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George W. Truett Elementary School

1811 Gross Road, Dallas, TX 75228

Phone: (972) 749-8000
Fax: (972) 749-8001
tbarnett@dallasisd.org

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

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Megan Barringer
Principal

Bridget Ransom, Lisa Lovato
Assistant Principal(s)

Judith Van Zandt
Associate Principal-Teaching and Learning

Grade levels:
PK- 5

Motto/Mission:
Let's Build A Great School Together. Building Excellence, One Student At A Time

Uniform colors

• Top:
  White and Navy Blue
• Bottoms:
  Navy Blue, Black, & Khaki

School colors: Blue and Gold

Mascot: Tiger

Enrollment: 1000

Number of teachers: 78

Hours/Bell schedule: 7:50 a.m (First Bell) 7:55 a.m (Tardy bell) 3:00 p.m (Dismissal)

Trustee district: District 9

Learning Community:
Northeast Elementary -
Lisa DeVeaux

Other Contacts

Librarian:
Michelle McCutcheon, (972)749-8000

Counselor:
PK-2 Vacant (972) 749-8009 Grades 3-5 Francine Luckey (972) 749-8024

Clinic:
Sue Dasheill (972) 749-8006

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
Choir, college program, ESL for parents/job placement center, math and literacy nights, Student Council

After-school programs:
CLIMB-Wilkinson Center, Big Thought

Extracurricular activities:
Cheerleading, Student Council Basketball, Theater Program, Choir, Orchestra

Parent Involvement

PTA, Parent Training Classes, Parent Coordinator, Parent Center, Math Night, SBDM

Major Awards and Honors

Reading First Literacy Grant, Intensive Reading Intervention Grant, Ferguson Raod Initiative Support,

George Washington Truett was born in North Carolina in 1867. While growing up, his ambition was to become a lawyer, but instead he was ordained as a minister in 1890.

In 1891, Truett was hired by Baylor University in Waco, Texas, to serve as its financial secretary. Enterprising and energetic, Truett saved the university from bankruptcy by raising $92,000 in less than two years and completely wiping out the school's indebtedness.

Truett enrolled as a freshman at Baylor in 1893. While in school, Truett served as student-pastor of East Waco Baptist Church. After his graduation in 1897, he began his ministry at First Baptist Church in Dallas, where he served as pastor for 47 years. He was offered the presidency of Baylor University, but declined to remain with his church in Dallas.

While serving at First Baptist Church, Truett also served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention at Louisville, Ky., from 1927 to 1929. He was elected as president of the Baptist World Alliance at Berlin in 1934 and served through 1939. When the United States entered World War I, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson for a six-month tour to preach to the Allied Forces in Europe.

Truett died on July 7, 1944, in Dallas.