Tubman Elementary School

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name = Tubman Elementary School


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caption = Harriet Tubman
streetaddress = 3101 13th Street, NW
city = Washington, D.C.
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zipcode = 20010-2440
country = USA
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schoolboard = District of Columbia Public Schools
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principal = Sharon L. Bovell
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schooltype = elementary
fundingtype = public
grades = PK–6
campus size = 3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
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opened = 1970
enrollment = 420
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footnotes = cite web| url=http://dcschoolsearch.dc.gov/schools/detail.asp?pos=1&id=91| title=Tubman Elementary School

Tubman Elementary School is a public elementary school, named after Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. It is located in Washington, DC and is under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia Public Schools. It was built in 1970, shortly after the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots which ravaged its neighborhood of Columbia Heights. Over four hundred students are currently enrolled from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. [cite web| url=http://dcschoolsearch.dc.gov/schools/detail.asp?pos=1&id=91| title=Tubman Elementary School| publisher=District of Columbia Public Schools| accessdate=2008-01-04]

The school has regular graffiti cleaning, [cite news| title=Fighting a Determined Battle Against Graffiti| publisher=The Washington Post| date=2005-06-23| first=Eric M.| last=Weiss |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-40258.html] students have received free dental care,cite news| title=Today, Class, A Lesson in Tooth Repair; Elementary Students Get Free Dental Care| first=Susan| last=Levine| publisher=Washington Post| date=2007-02-08| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020700803_pf.html] and D.C. Discovery Days give them field trips out of the neighborhood. [cite news| title=A Holiday From the Violence; City-Run Field Trips Give, Children a Needed Break| publisher=The Washington Post| date=1993-08-05| first=Ruth| last=Yodaiken| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-958849.html] Nevertheless, a student from Tubman joined others in voicing concern over safety in the public school district. [cite news| title=Youths Air Grievances at City Hall Forum| first=Nikita| last=Stewart| publisher=Washington Post| date=2007-10-14| page=C12| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/13/AR2007101301126_pf.html] 85% of the student body qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.

Former principal Sadia M. White won a National Distinguished Principals award in 2004 for her work at Tubman. According to National Association of Elementary School Principals, under White, Tubman Elementary met all its goals for standardized test scores and White supervised the launch of an inclusion-teaching model featuring team-teaching by general education, special education teachers, and teachers of new English-language learners. The association also commended her institution of a comprehensive school-wide positive-approach discipline program that included a due process system for punishment referrals and intervention strategies for classroom teachers for preventing problems. [cite news| title=Tubman Elementary School Principal Receives National Recognition| publisher=Washington Informer| date=2004-12-01| last=Brown| first=Misty| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-104816690.html] [cite news| date=2004-10-25| title=Principles distinguish these school principals| first=Sarah| last=Hofius| publisher=USA Today| url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-10-25-principals_x.htm] [cite news| title=Names in the News| publisher=The Washington Post| date=2004-07-29| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-202162.html] [cite web| url=http://web.naesp.org/misc/2004ndps2.htm#DC| title=2004 National Distinguished Principals| publisher=National Association of Elementary School Principals]

On November 27 2001, First Lady Laura Bush hosted Tubman Elementary students at the White House for a screening of the film, "Twice Upon a Christmas". [cite news| title=The White House Screens PAX TV's `Twice Upon a Christmas'| publisher=Business Wire| date=2001-11-28| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27155801_ITM]

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*cite news| title=Cultivating Kindness Toward Animals; Humane Society Program Sends Dogs to Schools| first=D'Vera| last=Cohn| publisher=Washington Post| date=2005-04-04| page=DZ10| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31191-2005Apr6.html