West University Elementary School

West University Elementary School is a primary school located in West University Place, Texas, United States.

West University Elementary School, which serves grades kindergarten through 5, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The school has Houston ISD's Math and Science magnet program with additional emphasis placed on classical astronomy. The school has a "Houston" postal address, but is located in the city of West University Place.

West University ES serves the city of West University Place and the portion of the city of Southside Place north of Bellaire Boulevard. West University Elementary also serves parts of Houston (including the neighborhood of Sunset Terrace and a portion of Upper Kirby) that are inside the 610 Loop which are south of Westpark, east of Community, west of Kirby, and directly north of West University Place. Areas north of Westpark, south of U.S. Highway 59, west of Kirby, and east of Edloe are also served by West University Elementary School." [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WestUniversityES.pdf West University Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District."]

The City of West University Place enforces a ban prohibiting drivers around the school from talking on mobile phones during school zone hours. [" [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5964375.html Most, but not all, drivers comply with West U. phone ban] ." "Houston Chronicle". August 25, 2008.]

History

West University Elementary School opened sometime around 1928; originally Pershing Middle School was connected to WUES; Pershing later obtained its own campus in Houston in 1948." [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4265447 It won't be strictly `old school' at Pershing now / Emotions mixed as students leave vintage campus for all-new digs] ." "Houston Chronicle".]

Construction on West University Elementary's addition began in Winter 2005. The lead architect is Pearson English Architectural Design, Incorporated, with Heery International, Incorporated as the main architect. The original budget was $9,600,000 United States dollars. Construction is expected to end in Winter 2006 [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDPortal/departments/ContentPage/0,3099,45555309_53732654_57925971,00.html] .

Feeder patterns

Students zoned to the school are zoned to Pershing Middle School (in Houston)" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/PershingMS.pdf Pershing Middle Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District"] with Pin Oak Middle School (in the city of Bellaire) as a transfer option. [" [http://web.archive.org/web/20020214054405/http://dist.houstonisd.org/southwest/schools/pin_oak/letter5.htm Pin Oak Middle School] ." "The Southwest District". "Houston Independent School District".] Students zoned to the school are also zoned to Lamar High School in Houston. [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LamarHS.pdf Lamar High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District."]

Notable alumni

* John Culberson (House Representative from Texas) (Also attended Lanier Middle School and Lamar High School) [" [http://web.archive.org/web/20060329055851/http://www.culberson.house.gov/bio.aspx Biography] ," "U.S. Congressman John Culberson, 7th District of Texas"] " [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Distinguished HISD Alumni] ," "Houston Independent School District"]

References

External links

* [http://es.houstonisd.org/westuniversity West University Elementary School]
* [http://westupto.org/ West University Elementary School PTO]