Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Shwab Elementary School Profile
   

1500 Dickerson Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
615.262.6725

District 5
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Maplewood Cluster
Maplewood

Image of Shwab elementary school

 
Facts about our School
Year School Built 1989
Square Footage 68,000
Number of Students 350
Grades Served PK-4
School Hours 8:00 - 3:45
School Colors Blue & Yellow
School Mascot Shwabbee
Cluster Maplewood
School Motto:
"Be Respectful! Be Responsible! Be Safe!"
 

Principal: Catherine Prentis -
catherine.prentis@mnps.org

District 5 School Board Representative: 
Gracie Porter - gracie@gracieporter.com  

District 5 Metro Council Representative:
Jamie R. Hollin - jamie.hollin@nashville.gov, 862-6780

Parent Support Group Contact:
Karen Sorensen, ESEA Program Facilitator - 262-6725 ext. 1226

 

 
What Does Our School Offer?

Reading Intervention
Encore
Fun Field Day
YMCA Fun Company
Cub Scouts

Fall Reading Festival
Family Math Night
Family Read Night
Grade Level Parent Meetings
Parent Dibels Night
Parent TCAP Night

Reading Specialist
½ Time Social Worker
2 School Counselors
Data Analyst

What Makes Our School Unique?

    Shwab Enhanced Option Elementary School believes all children can learn through different ways, rates and learning styles. Teachers, staff and administration feel that students have the right to learn in a safe, clean environment where instruction is meaningful, research-based and challenging.

Mission Statement
    
Shwab Enhanced Option Elementary School will cultivate character and celebrate learning by inspiring young minds to pursue greatness and achieve personal excellence through a creative, academically dynamic environment that values diversity and uniqueness. Our students will become life-long learners, effective communicators and responsible citizens in a global world.

Vision Statement
    
The Shwab Enhanced Option Elementary School Community envisions the school as a vital teaching and learning tool with students becoming productive members of society.

Who Attends Our School?

    Students attending Shwab reside north of downtown Nashville and are zoned to Maplewood High School. The elementary schools in the Maplewood cluster are: Chadwell, Hattie Cotton, Glenn Enhanced Option, Shwab and Tom Joy. The middle schools are Jere Baxter and Gra-Mar.


PENCIL Partners

PENCIL Foundation, a nonprofit organization, links community resources with Nashville public schools. A PENCIL Partner is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Metro school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success.

Charles Davis Foundation
Music City Quilters
Dickerson Road Merchants Association
Wells Fargo

 

 

 
 
  The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, or disability in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities. MNPS does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices. 2009 - 2010  
 
 
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