Simmons Elementary School

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Simmons Elementary School is an elementary school in [[Horsham, Pennsylvania], part of the Hatboro-Horsham School District. It includes Limekiln-Simmons Elementary School, a kindergarten. Simmons Elementary School and Limekiln-Simmons Elementary School serve approximately 950 students in kindergarten through grade 5. It's kindergarten students attend Limekiln-Simmons, located at 1125 Limekiln Pike. Students in grades 1 through 5 attend Simmons Elementary at 411 Babylon Road, adjacent to the Hatboro-Horsham High School. Simmons Elementary School and Limekiln-Simmons Elementary School are supported by an active Home and School Association. The HSA plans a variety of family activities throughout the school year.


[edit] History

Simmons Elementary was named after Dorothea Hughes Simmons, who donated the site of the current Limekiln-Simmons School on Limekiln Pike to the township. Mrs. Simmons’ life was spent in social welfare, which involved her in projects ranging from musical scholarships in Poland to aiding the American Farm School in Greece. Limekiln-Simmons was first opened as Simmons Elementary School in 1932, with only four rooms. In 1954, offices and additional classrooms were added. In September of 1992 Simmons was relocated to its current address on Babylon Road. In September 1999 the original Simmons building was reopened for the kindergarten students, the CARE Program, and the Hatboro-Horsham Special Services Department and was renamed Limekiln-Simmons.


[edit] Timeline

1600 Delaware Tribe lives on this land

1681 William Penn receives land grant

1686 Joseph Fisher purchases this land from William Penn

1717 Samuel Carpenter founds Horsham

1747 Archibald McClean, Sr. purchases this land from Joseph Fisher

1799 Jonathan Jarrett buys land from L. McClean (grandson)

1799 Babylon Road becomes a public highway

1932 Original Simmons School opens on Limekiln Pike

1950 Jarrett Property become a dairy farm

1954 Additional classrooms & offices added to Simmons

1967 Hatboro-Horsham School District buys the Jarrett Farm

1972 Keith Valley Middle School is built Jarrett Farm

1992 Simmons Elementary moves to the Keith Valley site

1992 Simmons receives the Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Award

1993 Simmons receives the National Elementary School Recognition Award

1999 Simmons on Limekiln Pike reopens as Limekiln-Simmons


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