We hope that every child's Clarks Creek experience allows them to feel safe and welcome every day!

We do not tolerate bullying. At times, though, it can be challenging to determine if bullying is actually occurring. Here is how Indiana legally defines bullying:

bullying means "overt, unwanted, repeated acts or gestures, including verbal or written communications or images transmitted in any manner (including digitally or electronically), physical acts, aggression, or any other behaviors, that are committed by a student or group of students against another student, with the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate, or harm the targeted student, and create for the targeted student an objectively hostile school environment."

Any student who witnesses or is a victim of bullying behavior should immediately report it to the nearest adults at school. It is much more effective to address such behavior as it happens. As a parent, if your child talks about behavior that you think might fall under the definition of bullying behavior, please report it immediately to our school.

We do not tolerate bullying, but we can't resolve these situations if we aren't aware of them. We appreciate our students and parents for their help as we work together to keep Clarks Creek a bully-free zone!