| Harriet Tubman Elementary School | |
|---|---|
 Tubman Elementary School | |
| Location | |
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3101 13th Street Northwest[1] , 20010 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°55′44″N77°1′46″W / 38.92889°N 77.02944°W /38.92889; -77.02944 |
| Information | |
| School type | Public schoolElementary |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | District of Columbia Public Schools Ward 1 |
| Principal | Amanda Delebar |
| Faculty | 52.0 (onFTE basis)[4] |
| Grades | PS to5[2] |
| Enrollment | 545 (2015-16)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.88[4] |
| Campus size | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Mascot | Tubman Toad |
| Website | http://teamtubman.com/ |
Harriet Tubman Elementary School is apublicelementary school, named afterHarriet Tubman, anAfrican-Americanabolitionist,humanitarian, andUnion spy during theU.S. Civil War. It is located inWashington, DC and is under the jurisdiction of theDistrict of Columbia Public Schools. Over five hundred students are currently enrolled frompre-school tofifth grade.[2] Harriet Tubman Elementary School began renovation in 2024 and is due to be completed in the summer/spring of 2026. The school is currently located in the old Benjamin Banneker Academic High School at 800 Euclid St. N.W.
Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland; into slavery in 1820. Her original name was Araminta Ross. She changed her name later in life the Harriet Tubman after her mother. She escaped from slavery in 1849, and traveled north from Maryland. During this time, she gained her freedom and used that advantage to focus her efforts on freeing slaves. She led a team that helped free nearly 70-80 slaves. She used a group of safe houses called the "Underground Railroad." The team and the slaves worked and traveled at night and used coded language to communicate. She is noted as a legacy within the African-American historical community for her work in starting the underground railroad and her works during the civil war. Harriet Tubman Elementary School was built in 1970, shortly after the1968 Washington, D.C. riots which ravaged its neighborhood ofColumbia Heights.
The school has regular graffiti cleaning,[5] students have received free dental care,[6] and D.C. Discovery Days give them field trips out of the neighborhood.[7] Nevertheless, in 2007 a student from Tubman joined others in voicing concern over safety in the public school district.[8] 85% of the student body qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.[6] Harriet Tubman offers a variety of afterschool programming such as DC Scores, Math Matters tutoring, Girls on the run, Girls inc, Amazing Athletes, Soccer Stars, and Chess Wizards. The school has a basketball team and soccer team that compete against other elementary schools district wide. We offer specialized computer programming and coding as well.
Former principal Sadia M. White won a National Distinguished Principals award in 2004 for her work at Tubman. According to National Association of Elementary School Principals, under White, Tubman Elementary met all its goals for standardized test scores and White supervised the launch of aninclusion-teaching model featuring team-teaching by general education,special education teachers, and teachers of new English-language learners. The association also commended her institution of a comprehensive school-wide positive-approach discipline program that included adue process system for punishment referrals and intervention strategies for classroom teachers for preventing problems.[9][10][11][12]
On November 27, 2001,First LadyLaura Bush hosted Tubman Elementary students at theWhite House for a screening of the film,Twice Upon a Christmas.[13]
In 2005, Cory Chimka, fourth grade teacher at Harriet Tubman, was named National Kind Teacher of the Year by the National Association for Humane & Environmental Education.
