Schools-C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School

C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School

3002 N. St. Augustine Road Dallas, Texas 75227

Phone: (972) 502-2000
Fax: (972) 502-2001
tracibrown@dallasisd.org

School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

English

A. Tracie Brown, Principal
A. Tracie Brown
Principal

Elena Hill
Assistant Principal(s)

Grade levels:
K-5

Motto/Mission:
"Greater Depths, New Heights!" Mission Statement: Our mission is to inspire students to academic excellence and social success by celebrating diversity, commitment to positive character and by preparing students to become lifelong learners.

Uniform colors

Top:
White or Navy
Bottoms:
Navy or Khaki

School colors: Navy Blue and Burgundy

Mascot: Titan

Enrollment: 650

Number of teachers: 50

Hours/Bell schedule: 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Trustee district: District 4

Learning Community:
Northeast Elementary -
Lisa DeVeaux

Other Contacts

Librarian:
Ida Coleman: (972) 502-2000

Counselor:
Stephenie Givens (972) 502-2000

Clinic:
Tisa Collins: (972) 502-2008

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
C.A. Tatum Jr. is a part of a select group of schools which offer the Two-Way Dual Language Program beginning in kindergarten. Students will be enriched by participating in Art, Music, Theater Arts, Computer Technology and Physical Education. Our school focuses on exhibiting pride in our academics and citizenship. Other programs we will sponsor include, but are not limited to: Wild About Reading Night, Mix it up with Measurement(Math) family night, Extreme Science night, 100th day of school celebration and more.

After-school programs:
C.A. Tatum Jr. sponsors the Thriving Minds after-school program from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in addition to Saturday TAKS camp and other tutoring and enrichment programs.

Extracurricular activities:
We offer Titan Choir, Spirit Team, Boy Scouts, Art Club, Character Council, Student Council and Science club.

Parent Involvement

C.A. Tatum Jr. provides opportunities for volunteering and we strongly encourage community and parent participation. Some of our activities include monthly Principal's coffee, Pastries for Parents, Grandparents Day breakfast and monthly parent classes. We also have monthly family nights at neighborhood McDonald's, CiCi's pizza and On The Border in Mesquite.

Major Awards and Honors

We feature an award-winning staff who believes strongly in making Tatum a hallmark school! Also, our students earned 1st place in Music Memory competition and district honors for basketball.

Clarence Albert(C.A.) Tatum Jr.(1907-1986) civic leader and president of Texas Utilities Company, was born on June 25, 1907, in Dallas, the son of Clarence Albert and Annie Elizabeth(Wright) Tatum. In 1928 he graduated with a physics degree from Southern Methodist University. He was immediately employed in the commercial department of the Dallas Power and Light Company. By 1953 he was elected president and chief executive officer. He continued in that position until 1967, when he became chief executive officer of the Texas Utilities Company. He retired in 1975 but continued as a consultant until his death in 1986. In 1960 Tatum headed the Dallas Citizens Council. He was awarded a Liberty Bell Award by the Dallas Bar Association and the National Brotherhood Citation by the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1962. He believed that Dallas would grow and encouraged plans that would help it do so in an organized fashion. The idea of buying the Cotton Belt Railroad and turning it into Dallas North Tollway was his; later he became chairman of the Highway Committee of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Tatum was president of the Lion's Club of Dallas, the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, and the State Fair of Texas. He served on the Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees and Board of Governors. He was on the boards of the Dallas Summer Musicals, the Excellence in Education Foundation, and the Southwestern Medical Foundation. In 1959 he received a Dallas Hospital Council Award as chairman of the St. Paul Hospital building campaign. He was president of Circle Ten Council, Boy Scouts of America, in 1962 and 1963. He was a Methodist. On December 16, 1936, Tatum married Caroline King. They had two sons. Tatum died on October 1, 1986, at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and was buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park.