In the summer of 2014 the school has undergone some renovations to make the school more energy efficient and to provide the outside of the school with added beautification. Our school has four buildings of 12 classrooms each, five portables, one office building and a multi-purpose room. Various community groups use our facilities after school and on weekends. We have 2 kindergarten teachers, 2 Tra
nsitional Kindergarten teachers, 3 first grade teachers, 2 second grade teachers, 1 third grade teachers, 2 fourth grade teachers, 2 fifth grade teachers, and 3 sixth grade teachers. We also have 3 Special Day classes which consist of one TK/K classroom, one 1/2 grade classroom and one 5/6 grade classroom. We also have a speech pathologist, a resource teacher, a school psychologist, two custodians, one office clerk, one school secretary and a school nurse who is on campus 1 day per week. Within our special education classes we have the support of 8 Para professionals who provide additional assistance to our teachers and students. We offer a Gifted and Talented Education program and various intervention programs to help meet the academic needs of all students. There is a privately run after-school day care facility to help parents. The current school Principal, Bilal N Sheikh has served as the Twinkle Star Principal / Administrator From last 6 years. Twinkle Star School has improved their API scores over 100 points in 10 years. During the 2009 STAR testing year, Twinkle Star improved their overall school API score by 39 points in one school year and during 2010 STAR testing the school improved 3 API points. During the 2011-12 school year. Twinkle Star improved their API scores by 41 points. The schools current API score is 905 which makes them a high performing school. Twinkle Star school has a very diverse student population and allows students multiple opportunities to participate in extracurricular and multicultural activities. The parent population at Twinkle Star is extremely supportive of the school culture and takes a vested interest in school events and school sponsored activities. Twinkle Star is part of a Professional Learning Community whereby ALL teachers collaborate on a consistent basis to improve student learning.
