Chadbourne Elementary School
Coordinates: 37°32′32″N 121°56′24.31″W / 37.54222°N 121.9400861°W
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary School is an elementary school in Fremont, California named after Joshua Chadbourne. It is located at 801 Plymouth Ave., Fremont, CA 94539.[1] Built on part of the Chadbourne family apricot orchard, the school was dedicated on September 22, 1960.[2] It is one of 28 elementary schools in the city belonging to the Fremont Unified School District. Chadbourne is part of the Mission San Jose Attendance area - its students attend Hopkins Junior High School after graduation and move on to Mission San Jose High School for high school.[3]Its current principal is Dr. Tess Melendez.
[edit] Achievements
Chadbourne Elementary School was designated as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1989.[4][5] The school achieved the highest test scores in the district, and was considered to have an innovative curriculum, despite the assessment being made at a time of teacher unrest.[6]
Chadbourne has also been designated a California Distinguished School four times, most recently in 2006.[4][7]
[edit] References
- ^ "FUSD Attendance Areas". Fremont Unified School District. Fremont Unified School District. 1998. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070607174904/http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/schoolsdirectory.html. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ "From Orchards to Suburbs". Fremont Unified School District. Fremont Unified School District. 2007. http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/chadbourne/Chadbourne/joshua9.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-14.[dead link]
- ^ "FUSD Attendance Areas". Fremont Unified School District. Fremont Unified School District. 1998. Archived from the original on 2007-06-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20070604193523/http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/prg/2attendarea.html. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ a b "Award Winning Schools of the Fremont Unified School District" (PDF). Fremont Unified School District. Fremont Unified School District. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20070315193617/http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/AwardWinningSchools.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ "Blue Ribbon Schools 1982–2002" (pdf). U.S. Department of Education. U.S. Department of Education. 2007. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ "FREMONT SCHOOL ON ELITE LIST U.S. HONOR IS CONFERRED IN FACE OF IMPENDING STRIKE". San Jose Mercury News. May 12, 1990. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB732400C29191E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Distinguished School Awards: California School Recognition Program distinguished school honorees.". California Department of Education. California Department of Education. 2007. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/ap/distingcounty.asp?county=01&submit1=Submit. Retrieved 2007-06-13.[dead link]
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