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George Peabody Elementary School

3101 Raydell Place, Dallas, TX 75211

Phone: (972) 794-5200
Fax: (972) 794-5201

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

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Dee Anne Egan
Principal

Grade levels:
PK-6

Motto/Mission:
The mission of George Peabody Elementary is for every student to master the academic skills necessary to lead productive lives and to pursue a lifelong love of learning; become healthy, responsible and productive citizens in an ever changing society; acknowledge their membership in a global community and develop knowledge and respect for their own and other cultures; and cultivate a sense of self-worth, while developing a social conscience and respect for the environment.

Uniform colors

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

School colors: Purple and Gold

Mascot: Chargers

Enrollment: 561

Number of teachers: 55

Hours/Bell schedule: 7:55 a.m.: students picked up; 8 a.m.: classes begin; 3 p.m.: school ends

Trustee district: District 7

Learning Community:
Southwest Elementary -
Gilberto Gonzalez

Other Contacts

Librarian:
Carolyn Betzen (972) 794-5208

Counselor:
Larry Streeter, Kathe Pace

Clinic:
Lolita Alexander (972) 794-5205

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
Mother-Daughter, Father-Son Program; S.M.A.R.T (Students Making Abstinence Real Today); Pace Setters (a 50's poodle skirt singing and dancing troupe)

After-school programs:
Tutoring available after school from 3:10 to 3:40 two days a week; Saturday School; Writing Camp

Extracurricular activities:
Knitting Club, Environmental Club, Pace Setters, Chess Club, band

Parent Involvement

PTA, Site-Based Decision Making, SMART, Mother-Daughter, Father-Son

Major Awards and Honors

Peabody has been a Recognized or Gold Star School since 1994. We are recipients of a $5,000 grant for plants, trees, flowers, and shrubs in a program aligned with 4th-grade writing and Texas history. Our band and chess teams continue to win first, second, and third places in all competitions.

George Peabody, founder of Peabody Institute, was born in Denvers, Massachusetts, in 1795, into a family of modest means. With only four years of formal education, he achieved enormous international success as an investment banker in London. He is considered by many to be the founder of modern philanthropy.

His philanthropic activities began after the Great Depression. All of them were aimed towards improving society and, particularly, at providing the less fortunate with the means to improve themselves. At the close of the Civil War, he established the Peabody Education Fund to encourage the intellectual, moral, and industrial education of the destitute children of the southern states.

Peabody donated millions of dollars to charities in London, and, when he died in 1869, he was given temporary burial at Westminister Abbey.