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Edwin J. Kiest Elementary School

2611 Healey Drive, Dallas, TX 75228

Phone: (972) 502-5600
Fax: (972) 502-5601

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

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Carolyn Lewis
Principal

Georgina Galvagni
Assistant Principal(s)

Grade levels:
PK-5

Motto/Mission:
School Motto: "Catch the spirit of excellence"

Uniform colors

• Top:
  Red or White
• Bottoms:
  Navy blue, khaki or black

School colors: Red and white

Mascot: Stars

Enrollment: 704

Number of teachers: 52

Hours/Bell schedule: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Trustee district: District 3

Learning Community:
Northeast Elementary -
Lisa DeVeaux

Feeder pattern: Bryan Adams H.S. and Gaston M. S.

Other Contacts

Librarian:
Patsy Salinas/ 972-502-5613

Counselor:
Robert Rodriguez/(972)502-5618

Clinic:
Adrian Johnson, RN/ 972-502-5606

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
Bilingual education, TAG, orchestra, tutoring, safety patrol, Two-way Dual Language

After-school programs:
Academic tutoring and the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation

Extracurricular activities:
Cheerleaders, basketball, art club, soccer, Student Council, VIP club, music club, computer club

Parent Involvement

Monthly parent worskhops, Parent Teacher Association, Site Based Decision Making, and various volunteer opportunities during the school day.

Major Awards and Honors

2008-2009 Recognized Campus, Common Cents First Place Winner, First Place Winner in the Paul Revere contest, Silver Sharer Awardee for "Lend A Helping Can" Food Drive and Third Place Winner for outstanding Team Spirit "Lend A Helping Can",4th Grade Winner in the City of Dallas Water Utilities 25th Annual Drinking Water Week Poster Contest.

Newspaper publisher Edwin John Kiest (1861-1941), newspaper publisher, was born in Cook County, Ill., to John Cristian and Barbara Ann Kiest. He attended public schools in Chicago, Joliet, and Elgin, Ill., where his father, a Methodist minister, held pastorates. Kiest quit school in 1871 to work as a newsboy in Chicago and learn the printing trade. From 1876 to 1889, he worked as a compositor and sometime reporter for various Chicago newspapers. He also worked for the Elgin Watch Company and in the retail grocery business. He returned to newspaper work in 1889 with the Western Newspaper Union, which sent him to Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Mo., and Dallas, Texas, where he arrived on Dec, 31, 1890. In 1896, rather than accept a company promotion that would have transfer him back to Chicago, Kiest established a stock company and bought the struggling Dallas Daily Times Herald, which he owned and published until his death. He was influential in the foundation of WRR, which became the nation's first city-owned ratio station. In 1927 the Times Herald bought radio station KRLD.

Through the newspaper, he helped develop an adequate water supply for Dallas, creating Lake Dallas in Denton County. He was president of the State Fair of Texas from 1908 to 1911 and in 1920 to 1921. He helped finance the building of permanent fair structures and was named lifetime honorary president. He served as president of the Dallas City Park Board from 1931 to 1935 and then as a director until his death. Kiest was a financial supporter of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and, with his artist-wife, helped found the Dallas Art Association. He received the Linz Award for civil service in 1930. In 1935, he gave the city of Dallas a large tract of land (176 acres)for a park site in south Oak Cliff in memory of his wife, who died in 1917.