ATWATER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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'Atwater Avenue Elementary School' is an elementary school in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Atwater Avenue Elementary, which serves grades pre-kinder through 5, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The school is located at 3271 Silverlake Boulevard in Atwater Village by the border of Los Angeles and Glendale. Students that culminate from Atwater usually continue on to Washington Irving Middle School then continues to John Marshall High School.

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Mission Statement

History

Contact

Mission Statement

''"We believe in and support a child-centered, integrated, intellectually stimulating, comprehensive curriculum in an honest, caring, fair, amd cooperative school, family and community environment which will enable our children to become productive and responsible citizens in our diverse society."''

History

Atwater Avenue School was founded in September 1922 with approximately 200 students. Prior to the formation of the school, the land was a lettuce truck farm. The need for a school in the area was so great that in early 1922, the land was purchased and a provisional school was put together. The permanent building was started during that first year and was opened during the 1923-1924 school year. During the 1922-1923 school year, the Atwater PTA was formed. This group help in the preparation of the first Christmas Program, first May Festival and even helped in raising funds to buy the school's first Victrola.
Atwater Avenue School was one of the first school's in the local area being built prior to a number of nearby schools such as Glenfeliz Blvd. School, Irving Middle School and John Marshall High School. By 1926, the population of Atwater School had grown to 800 students and serviced grades K through 8. During World War II, Atwater School was used to register men during the draft and registered local residents for their sugar ration cards.
During the Sylmar Earthquake of 1971, Atwater School's original buildings was damaged. The old school was taken down and the new building was dedicated on May 5, 1977. It was during this time that Gracia Street was closed off at Atwater Avenue and the land was added to the school grounds. When the new building was being built the address of the school was changed from 3275 Atwater Avenue to 3271 Silverlake Blvd.
In the past ten years, Atwater Avenue School has become a LEARN school and is on the cutting edge of school reform participating in programs such as Los Angeles Systemic Initiative (LA-SI) and Model Organization Results of Eastman (Project MORE) and DWoK Different Ways of Knowing. Atwater School has also reduced class sizes in grades K-3 during the last three school years. Also, our school has been recognize over the last three years as the most improved school in Los Angeles County. We are extremely proud of our students and staff for such an extraordinary achievement. Atwater School has always participated in community activities and its grounds has been used for community functions. Our current school population totals at approximately 580 students including students being bused in for participations in regular classrooms and nine different special education classes.

Contact

'ADDRESS:'

★ Atwater Avenue Elementary School

★ 3271 Silverlake Blvd.

★ Los Angeles, CA 90039
'
PHONE:'

★ (323) 665-5941
'FAX:'

★ (323) 665-5708
'E-MAIL:'

★ atwater-el@lausd.k12.ca.us
'DISTRICT:'

★ Local District E

★ Los Angeles Unified School District
'PRINCIPAL:'

★ Karen L. Sulahian