J. C. Sawyer Elementary
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| School Highlights |
School Statistics PreK - 5th Grade School Number of students: 568 Staff members: 75 |
Hours of Operation |
7:30 - Kindergarten students go to their class Students in grade 1 - 5 may go to breakfast All other students report to the multipurpose room. 7:40 - All students report to their homeroom teacher 7:50 - Tardy bell - PLEASE sign your child into the office if he/she arrives after the tardy bell rings! 7:50 - Instruction begins 2:20 - K-2nd grade students are dismissed. Parent-pick students go to the main entrance. 2:25 - 3rd-5th grade students are dismissed. Parent-pick students go to the cafeteria. There is an After School Program for students in grades K-5. Please contact the director of After School Care/Summer Care Program, Mr. David Boone, at 337-6616 Parents PLEASE use the drive-through lane in front of the school when dropping-off or picking-up students. PLEASE do not park behind cars in the parking lot. If you need to be in the parking lot, please park in a space. There is additional parking in the rear of the building. |
| J.C. Sawyer Elementary's BUS ROUTES |
UPDATED: August 10, 2004; Please note that information may be changed by the school and/or district transportation department at any time. To confirm bus route information, call the school at: 338-1012 or ECPPS Transportation Department at: 335-5684.
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| History of J. C. Sawyer Elementary |
J.C. Sawyer Elementary School opened in March of 1958 with six classrooms, a cafeteria, an auditorium and an office. The professional staff of principal, part-time music teacher and six classroom teachers served 1st-6th graders. There were no buses serving the school, no school-wide library and no para-professional support staff.
By 1960, population in the area had grown so much that the school could no longer accommodate all six elementary grades. It became a 1st-3rd grade school, with two classrooms serving each grade. When complete racial integration of the school system was accomplished in 1969, the school was once again unable to serve all its students in just six classrooms. Several mobile classrooms were added to the campus. A school-wide library was created in half of the existing cafeteria, and part-time positions for school librarian and physical education teacher were added to the professional staff.
A school-bond referendum, supported by the voters of Pasquotank County in the early 1970s, led to a complete remodeling of the existing structure and additions of a media center, music room, 8 new elementary classrooms and a kindergarten wing. The mobile units were abandoned and 4 classes were moved into the new building. J.C. Sawyer was now a K-4th grade school with 23 faculty members and 10 assistants. Staff members piloted many programs at the school, most notably a multi-aged, continuous progress grouping of students in non-graded classrooms.
In 1997, after a remodeling/addition to the building, merge was made with H. L. Trigg, a sister school. The classes from H. L. Trigg moved into the building that fall. Most of the part-time teaching positions became full-time, including those of a new computer skills assistant. Added to the office staff were an assistant principal, an instructional specialist and a SIMS coordinator. The school became a K- 5th grade school...and the progress continued.
