NAME:
Dr. Sidney E. Baker
SCHOOL:
Sarah Smith Elementary School
SCHOOL PHONE:
Primary Campus is 404-802-3850 and the Intermediate Campus is 404-802-3880.
OFFICE HOURS:
7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
B.S. Troy State University Troy, Alabama
M.A. University of Alabama in Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama
Ed.S. University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
Ed.D. University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Named Principal of Sarah Smith Elementary in June, 2000.
Previously Principal of LaBelle Elementary in Smyrna, Georgia (1993-1996)
and
Compton Elementary in Powder Springs, Georgia (1996-2000). Both schools are
in Cobb County Public Schools.
At Sarah Smith Elementary, we believe everyone has the right and
responsibility to achieve his/her educational best. In order for this to
happen, a safe and positive school environment is essential.
To be the best, we will:
*Increase the emphasis on higher level learning and deepen the level of
questioning in all curricular areas
*Foster students, faculty, staff, and parents' sense of ambition,
adventure,
and well-being
*Contribute to the vitality of our community
*Advance Sarah Smith Elementary as a more diverse, robust intellectual
community
*Strengthen the public profile of the school, the students/faculty/staff,
and
the value of a Sarah Smith education
The three major goals for long-term success are:
1. Provide all Sarah Smith students with a world-class academic foundation.
2. Establish Sarah Smith as the elementary school recognized as having the
best faculty, staff, and administrators in Atlanta.
3. Contribute to the vitality of our community within our halls and beyond
our doors.
Action plans with specific strategies for the major objectives are being
development and revised. For a copy of Sarah Smith Elementary's long term
strategic plan for success, please contact the principal.
Dr. Baker was named one of Georgia's High Performing Principals in 2006,
2007, and 2008. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Great
Books Foundation of Chicago, 2010. He also has present at numerous
International Baccalaureate regional and world conferences.
Dr. Baker can be contacted via email at sbaker@atlantapublicschools.us.
