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Ronald E. McNair Elementary School

3150 Bainbridge Ave., Dallas, TX 75237

Phone: (972) 794-6200
Fax: (972) 794-6201

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

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Virginia Lockwood-Terry
Principal

Antonia Philpott
Assistant Principal(s)

Grade levels:
PK - 5th

Motto/Mission:
Mission: "In order to ensure productive citizens in our society, we will provide every child an opportunity to develop skills necessary to achieve his/her fullest potential." Motto: "Learning leads to success! We can! We will! We MUST be successful at Ronald E. McNair Elementary School."

Uniform colors

• Top:
  white
• Bottoms:
  navy, black, khaki

School colors: Royal Blue and White

Mascot: Astronaut

Enrollment: 762

Number of teachers: 36

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

Trustee district: District 6

Learning Community:
Southwest Elementary -
Gilberto Gonzalez

Other Contacts

Librarian:
Pamela Brown (972) 794-6209

Counselor:
Shelby Bowens-McDade (972) 794-6207

Clinic:
Tracy Reed (972) 794-6205

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
21st Century Grant Program, Arts Partners, Earning By Learning, Spanish and Russian Classes, Interactive Video Conferencing (pending receipt of equipment), Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Peer Mediation, Choir

After-school programs:
African Drumming, Piano, Chess, Ballet/Tap by the Dallas Black Dance Theater, Art, Computer Club, Karate, Arts & Crafts, Basketball & Track

Extracurricular activities:
Band, Choir, Computer Literacy, Gifted and Talented Program

Parent Involvement

ESL for Parents, Computer Technology Training for Parents, GED Classes, Dads' Club, Family Aerobics

Major Awards and Honors

First-Place Science Award at the Citywide District MAST Fair, Second-Place Technology Award at the Citywide District MAST Fair, DISD Librarian of the Year, DISD Elementary Teacher of the Year (2 years), 21st Century Grant (after-school & summer enrichment program), DISD Small Business Award (2 years), Common Cents Recognition (students donated over $1,100 for past three years to special charities), All Star School for Five Years (No Workers Comp., Lost Time or Medical Costs)

Ronald Erwin McNair graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina A&T State University with a bachelor of science degree in physics. He was named a Presidential Scholar, a Ford Foundation Fellow, a National Fellowship Fund Fellow, a NATA Fellow, and winner of the Omega Psi Phi Scholar of the Year Award. In 1975 he studied laser physics in Les Houches, France, and published several papers in the fields of lasers and molecular spectroscopy. In 1976 he earned a doctor of philosphy degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, he first flew as a mission specialist on February 3, 1984. This mission marked the first flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit and the first use of the Manned Canadian arm (operated by Dr. McNair) to position extra vehicular activity (EVA) crewmen around the Challenger's shuttle payload bay. The mission culminated in the first landing on the runway at Kennedy Space Center on February 11, 1984. Dr. McNair died January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded one minute and 13 seconds after launching from the Kennedy Space Center. This tragedy also took the lives of six other crew members, including the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe. Two years later, in 1988, Ronald E. McNair Elementary School opened as a kindergarten through sixth-grade school with Mrs. Carolyn Bailey as its first principal.