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Leslie A. Stemmons Elementary School

2727 Knoxville St., Dallas, TX 75211

Phone: (972) 794-4900
Fax: (972) 794-4901

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

English

Paul Zevallos
Principal

Grade levels:
PK- 6

Motto/Mission:
To prepare all students to graduate with the knowledge and skills to become productive and responsible citizens.

Uniform colors

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

School colors: Navy Blue and White

Mascot: Stallions

Enrollment: 975

Number of teachers: 60

Hours/Bell schedule: 7:55 a.m. - 3 p.m.; tardy bell at 8 a.m.

Trustee district: District 6

Learning Community:
Southwest Elementary -
Gilberto Gonzalez

Other Contacts

Librarian:
(972) 794-4913

Counselor:
(972) 794-4915

Clinic:
(972) 794-4904

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
TEEMS project

After-school programs:
Tutoring, Mondays and Tuesdays, 3:10-3:40 p.m.

Extracurricular activities:
Basketball team, baseball team

Parent Involvement

ESL classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Prekindergarten parent meetings, Mondays, 2-3 p.m.; Exercise classes, Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Volunteer training

Major Awards and Honors

First place, Molina Feeder Pattern Academic Fair, May 2005

Leslie Allison Stemmons (1876-1939) was born in Mexia, Texas, and studied at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and at the University of Chicago, majoring in real estate and law. He went into the gravel mining business with Scott Miller and worked for Sanger Brothers in Dallas. With Miller, Stemmons formed a real estate and insurance business. They developed the Stemmons farm property in Oak Cliff and properties known as Evergreen Hills, East Kessler Park, Winnetka Heights, and Rosemont Crest, among others.

During the 1908 Trinity River flood, Stemmons, then 32, had seen the need to harness the river and reclaim the valuable flood-plain land for use by Dallas.