Sam Houston Elementary School (McAllen, Texas)

Last updated

Sam Houston Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Los Encinos area of McAllen, Texas. A part of the McAllen Independent School District (MISD), it is the oldest public school in the city. [1] It is named after Sam Houston.

Contents

History

The school first opened in 1920. [1] For a period of 50 years it was located at 1001 S. 16th Street, [2] in the La Paloma area of south-central McAllen. As of the early 1990s this building was in a poor condition due to a lack of maintenance. [1]

Connie Maheshwari became the principal of Sam Houston in fall 1990. Around January 1994 Maheshwari decided to become involved with the Alliance School partnership in order to improve the school. [3] The McAllen ISD board decided to relocate the school to the newly-developed 246 house Los Encinos area, a community developed by McAllen Affordable Homes for low and moderate income homeowners. The proposal made by Dr. Robert Schumacher, newly-appointed as the MISD superintendent, was that the existing Houston Elementary attendance boundary would be divided between a portion still assigned to Houston and parts newly assigned to Thigpen and Zavala elementaries. [4]

On August 15, 1996 a new building opened in its current location, [2] 6 miles (9.7 km) from the previous one. Maheshwari convinced the parents to support the move. Due to the distance of Sam Houston from the La Paloma area, most of the students at the previous campus attended other schools closer to their houses. When the new Sam Houston campus opened, about 20% of the students had attended school at the previous campus. [5]

South Texas College (STC) Downtown is located on the site of the former Sam Houston Elementary. [2] As part of the 1990s moving negotiations the parents agreed to have a university campus there, as there had been an increase in enrollment at the tertiary level. STC agreed to a two-year lease from MISD. [6]

As of 2017 the area around the former Sam Houston campus is assigned to Fields Elementary School. [7]

Campus

The school, within the Los Encinos area, [5] is in a 58,000-square-foot (5,400 m2), with 28 classrooms, on a 9.5-acre (3.8 ha) property at 93221 Olga Ave. The campus has a computer lab, custodian office, a life skills classroom, a library, a multi-purpose room, a parental involvement office, a storage room, and a science laboratory; they are housed within three wings. [2]

Curriculum and programs

A project-based curriculum was implemented after the 1996 move. [5]

The school has an annual program, Minitropolis, a partnership with IBC Bank. On the day Minitropolis is held, students dress in professional wear and roleplay as employees, customers, citizens, and government officials in a fictional city called Minitropolis. Minitropolis was first held circa 1996. [8]

Feeder patterns

Residents of the Sam Houston zone [9] are also zoned to Brown Middle School, [10] and Memorial High School. [11] Most Sam Houston graduates go to those two schools. [2]

The portion of the Sam Houston attendance zone coinciding with that of Travis Middle School and McAllen High School consists of McAllen-Miller International Airport and empty land. [12] [13]

Related Research Articles

Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center Public school (u.s.) school

Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center (SHMSTC) is a high school located in the Hawthorne Place and Timber Garden subdivisions, in Houston, Texas, United States. Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District. Before 1955, it was located in Downtown Houston.

Spring Branch Independent School District School district near Houston, Texas, United States

Spring Branch Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Hedwig Village, Texas, United States in Greater Houston. The district serves portions of western Houston, including most of Spring Branch. It also serves several small municipalities known as the Memorial Villages in its jurisdiction, such as Hedwig Village and Spring Valley Village. A majority of the district lies within Houston city limits.

Pershing Middle School (Houston) Middle school in Houston, Texas

John J. Pershing Middle School is a middle school in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood, near the Texas Medical Center.

Heights High School Public school (u.s.) school

Heights High School, formerly John H. Reagan High School, is a senior high school located in the Houston Heights in Houston, Texas. It serves students in grades nine through twelve and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

Pasadena Independent School District is a school district that is based in Pasadena, Texas, United States.

Spring Independent School District School district in Texas

Spring Independent School District is a school district based in the Gordon M. Anderson Leadership Center in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It is located in north Harris County.

Wheatley High School (Houston) School

Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4801 Providence Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020. Wheatley is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Wheatley, named after Phillis Wheatley, is located inside the 610 Loop in the Fifth Ward.

