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George M. Davis Elementary is an elementary school in New Rochelle, New York. It is made up of grades kindergarten and 5th grade. Davis houses the half-day kaleidoscope program. It used to house full-day kaleidoscope until it moved to Daniel Webster Elementary. Davis is notable because it is a friendly school that teaches students in its own unique way. Davis involves many programs that helps kids learn at their own pace. It may be small, but at heart, Davis is quite large.

History
Built in 1952, Davis's opening was delayed to 1953 because of unexpected happenings. The mayor of the time, Stanley Church, lifted up the first shovel of dirt. The finishing touches were put at the closing of the 1955-1956 school year. This was the year when the component parts of principal, teachers, students and PTA came together into a viable, functioning, strong Davis School.

William E. Harrell, Principal
Mr. Harrell became principal in 1984 after serving 3 years as assistant principal. Mr. Harrell has been serving in the town of New Rochelle for his entire career of 44 years.

Paula Cohen, Assistant Principal
Ms. Cohen has been assistant principal ever since 1989.

Carol Kelly, Magnet Overlay Director
Mrs. Kelly became magnet overlay director in 2000. In 1976, she was hired to create the Media Center. Before Mrs. Kelly became magnet overlay director, she was the full-day kaleidoscope teacher. Mrs. Kelly has been at Davis for 30 years!

Brenda Guy, Registered Nurse
Mrs. Guy has been school nurse since 1987. She loves to take care of Davis!

Chuck Brigante, Security
Chuck joined the Davis Security team in 2001. He has worked in the New Rochelle School District since 1994.

Extra-Curricular
George M. Davis has many extra-curricular programs. There is the band, orchestra, student advisors, peer mediators, community service, davis stars, and basketball teams. Student advisors are 5th graders who go to meetings to learn news about what's going on and report back to their classrooms. Community service hold drives to help people. One drive is the food drive. Students collect canned goods and send it to school to be sent off to families who can't afford enough food for Thanksgiving. Davis stars are students who give up their lunch period to help teachers prepare lessons. Peer mediators are 5th graders who patrol the playgrounds and help out lunch monitors. They recently added a program for peer mediatiors. Whenever there is an indoor recess,, all of the peer mediators go to the 1st grade and help them with whatever they need.

Davis School Song
Davis School, our voices we raise.

With all our hearts, we sing out your praise!

We'll do our best to keep your good name,

In all we do, we'll further your fame.

Throughout our lives we'll never forget,

All that we've learned and people we've met!

Loyalty forever, true to Davis School,

Yes we love you!

Music and Lyrics by Marion Akpata

Refrences
http://davispta.org/from-the-school-office/whos-who

http://davispta.org/from-the-school-office/whowas

http://davispta.org/from-the-school-office/founding

George M. Davis Jr. Elementary School Yearbook: Class of 2010