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Podesta Ranch Red Tailed Hawks are Responsible, Kind and Safe. Red Tailed Hawks, Our School Rocks!

Podesta Ranch Elementary School is a Lodi Unified School District TK-6 elementary school located in North Stockton servicing approximately 400 students. Podesta Ranch is on Lodi Unified School District's Modified Traditional Calendar and participates in class size reduction with a 24-1 student/teacher ratio for grades TK-3 and a 32-1 student/teacher ratio for grades 4-6. Podesta Ranch has a full time principal, twenty two general education teachers and five special education teachers. RSP services and 4 Autism Structure Special Day Classes provide specialized academic instruction for students K-6.

Podesta Ranch offers a school library, one-to-one technology for all students, and a Gifted and Talented Cluster Program for students in grades 4-6. Podesta Ranch also offers additional programs such as, Strings, organized sports activities for grades 4-6 during lunch recess, and a before and after school program provided by the YMCA.

At Podesta Ranch we utilize school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) where practices are founded on the assumption and belief that all children can exhibit appropriate behavior. Podesta Ranch Staff work cooperatively to notice and praise appropriate behavioral actions and “catch” students exhibiting appropriate behaviors. Specific praise is extremely important in increasing the reoccurrence of appropriate behavior.