About Our School

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School Colors: Black and White
Mascot: Bulldog

 

Vision Statement: "Why We Exist"
Homestead Elementary School's mission, in partnership with its community, is to develop self-directed learners and productive citizens by providing students with a safe, challenging, and quality education.
 

Beliefs: "What We Stand For"

  • A committed and involved staff is essential to learning.

  • Instruction must show purpose and relate to real life experiences.
  • The learning environment must be safe and conductive to learning.
  • Community and parental support are essential for a good learning environment.
  • Communication between parents, staff, community, and students empowers the learning environment to be effective.
  • Clear goals and high expectations must be established for students and staff, and these must be conveyed to the community.

Student Expectations: "What Students Will Know and Be Able To Do"

Our students will be:

  • problem solvers
  • critical thinkers
  • effective communicators
  • respectful of authority and peers
  • able to adapt to change
  • able to manage finances
  • able to work with others
  • able to think globally
  


History

The Homestead School was built in the late 1930's as part of the Works Progress Administration program. This program was part of the Roosevelt Administration's idea to stimulate the economy by providing work and homes for displaced miners and farmers. The school was originally set up to accommodate grades 1-12. In 1963, high schools through the county were consolidated, leaving grades 1-8. Today the school consists of kindergarten though eighth grades.

 

To learn more about the Homesteads visit the Homestead's Tower Museum or click here.