Welcome to Lamar Elementary!
Our mission and goals...
Our mission at Lamar Elementary
School is to educate and nurture our children to become
successful learners and productive citizens. Lamar has
been a state honor school (recognized or exemplary)
for the last ten years. Lamar's goal for the 2007-2008
school year is to have 90 percent of our students passing
the TAKS test in each tested subject and in each subpopulation.
Additionally, we want 100 percent of our third graders
to pass the third grade reading TAKS test and 100% of
our 5th graders to pass the reading and math TAKS (No
Child Left Behind Act).
Special programs, services,
and activities...
In addition to regular instruction in grades prekindergarten
through five, Lamar Elementary offers bilingual prekindergarten
for students whose families qualify for this
program. Our bilingual program includes all grade levels,
and our kindergarten program is a full-day program.
Throughout the school year, special programs offer several
new learning opportunities to our curriculum. Among
these are Lamar’s C.E.I. computer lab (helps students
with learning differences to build language skills),
Accelerated Reader, and DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance
Education) programs.
We are grateful for the continuous support of our Partners
in Education, Community Resource Credit Union, as well as our Lamar Parent-Teacher Organization,
parent volunteers, and members of the Baytown Service
League and Junior Forum. Each of these organizations/individuals
are invaluable resources to the overall quality of our
program.
We feel it is important to recognize student achievement
in all areas, and awards and incentives serve to inspire
our children to challenge themselves to be the best
they can be. Some awards/incentives take an entire school
year to earn (Lamar Proud Awards, Perfect Attendance Awards, Acecelerated
Reader Incentives, and Physical Fitness Awards). Others
are awarded on a daily, weekly, six-weeks, quarterly,
and semester basis (teacher incentives, Super Citizens,
A/B Honor Roll, Honor Roll,
Distinguished Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, Accelerated
Reader, and good behavior Big Deals).
Facts about our school...
As of October 2007, we
have approximately 809 students at Lamar, with 14% White,
18% African-American, 67% Hispanic, 1% Other.
Our mascot is the lion. Our school colors are red and
white. Our motto is “Lamar Proud.”
Greg Lynd
Principal
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