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Dunsmore Elementary School
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Address:

 
4717 Dunsmore Ave.
La Crescenta, CA 91214
(818) 248-1758 (voice)
(818) 249-7918 (fax)
 
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Administrators:

Karen Stegman, Principal

Secretary:

Mrs. Christine Giannamore

News & Info:

Our Dunsmore community is committed to a school-wide effort to have all students show measurable growth in their writing as evidenced by District benchmark scores.
 

Awards:

California Distinguished School (2007)
2007 Honor Roll

 

Points of Pride:

  • We have achieved an API of over 900 for three of the last four years.
  • We are a recipient of the 2007 Honor Roll award for closing the achievement gap, which was presented by the California Business for Education Excellence Foundation and Just for Kids.
  • We have developed a plan to provide ongoing training for teachers, students and parents in order to implement research-based strategies that address our focus on writing.
  • We continually collaborate and implement effective strategies to maximize student achievement.
  • PTA has documented over 9,994 volunteer service hours.
  • Foundation has raised $35,000 to support a state of the art computer lab.

Color:

Green and White
 

Mascot:

Hilltoppers
 

School
Accountability
Report Card
(SARC)

 

Parent Involvement:

Kathleen Combs, PTA President
Armeen Abella, DESF President
Michael LeFevre, SSC Chair
 

Mission Statement:

Dunsmore Elementary School creates and maintains a nurturing and effective environment in which students thrive and maximize learning to their potential. Through core curriculum, using differentiated instructional strategies, all students are able to engage in a rigorous and challenging learning process. As a result of collaboration, the staff ensures student learning by organizing and enhancing the existing standards-based curriculum, instructional resources and assessments. Dunsmore is committed to achieving high standards and goals for its students’ though active student, staff and community involvement.