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Quick Facts
Awards Title 1 Academic Achievement Award (2005), Anne and Kirk Douglas Playground Award (2004)
Special features after-school care

Activities and Sports
  • Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: STAR Afterschool tutoring and enrichment programs; Aviva SAFE Afterschool tutoring program; Principal's "Book of the Month" Character Counts - Character Education Program and STAR Physical Education Instruction.
  • This school has the following art(s) programs: theater/drama, art and chorus.
 
 
Parent and Community Support
  • We have a newly established Parent Center to welcome parent volunteers.
    Parents assist in classrooms. Our PTA conducts a morning valet service assists in organizing school events.

Other news or notes
  • Gardner St. Eementary School has a has a warm and welcoming environment. Our school is extremely focused on academics. In addition, we are now an "Elementary Arts Program School" and "School for Advanced Studies."

Technology and Facilities
  • This school has 5 students per computer. Numbers used to calculate this ratio were provided by the principal. This ratio may differ from the ratio given elsewhere on this profile where the numbers were provied by the state.
  • 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
  • This school was established before 1920.
  • District provides transportation to this school.
 
 
Admissions and Enrollment
  • Graduates typically go to: Bancroft Middle School.
  • Almost all of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
 
 
Other Features and Highlights
  • Regular classroom hours: 8:21 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
  • Principal has been at this school for 3 years.
 
 
Donation requests

Category: fundraisers/special events

  • Contact name: Ken Urbina
  • Contact phone: 323.876.4710
  • Contact email: ken.urbina@lausd.net

Source of Data
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 08/18/2006. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.  

 
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