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Felix Tijerina Elementary School opened its arms and embraced the Central Park community of southeast Houston in the fall of 1979. The school is located near the cross streets of Harrisburg and Wayside. It is named for restaurateur Felix Tijerina who founded the “Little School of 400” that taught Spanish speaking children English.
The Tijerina Elementary community has expanded to serving over 650 students. Our largest school demographic subgroup is Hispanic with 98%. Within the total school population, 67% of the students are English Language Learners, 5% are served in special education classes and 10% are gifted and talented. Additionally, over 95% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The needs of students are successfully served through our Developmental Bilingual Program, Neighborhood Vanguard Program, Inclusion and Resource classes, and speech therapy. Programs such as READ 180, Voyager, Waterford and FastForword are implemented to tailor the instruction to address student needs.
We at Tijerina will challenge, motivate, and guide our students in the attainment of the academic and life skills needed to reach college and/or career readiness.
In order to support the academic growth of all of our students, we must foster a collaborative culture that clearly articulates student expectations, monitors student learning, and has a planned response when students are not learning.
We collaborate regularly to share best practices and resources to actively engage students in the learning process for the purpose of improving student learning. We encourage creativity and experimentation, respect individual learning styles, and maintain an open-minded attitude.
We have a responsibility to provide high levels of learning for all students. In order to fulfill this purpose, we must continue to seek opportunities for our personal and professional growth to ensure that we have the best tools to provide an enriched environment for our students.
We hold high expectations for all students as learners. We monitor student learning by analyzing data from a variety of sources including standardized test results, common assessments, student work samples, teacher observations, and parent information. We respond to students not learning in a timely and systematic manner.
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Last year Tijerina finished its remodeling project. We now have a completely refurbished main building and a brand new building for Kindergarten and the upper grades.
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