Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School (Houston, Texas)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School is an elementary located on 4000 Norris St. in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77025 that serves Pre-K through 5th grade.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School, which was named after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, opened in 1955 in south central Houston. Longfellow is a Houston ISD Manget School for the Creative and Performing Arts.

In fall 2005 the new Longfellow Elementary School campus started construction. The building is scheduled for completion in spring 2007. The lead architect is YLS, and Heery International, Incorporated is the lead project manager. The original budget is $9,300,000 United States dollars [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDPortal/departments/ContentPage/0,3099,45555309_59997080_57925963,00.html] .

chool uniforms

Longfellow requires school uniforms [http://es.houstonisd.org/LongfellowES/handbook/StudentHandbook2005.pdf] .

Students may wear red, white, or navy blue polo shirts, oxford shirts, and t-shirts.

Students may wear khaki, navy blue, or blue denim trousers, shorts, and skirts.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html] ; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

Neighborhoods served by Longfellow

Neighborhoods served by Longfellow include portions of Braeswood Place south of the Braes Bayou (including Braes Terrace), Linkwood, Knollwood, Woodside, and Woodshire.

Feeder patterns

Areas zoned to Longfellow Elementary are zoned to Pershing Middle School with Pin Oak Middle School as an option.

Almost all areas zoned to Longfellow are zoned to Bellaire High School in the city of Bellaire. Longfellow-zoned areas located north of South Braeswood are zoned to Lamar High School.

External links

* [http://es.houstonisd.org/LongfellowES/ Longfellow Elementary School Web Site]
* [http://www.longfellowelementary.org/ Longfellow Elementary School's Other Web Site]
* [http://myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,48297-213598-51-113330,00.html Longfellow Elementary School Alumni]