Congratulations! Blue Ridge Elementary, a Texas Education Agency Recognized campus. We are, "Setting the Bar for Educational Excellence. Please click on the blue Related Document link to view 2010-2011 TAKS results.

Please click on the Related Document link to view the School Report Card for 2009-10.
 
This is a report required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. The report provides information concerning student performance as well as information concerning expenditures, average class size, and student/teacher ratios.

We welcome new students and families to Blue Ridge Elementary where we are building a better world one student at a time. Blue Ridge is a school where the faculty, staff, and administration continually strive for excellence. It is a great place to work and learn!
(eagle picture credit flickr)
 
Deidre Holloway,Principal
Garnet Foster, Assistant Principal
6241 McHard Road
Houston, TX 77053
(281) 634-4520

All students attend school from 8:10am to 3:10pm. Doors of the school open at 7:30 a.m. and all children need to be in their seat by 8:10 a.m. or they are tardy. For security reasons, parents are to allow their students to walk to their class alone from the glass doors.

When a student is absent they must bring a note when they return to school. Please include the date or dates of the absence, the child’s name, reason for the absence and the teacher’s name.
If the note is not received after two days, the absence automatically becomes an "unexcused absence." Repeated unexcused absences become a truancy issue. Please help avoid this by sending the note when your child returns. Thank you!
 
Please send a note with your child when they are tardy stating the reason for the tardy. Repeated tardies become a problem. If a student is absent or repeatedly tardy, they are missing valuable instruction time. Please make sure your child is in school and on time each day. (credit photo flickr)

Mrs. Mary White is a fifth grade Reading/ELA and Social Studies teacher at Blue Ridge Elementary School. She enjoys helping her students learn to read, write and think. Mrs. White has earned a Master’s Degree and is certified to teach Early Childhood through Eighth Grade, English as a Second Language, English Language Arts/Reading, and Gifted and Talented students. She holds five teaching certifications, and can teach all subject areas in elementary and middle school. Mrs. White is an Abydos trained teacher in Reading and Writing. Her career in education has spanned over fifteen years, with four years teaching in public schools. She worked in Higher Education prior to making the decision to work with children. One of her favorite aspects of teaching is launching and working in Reading and Writing Workshops with her students, and sharing their reading and writing creations. Mrs. White also loves teaching Social Studies and United States History to her students using artifacts from her travels around the country. She has sponsored the Blue Ridge Elementary Chess Club, and plans to sponsor a Scrabble Club for fifth graders who love to work with word challenges. She has a large family with children in elementary, middle, and high school. Her son graduated in 2008 and is serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Her husband is also an educator working with high school students in another school district. Mrs. White and her family traveled to many places around the world during her husband’s career in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was a college administrator in Memphis, TN for the University of Arkansas, and the Family Readiness Coordinator while stationed at Marine Corps Logistic Base Albany Georgia. Throughout her career Mrs. White has worked in public service jobs that have targeted the well being of others. It is Mrs. White’s core belief that service to others is a critical element of character building in today’s youth. Mrs. White loves sharing her travel stories with her students. Her ultimate goal is to make learning fun and interesting for all of her students. She has her students participate in nation wide video conferences, biography projects, black history projects, book and author studies, writing projects, and a host of other fun and exciting classroom activities. Mrs. White tries to integrate technology into every lesson and to provide multiple opportunities for hands on learning activities. Mrs. White is working on her Master Reading Teacher Certification and plans enroll at Fontbonne University to complete a dual master’s degree in Reading and Writing. Mrs. White considers herself a life long learner and plans to return to complete the doctoral degree she has been working on upon the completion of her current studies. Her overall goal is to be able to help all learners succeed and her philosophy is that every child can learn.

The 2010 Teacher of the Year at Blue Ridge Elementary School is Mrs. Rene Malveaux. She is currently a third grade teacher who has been with Fort Bend for two years. Mrs. Malveaux has been teaching for five years. She graduated from Mississippi Valley State University with a degree in Business Administration but has always wanted to work with children.
 
She has high expectations for her students and wants them to soar with the eagles.