Denton Independent School District Denton Independent School District, Denton County, Texas

Denton Independent School District, sometimes shortened to Denton ISD, is a school district based in Denton, Texas. The district covers all or parts of the following cities – Denton, Bartonville, Copper Canyon, Corinth, Cross Roads, Double Oak, Fort Worth, Lincoln Park, Oak Point, Providence Village, and Shady Shores. The district also serves the housing developments of Cross Oak Ranch, Paloma Creek, Savannah, and Lantana all located in unincorporated portions of Denton County. The district encompasses about 180 square miles (470 km2). DISD's superintendent is Jamie Wilson.

Gregory-Lincoln Education Center K-8 school in the United States

Edgar Gregory-Abraham Lincoln Education Center (GLEC) is a K-8 school located at 1101 Taft in the Fourth Ward area of Houston, Texas, United States. Gregory-Lincoln is a part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and has a fine arts magnet program that takes students in both the elementary and middle school levels. Originally built in 1966 as Lincoln Junior and Senior High School, it later operated as Lincoln Junior High School until Gregory Elementary School merged into it in 1980, forming Gregory-Lincoln. The school moved into its current building in 2008; the rebuilding was delayed due to concerns that U.S. Civil War-era graveyards would be disturbed by the rebuilding process.

Worthing High School (Houston) Public high school in Houston, Texas, United States

Evan Edward Worthing Early College High School is a secondary school located in the Sunnyside area of Houston, Texas, United States.

The McAllen Independent School District is a school district headquartered in the city of McAllen, Texas, United States.

McAllen High School is one of four high schools serving the McAllen, Texas area as a part of the McAllen Independent School District. It houses over 2200 students from grades 9–12. The school originally opened in 1909 and moved to its current location at 2021 La Vista Avenue in 1963. The school colors are purple and gold and the mascot is a bulldog. All athletic teams compete in the UIL Class 5A Division I

Kashmere High School High school in Houston, Texas, United States

Kashmere High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas that serves grades 9 through 12; it is a part of the Houston Independent School District. It is located in the Trinity Gardens neighborhood, and its namesake is the nearby Kashmere Gardens neighborhood.

Key Middle School (Texas) School in America

Francis Scott Key Middle School is a public middle school in the Kashmere Gardens area of Houston, Texas, United States. It is within the Houston Independent School District.

McAllen Memorial High School is one of five high schools serving the McAllen, Texas area as a part of the McAllen Independent School District. It houses over 2,000 students from grades 9-12. Prior to the establishment of Memorial High School, the school and its building were originally opened and operated as Brown Middle School. The high school opened in 1980, at its current location, 101 East Hackberry Avenue McAllen, Texas, United States. The school colors are Columbia blue and bright gold and the mascot is a mustang. All athletic teams compete in the UIL District 30-6A.

James "Nikki" Rowe High School is one of three high schools and the only T. E. A. recognized high school serving the McAllen, Texas area as a part of the McAllen Independent School District. It houses over 4,200 students from grades 9–12. The school originally opened in 1990, its current location is 2101 North Ware Road McAllen, Texas, United States. The school colors are green and gold and the mascot is the warrior. All athletic teams compete in the UIL District 30-6A.

Jane Long Academy Public secondary school in the United States

Jane Long Academy, formerly Jane Long Middle School, is a public grade 6-12 middle and high school in Sharpstown, Houston, Texas. It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Long, in Sharpstown Section 1, serves portions of Sharpstown, Gulfton, and Shenandoah for middle school. Jane Long serves Sharpstown original sections 1, 1A, and 2. The campus has a grade 6-8 neighborhood program together with a 9-12 Futures Academy, a non-zoned high school program that offers an associate degree track. Las Américas Newcomer School, a school for new immigrants, is on the Long campus.

Lakes on Eldridge is an unincorporated area in northwest Harris County, Texas, in Greater Houston. There is an adjacent subdivision, Lakes on Eldridge North.

Houston Housing Authority (HHA), formerly Housing Authority of the City of Houston (HACH), is the public housing authority in Houston, Texas.

References

Reference notes


Coordinates: 26°9′42″N98°15′49″W / 26.16167°N 98.26361°W / 26.16167; -98.26361

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.