| Joe Dan Mills Elementary School | |
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| Location | |
| 6201 Davis Lane, Austin, Texas |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1998 |
| School district | Austin Independent School District |
| Principal | Patricia Butler |
| Assistant principals | Ada Tereshinski, Sam Tinnon |
| Grades | Pre-K through 5 |
| Number of students | 1,099 |
| Color(s) | Purple, Blue, White |
| Mascot | Mountain Lions |
| Website | Mills Elementary Website |
Joe Dan Mills is a Pre Kindergarten-5 Grade Public school located in Austin, Texas at 6201 Davis Lane near Loop 1 and is the largest elementary school in the AISD school district with 1,099 students as of 2008.[1] The school mascot is a mountain lion and the school colors are purple, blue, and white.[2] Mills Elementary is named after Joe Dan Mills, a former principal of Galindo Elementary. The current principal is Patricia Butler.[3] Mills is an exemplary school. Mills community service includes support of the St. Jude Children's Hospital via jump-a-thon, and to residents in the community who have had a disease or any other life-changing problems.
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Do you have pride, do you have pride are you a Mills Mountain Lion? Yes I am! Do you have dedication to your education? Yes we do! We're Mills Mountain Lions, we're confident and brave. We try harder than the rest, we're ready for a challenge and we always do our best. We're Mills Mountain Lions, hear us roar: Mills is grrrrrrrreat! [4]
Mills has a variety of after-school programs in which the students are able to enroll. Mills Elementary has its own After school daycare called MASCOT. [5] Mills also has a Chess Club, a Math Pentathlon team, 4th and 5th grade choirs, Music Memory Team, and Lego Mindstorms Club. Most of these activities last from the end of school to 3:45 in the afternoon. [6] [7]
The school has a number of school traditions. Prominent ones include the raising of the flag on the first day of school and the lowering of the flag on the last day of school, following 5th grade graduation and the end of the year slideshow. The last day of school flag lowering includes staff and student, and many parents and community members, dancing The Chicken Dance. This tradition has been shown on local news stations and in the Austin American Statesman. Other traditions include Cultural Arts day and Science Day - which typically alternate each year - Track and Field Days, Dr. Seuss character parade, Family Fun nights, Math nights, 5th grade Monster Mash, along with many others throughout the academic year. [8]
Mills PTA sponsors events throughout the year that incorporate the faculty, staff and students, including an annual Spring Festival, the well-attended community event Holidays Around the World, the Mills' Amazing Race, and a variety of other events intended to provide academic and cultural enrichment to the students, teachers and staff. [9] [10] [11]