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Bennett Elementary School
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Information
Principal Vicki Stormoe
Students about 530
Faculty 33
Type public
Grades K-5
Mascot The Bears
Established 2000
District Fargo Public Schools

Bennett Elementary School is an elementary school in Fargo, North Dakota, part of the Fargo Public Schools system. First opened for the 2000-2001 school year, it is named in honor of Vern Bennett, Fargo Public Schools superintendent from 1971-1999. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade. The school colors are red and gray and the school mascot is a bear [1]. As of June 2007, the principal was Vicki Stormoe.

Bennett enrolled 568 students during the 2005-06 school year,[1] with 34 teachers, yielding a student-teacher ratio of 16.7 to 1. The school employs 20 non-teaching staff.[2] The student body in the 2005-06 school year contained 3 American Indian or Alaskan students, 20 Asian students, 14 black students, 9 Hispanic students and 522 white students. Three hundred and six students were male and 262 were female[3].

Bennett has two librarians on staff and its library had 20,621 books as of May 2007.[4] Extracurricular activities include: German, Spanish, French, the Good News Club, the Homework Room, Afterschool Gym, Marketplace for Kids, Fargo Youth Commission, orchestra, chimes and choir, Parent-Teacher Association, track, TechGyrls, and Empowerment for girls. Annual activities include: Fall Festival, Spring Fling, Bear Fair, Reflections, Math Night, North Dakota Family Night, and Tailgating.[5]

After finishing fifth grade at Bennett, students next attend Discovery Middle School.

Bennett Elementary was built by the Meinecke-Johnson Company at a cost of $7.5 million.[6] It has 31 classrooms and one elevator. It features an innovative open layout, with most of its rooms off a "Main Street" corridor.[7] The school was dedicated in September 2000.[8]

The school's mailing address is 2000 58th Ave. S, Fargo, ND 58104.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ National Center for Education Statistics data
  2. ^ 2006-07 Bennett Elementary School Directory
  3. ^ National Center for Education Statistics data
  4. ^ Follett library circulation report
  5. ^ Bennett Elementary PTA
  6. ^ Fargo Public Schools Superintendent’s office
  7. ^ "'Main Street' courses through Bennett Elementary School," The Forum (Fargo, N.D.), Aug. 14, 2000
  8. ^ "Bennett Elementary to be dedicated Sunday," The Forum (Fargo, N.D.), Sept. 27, 2000

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