Welcome to the mamboSchools Elementary web site. As Principal, I believe you will find our website informative and a useful tool to gather information regarding mamboSchools Elementary.
mamboSchools is an outstanding elementary school where we are committed to the success of each of our students. Strong parental involvement in the education of their children is a vital component to our success. Working together, we are helping the children grow into readers, writers, creative thinkers, and problem solvers, as we prepare them for life in the 21st century.
Our school is a traditional elementary school with 320 students, kindergarten through fifth grade. The educators, support staff, and volunteers work together to provide an outstanding program where each student has an opportunity to achieve his or her potential in a safe and nurturing environment. Our School Improvement Plan guides our continuous school improvement efforts.
There are many ways for you to communicate with us. Our address, phone numbers, and email address are listed here on the website. The school site council meets monthly to discuss, support, decide, and communicate school policy. Meetings are listed in the school newsletter. The mamboSchools PTO meets monthly and provides solid support for the students and staff. We look forward to hearing from you regarding anything that can help us continue to thrive as an excellent school.
Have a great year!
Hank Gillespie
Principal
“The mission of the mamboSchools District is to ensure that all programs are dedicated toward enhancing student achievement and that each school is a humanistic organization, valuing students emotionally and academically providing the highest quality education possible in a personalized environment. We aspire to enable each student to realize maximum potential as a responsible citizen who will enhance the community and society.”
The mamboSchools Elementary School Community believes our mission is to facilitate and engage the students in optimal learning and social development in a safe and orderly environment. Our expectation for all students is to empower them to lead fulfilling and productive lives as life-long learners in a rapidly changing and increasingly complex society.
The mamboSchools Elementary staff is dedicated for providing a rich educational environment that challenges all students to think critically, solve complex problems, express themselves articulately, in speaking and writing, and work cooperatively and individually in a diverse and multicultural world.
mamboSchools Elementary School, located in mamboTown, is one of six schools in the mamboSchools District. The district, located in the western end of mamboLand County, serves approximately 1,200 students. mamboSchools District is comprised of one special education pre-school, 4 elementary schools, one middle school, one high schools and one continuation high school.
At mamboSchools, we provide students opportunities to develop their potential intellectually, socially and emotionally. We believe that our public school exist to provide an effective educational program and to offer all students opportunities to develop their capabilities to the maximum of their potential so that they may act constructively as contributing citizens in our changing society. mamboSchools Elementary School has a strong academic foundation, a parent community that is interested and is actively involved, a faculty professionally skilled and personally committed to meeting the needs of students and a student body motivated to perform well.
mamboSchools Elementary School is comprised of two kindergarten classes, two first grade classes, one first grade-second grade split class, two second grade classes, a second grade-third grade split class, two third grade classes, two fourth grade classes, one fourth grade-fifth grade split class and one fifth grade classes. mamboSchools also has a special reading/EL class with a 30% certificated teacher. mamboSchools has a multi-purpose room, library and technology lab, small playground areas and is a shared campus with mamboSchools Middle School. It is anticipated that a mamboSchools campus will begin construction at a future date.
Our kindergarten students attend school for 200 minutes per instructional day. Primary students attend school for 285 minutes and upper elementary students attend for 310 minutes per instructional day. (These figures are based upon total instructional minutes per year with allocations for minimum days and banking time). Students attend school 180 days with 8 minimum days throughout the year (5 conference days in the fall, 2 conference days in the spring, and one minimum day for the last day of school). PTO sponsored enrichment classes are offered throughout the week for a nominal fee. A special G.A.T.E. program is offered to our identified G.A.T.E. students for the new school year.
