| Willow Glen Elementary School | |
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| Address | |
| 1425 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, California, 95125 United States |
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| Information | |
| School district | San Jose Unified School District |
| Principal | Al Rosell |
| Enrollment | 700 |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Information | (408) 535-6265 |
| Website | www.sjusd.org/school/willow_glen_elementary |
Willow Glen Elementary School, or Willow Glen School, is an elementary school located in San Jose, California, in the United States. It is a part of the San Jose Unified School District. Willow Glen School is a uniform school which enrolls approximately 700 students annually. In 2006 it was designated a California Distinguished School.
As of 2009[update], the school principal is Al Rosell. The school mascot is the tiger.
The school first opened as Willow Glen School in November 1863, where it was located on Lincoln and Malone Road. Due to a growing community, a larger school was built in 1897 on the corner of Lincoln and Minnesota and was named Willow Glen Elementary School. Neighboring four-room buildings were constructed to accommodate growing class sizes, until a new two-story building was constructed in 1924. The 1924 school remained in use until 1971 when another single-story building was constructed in order to comply with the "earthquake-proof" requirements of the 1933 Field Act.
In 2008, Willow Glen Elementary School began a strand of San Jose Unified School District's Two Way Bilingual Immersion program. In 2010, the program's anchor teacher, Liliana Gomez was named the California Bilingual Educator of the Year.
In 2006 Willow Glen Elementary was designated a California Distinguished School.