Barber Elementary School

	366 Beaver Street Akron OH 44306 330/794-4152; Fax: 330/761-1753 (Beginning in January 2008, students will be housed at the old Mason Elementary School while the new Barber CLC is under construction.) Barber's ODE report card/demographics Barber's Web site East Cluster's Web site Barber's Parents Know Best Booklet (to view, download the free Acrobat reader)
Grades: K-5 Colors: Blue and Gold Mascot: Bear Average Class Size: 22 – Average Enrollment: 330 School Day: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Report Card Rating: Academic Watch Principal: Jenny Naidu
What makes Barber special? Teachers emphasize a common vocabulary. The entire staff participates in Delaney's Quality Tools. The class and individual students set goals and work hard to achieve them. Barber offers Movie with the Principal as a behavior incentive; Reach 1/Teach 1 with the Akron Police Department; family math/game night; volunteer recognition program; and a schoolwide spell-a-thon. Accelerated Reader and the 100 Book Challenge assess and address reading needs. Student planners and folders help students stay organized, take responsibility and complete work in a timely manner. Barber has a Title 1 Schoolwide program including a full-time Title 1 teacher and four tutors. Three Reading Is Fundamental book distributions are offered per year, thanks to the PTA. Barber's AkronReads program has approximately 30 tutors from the Akron Beacon Journal who read with third-grade students each week. All students with perfect attendance for the grading period are recognized at a Perfect Attendance Pizza Pizzazz luncheon. Certified classroom teachers provide before- and after-school tutoring programs that focus on reading and math skills and strategies. Barber received a $20,000 early literacy grant to support the 100 Book Challenge program. The new Barber Community Learning Center is under construction. Teachers have an average of 19 years of experience, and 80% hold a master's degree or higher. History Constructed in 1929 Opened in February 1930 Addition in 1953 Named in honor of George Barber (1805-79) In 1845, George Barber ― founder of the match industry in Akron ― purchased a fledgling match manufacturing business, one of the first west of the Allegheny Mountains. Although he turned out good matches, his business was plagued by financial difficulties due to a poor sales distribution system. Consequently, he traded his factory for a hotel in 1852. After a year, he again embarked in the match business, being more successful the second time with the assistance of his son, Ohio Columbus Barber. By 1862, O.C. assumed the management of his father's business, which in 1868 was incorporated as the Barber Match Co. The company grew rapidly during the 1870s. Strike-anywhere matches, as they were called, came into general use throughout the nation. When George Barber died in 1879, the fledgling business he had started was making one-fifth of all the matches manufactured in the United States. His son, O.C. Barber, founded Barberton and became known as the "Match King of America." Directions Left on Broadway to Perkins Right on Perkins to Route 8 South Right on Route 8 South to I-76 East Follow I-76 East to the Brittain Road exit Follow Brittain Road signs to Brittain Road Proceed on Brittain Road approximately 1-1/2 miles to Eastwood Ave. (Six Corners intersection) Left on Eastwood Avenue to Garry Road to school on left

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