Welcome
to B. P. Hopper Primary School!
A message from the principal...
Welcome to B. P. Hopper Primary, a unique learning community for young children. Our staff is dedicated to providing developmentally and academically appropriate learning opportunities so that all children can experience success, maintain a positive self-image, and acquire a firm foundation in the basics—reading, writing, and mathematics. Students, teachers, administrators, and other staff members are truly a “Community of Learners.” All staff members take responsibility for student achievement by creating a sense of family throughout the school. Our focus is to deliver quality instruction and to create excitement about learning in our students. As you walk through the building, you will see students engaged in a variety of interesting educational activities. We would love to have you visit B.P. Hopper Primary School—a place full of happy, successful young students!
Karen Thomas
Principal
Our
mission and goals...
Every
person involved in the learning community of B. P. Hopper
Primary School accepts the responsibility of providing
developmentally appropriate opportunities that guarantee
success in young children. In order to achieve success, we have set the following goals:
- To
prepare our students for the new passing standards
of TAKS.
- To increase mastery on assessments in all subjects.
- To
improve Title I services to better meet the needs
of economically disadvantaged students.
- To
improve student attendance.
- To
encourage and support parent involvement.
- To promote community involvement.
Our
programs and activities...
At
B.P. Hopper Primary School, we offer the following instructional
programs:
- Regular
classes, prekindergarten through first grade
- Gifted
and talented program, kindergarten through first grade
- Bilingual
program, prekindergarten through first grade
- PPCD
classes for children with disabilities
- Academic teams providing quality instruction in reading, math, science, and social studies
- Specialists providing programs in physical education, art, and music
- Special Education
- Reading Recovery
- Parent Involvement Programs
- Title I Programs
- HOPE Team
- Career Awareness
- Keystone Character Education Program
- Accelerated Reading Program
- Volunteer Parent Program
- Student Recognition Program
Facts
about our school...
- A Texas Recognized Campus
- Paired with Highlands Elementary, which serves grades 2-5
- Mascot:
Grasshoppers
- School
Colors: Green
and white
- Motto:
“Hop Higher Every Day in Every Way”
- Location: 405 East Houston, Highlands, Texas
- Built in 1980
- New gymnasium opened in 2007
- Attendance:
417 students; 40% White, 51% Hispanic, 7%
African-American, and 0% Other (as of Oct. 5, 2007, membership report)
- A University of Houston-Clear Lake Intern Site
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