Mary Butler School

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Mary Butler School is an elementary and middle school in the Long Beach Unified School District located in Long Beach, California named after Mary Dell Butler. Butler is a zoned school and magnet school which educates grades K-8. Bulter is usually used as the term for the school and the current principal is Terri Renard. Butler focuses on the arts such as; Dance, Drama, Ceramics, Guitar, Orchestra, Piano, and Chorus. It also has regular core class like language arts, math, science, and history. There are about 900 students in all. 46% are Hispanic or Latino, 30% Asian (mainly Cambodians), 19% African American, 3% Pacific Islanders, 2% Caucasian, and <1% Filipino.

[edit] School uniforms

Butler, like all LBUSD elementary, middle, and K-8 schools on the California mainland, requires its students to wear school uniforms [1]. Starting in 2008, the uniform requirements consists of white,blue,or powder blue collared shirts and black,navy,or khaki pants.

[edit] Achievements

Butler's girl soccer team was number 1 in the city in 2006-07 thanks to the team striker, Noemy Mendoza. Butler also place 3rd in Track in the 2006-07 class as well with many number ones with field and distance and the long jump.