Meadowcreek Elementary School
Principal: Adrienne Tedesco
5025 Georgia Belle Court, Norcross, GA 30093
School Highlights
The following school highlights showcase how Meadowcreek Elementary School is fulfilling Gwinnett County Public School's four strategic priorities of Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence. Visit the School Profile Dashboard to find more detailed data on our school.
- The Georgia Department of Education recognized Meadowcreek Elementary School with Distinguished status for implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) last school year. PBIS encourages positive behaviors with recognition for students who exhibit appropriate school conduct.
- Meadowcreek Elementary School formed various clubs for students to join, including Robotics, Chorus, Girls on the Run, Student Council, Art, Boys to Men, Garden, Soccer, and Chess. Our Student Council members collected toiletry items and took them to the Norcross Neighborhood Cooperative. During this trip, students got a tour of the facility, and learned more about the work they do in our community. Meadowcreek Elementary School hosted a LEGO League Explore team for 2nd and 3rd graders. Students participated in a STEM group, building and designing solutions to various problems. They tackled challenges and solved unique scenarios. In addition, the Robotics team worked on an Innovation Project where they created a petition to require mandatory seasonal slow-downs in regions inhabited by whales, reducing noise pollution and mitigating harm to the affected marine species. This petition gained 37,611 signatures!
- Meadowcreek Elementary fostered a positive climate and culture by implementing monthly Spirit Nights and school events for students and community members to spend time with one another and establish deeper relationships. These events included Stevie B's Spirit Nights, Skate Spirit Night, Literacy Night, STEM Night, Heritage Night, Valentine’s Dance, and Bruster’s Spirit Night. During our Heritage Night, various community members came to represent multiple countries and shared cultural activities with families.
- Sarah Willoughby was nominated as Meadowcreek Elementary’s Teacher of the Year. Ms. Willoughby currently serves as a chorus teacher. She designs various productions throughout the year and leads our Chorus Club.
- Meadowcreek Elementary’s grades 3-5 counselor, Mi’esha Reynolds, was recognized as the Gwinnett County Elementary Counselor of the Year. She was named 2024 GSCA (Georgia) School Counselor of the year and is now working on her application for the 2026 ASCA (National) School Counselor of the Year. Mi’esha served as the lead Meadowcreek cluster counselor and supported many initiatives, including attendance incentives, support for MLLs within counseling services, and implementing trauma-sensitive practices. In addition, our school earned the distinction of being a Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP).
- Meadowcreek Elementary hosted the Strong4Life CHOA Program. Throughout the year, students and staff learned how to make good nutritional choices and keep their bodies strong and healthy. The Strong4Life Team held a pep rally in the fall and a follow up visit in the spring to promote healthy habits and create excitement around nutrition, physical activity and emotional wellness.
- Meadowcreek Elementary celebrated the hard work and commitment of its teachers by providing multiple opportunities for them to connect with one another. Teachers enjoyed a color party, catered lunches, monthly team lunches, snack carts, and various Sunshine events and treats throughout the year.
- 96.1% of our families feel the school respects the different cultures represented in the community based on the EES School Survey. Additionally, 94.7 % of families believe MES provides a caring/supportive environment for all students.
- Meadowcreek Elementary’s multilingual learners increased their English proficiency as measured by ACCESS. This year’s ACCESS scores show that 357 students increased their band growth. Additionally, approximately 30 students exited the MLL program based on their ACCESS scores and acquired language acquisition.