Harvard Elementary School (Texas)
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Harvard Elementary School is a public primary school in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas, United States. Harvard, a part of the Houston Independent School District, serves grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5.
Harvard Elementary School serves a section of the Houston Heights.[1][2]
History
Harvard opened as Harvard Street School on September 18, 1898, serving the South-End area of the Houston Heights.[3] The school received a main brick structure in 1912. In 1921 the school became a part of the Houston Independent School District. In 1980 the brick structure was demolished and the school received a new addition.[4]
The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008.[5][6]
In Spring 2009 the school was closed during the swine flu outbreak.[7]
School uniforms
Harvard Elementary School requires its students to wear school uniforms.[8] The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform;[9] parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
Feeder patterns
People zoned to Harvard Elementary School are also zoned to Hogg Middle School and Heights High School.[1][10][11]
References
- ^ a b "Harvard Elementary Attendance Boundary." Houston Independent School District. Accessed October 1, 2008.
- ^ "Map." Houston Heights. Accessed October 7, 2008.
- ^ "Harvard School History." Harvard Elementary School. Accessed October 7, 2008.
- ^ "School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names." Houston Independent School District. Accessed September 24, 2008.
- ^ "Twenty-six Texas public schools named NCLB- Blue Ribbons Schools." Texas Education Agency. September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Feds award 26 Texas schools with 'blue ribbon'." Houston Chronicle. September 9, 2008.
- ^ Mellon, Ericka, Eric Berger, and Jeannie Kever. "11h Houston school shut down by flu outbreak." Houston Chronicle. May 2, 2009. Retrieved on May 3, 2009.
- ^ "Dress Code | Uniform Dress Code." Harvard Elementary School. Accessed October 7, 2008.
- ^ "Uniforms." Texas Education Agency.
- ^ "Hogg Middle Attendance Boundary." Houston Independent School District. Accessed October 1, 2008.
- ^ "Reagan High School Attendance Boundary." Houston Independent School District. Accessed October 1, 2008.
