Student and Family Handbook

Welcome to Eliot

The faculty and staff at Eliot Elementary extend a special welcome to each student and parent. We believe you are the ones who make our school a very special place. This handbook helps students and parents become acquainted with school and district procedures. We will all work together to create a supportive learning experience for all students.

Eliot History

Eliot Elementary was named after Charles William Eliot. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1823 and educated at Harvard University. He became the 22nd president of Harvard University. He died on August 22, 1926. Eliot School was first opened in 1928 with an enrollment of 91 students.

Mission Statement

The Eliot community will ensure a quality learning experience every day for every child using current brain research strategies to enable all students to achieve academic, personal, and social success while becoming positive citizens.

Eliot Creed

I am a unique Eliot student.
I will make today the very best day of all, for this day begins the rest of my life.
I realize that if I want to succeed the first step must truly be my own.
I accept the responsibility for my behavior and its results.
I do not have the right to interfere with the learning and well-being of others.
I realize it is my responsibility to make appropriate choices.
I believe these choices I make today affect what I will have, what I will be, and what I will do in the tomorrows of my life.
I accept the challenge.

Eliot Manners

Good manners are expected from everyone at Eliot. Good manners help us to do our best and to be well liked by others. They are the keys to excellence at Eliot.