- Donaldson Elementary School
- Overview
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The mission of Donaldson Elementary School is to foster and promote continued academic, creative, social, emotional and physical growth within a caring, supportive and safe environment by providing innovative and challenging opportunities. Donaldson strives to provide the basic elements of effective schools. We provide a curriculum with coherence; build community within and across classrooms; maintain a just, caring and flexible climate; and are committed to building character.
School Info
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2040 W. Omar Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85704 (Google Maps)
Phone: 520-696-6160
Fax: 520-696-6204School Hours
Office Hours:
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Monday - Friday
Grades K - 5:
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday
*Playground supervision and breakfast begin when gates open at 7:10 AM.*
Preschool:
AM Class 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
PM Class 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
No Preschool on Wednesdays
Tardy Policy
If a student arrives after 7:30 AM, she/he should report to the office to sign in before going to class.
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Our Mission:
To ensure high levels of learning for every student so they can achieve their dreams and positively impact the world.
Expectations:
Be Safe
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be Kind
We Believe:
- All children are entitled to an education, which will prepare them for their future.
- All children have the right to feel successful.
- The school and community share the responsibility of developing positive work, social, and personal ethics in all children.
- Education best occurs in an environment that nurtures dignity, self-esteem, and a feeling of security.
- Communication is essential if quality education is to occur.
- The school community needs to promote an understanding for individual, cultural, and societal differences.
- High expectations encourage students to work toward a higher level of achievement.
- Schools must address environmental, societal and technological changes.
- Education is a life-long process.
- All children are natural learners.
- Education is the combined responsibility of the students, parents, teachers, and the community.
- School decisions must reflect what is best for students.
- In developing the whole child, which includes consistent, quality instruction in Music, Art, and Physical Education.
- The responsibility for one's education and action needs to be accepted by each student.
- That respect is an essential value.