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EspañolB. F. DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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'B.F. Day Elementary School' is an elementary school located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA, part of the Seattle Public Schools school district.
As the longest continually operating public school in Seattle, B.F. Day has a significant heritage. The school was founded in 1893, only three years after the establishment of Washington as the 42nd state, on land donated by the Day family, local farmers and landowners. For more than two decades, B. F. Day School had the largest elementary school enrollment in Seattle, peaking with over 900 students in the 1930's.
B. F. Day School is known as an "arts-rich" school because of its close association with Fremont's "Center-of-the-Universe" neighborhood. For nearly a decade, the community has rallied around the school in March to support the PTSA's School Auction, raising tens of thousands of dollars. These monies help fund the school's art and music teachers, art programs, and assemblies.
The school has benefited from substantial contributions, both in financial and employee involvement terms, from local firms Getty Images and Adobe Systems. Since 1994, the Fremont Arts Council has made its headquarters in the school's former steam plant, called the Powerhouse, which is the base of operations for Fremont's Summer Solstice Parade. Decorative mosaics and other art projects have resulted in this on-going partnership between school and council.
With recent funding problems in the Seattle School district and, in 2006, with 42.5% of students participants in the free and reduced lunch program, fundraising efforts are greatly valued by the highly active P.T.A.. Activities include the Auction, the Family Picnic, and the Village Project, which involves local businesses and employees for several months of preparation in the school's mock-economy project; it is visited by hundreds of people in May.
Despite funding hardships, standardized test scores trended upward from 1998 through 2006. B. F. Day continues to provide a solid academic foundation to students by involving the greater community. As the school's song states, "...with caring, and sharing, and lending a hand, we all form a family across the land...come visit and you will see!"
'B.F. Day Elementary School' is an elementary school located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA, part of the Seattle Public Schools school district.
B.F. Day Elementary tile mosaic sign created by students and local artists
B. F. Day School is known as an "arts-rich" school because of its close association with Fremont's "Center-of-the-Universe" neighborhood. For nearly a decade, the community has rallied around the school in March to support the PTSA's School Auction, raising tens of thousands of dollars. These monies help fund the school's art and music teachers, art programs, and assemblies.
The school has benefited from substantial contributions, both in financial and employee involvement terms, from local firms Getty Images and Adobe Systems. Since 1994, the Fremont Arts Council has made its headquarters in the school's former steam plant, called the Powerhouse, which is the base of operations for Fremont's Summer Solstice Parade. Decorative mosaics and other art projects have resulted in this on-going partnership between school and council.
With recent funding problems in the Seattle School district and, in 2006, with 42.5% of students participants in the free and reduced lunch program, fundraising efforts are greatly valued by the highly active P.T.A.. Activities include the Auction, the Family Picnic, and the Village Project, which involves local businesses and employees for several months of preparation in the school's mock-economy project; it is visited by hundreds of people in May.
Despite funding hardships, standardized test scores trended upward from 1998 through 2006. B. F. Day continues to provide a solid academic foundation to students by involving the greater community. As the school's song states, "...with caring, and sharing, and lending a hand, we all form a family across the land...come visit and you will see!"
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