Schools-Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School

Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School

7000 Holly Hill Drive, 75231

Phone: (972) 502-1700
Fax: (972) 502-1701

School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

English

Connie Wallace, Principal
Connie Wallace
Principal

Shavannia Dash
Assistant Principal(s)

Grade levels:
PK-5

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

Uniform colors

Top:
White
Bottoms:
Blue

School colors: Red, Black, and Grey

Mascot: Owl

Enrollment: 728

Number of teachers: 47

Hours/Bell schedule: 8:00am - 3:00pm

Trustee district: District 1

Learning Community:
Northeast Elementary -
Lisa DeVeaux

Other Contacts

Librarian:
(972) 502-1713 - Gail Shipley

Counselor:
(972) 502-1708 - Rebecca Hayden

Clinic:
(972) 502-1707 - Rose Albicocco

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
Our school offers a Principal's Breakfast (monthly), HomeWorks in collaboration with Park Cities Baptist, TAG, Science Lab, Computer Lab, Student Council, and U.I.L. The school has launched the Support Success Initiative, giving individuals, organizations, and corporations the opportunity to support a homeroom class with a $1,500 donation that is used to provide uniforms, school supplies, instructional materials, and field trip experiences for students. The school’s Partner in Education is Park Cities Baptist Church, which is helping to develop opportunities for students to enhance their education.

After-school programs:
Texas Workforce Commission after-school program (3:00-6:00 Mon-Fri) Tutoring (3:15-4:00 Mon-Fri) Park Cities Baptist Church After School Program

Extracurricular activities:
We offer for our students: Choir, Karate, Basketball, Soccer, Ballet, Drama Club, Art Club year round.

Parent Involvement

The school has an active and supportive PTA and Site-Based Decision Making organization. In addition, parents and community members have many opportunities to participate in the school’s volunteer program.

John Buford Lowe was born in 1913 and raised in the Oak Cliff area. Even with a career marked by business and civic accomplishments, Jack Lowe (as he was known) will be best remembered for his work as the chief architect of the Dallas Independent School District’s desegregation plan that was adopted by the U.S. Federal Court in 1976. In 1946, Lowe founded Texas Distributors Inc. in the back of an auto parts store owned by his aunt. Today, the firm known as TD Industries has more than 1,300 employee-partners and generates annual revenues of $240 million. The company’s servant-leadership culture, dedicated to helping employees succeed, established by Lowe, remains part of the company’s vision and values. Fortune magazine lists TD Industries as among the 100 Best Companies in America. Lowe’s work as chairman of the multi-racial Dallas Alliance Education Task Force, which worked to develop an acceptable school desegregation plan, proved contentious at times, but his consensus-building skills and his love for Dallas and the city’s children paid off. The federal court adopted the plan almost word-for-word. For his work on this task force, Lowe was awarded one of Dallas’ highest community service awards, the Linz Award. Lowe also helped strengthen the Greater Dallas Council of Churches and served on the Citizens Council, Community Relations Commission, Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Urban League, YMCA, and Girl Scout Council. He also helped develop the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, and the Dallas Kiwanis Club. Jack Lowe Sr. died in 1980 at the age of 67.