Martha Hunt Elementary

Hunt Elementary

School Website

State Reports:

415 Oriole Drive
Murphy, TX 75094
Phone: (469) 752-4400
Fax: (469) 752- 4401

Principal Linda Engelking

Assistant Principal
Stacy Kimbriel

Counselors Mike Rubin

School Hours 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Enrollment 616

School Colors Burgundy and navy blue

Mascot Hounds

Motto Hunt Hounds, on the trail to excellence.

Directions to School

From Dallas North Tollway: Park Blvd. Exit – Park becomes Betsy Lane, North on Oriole to the school.
From Central Expressway: Park Blvd. Exit – Park becomes Betsy Lane, North on Oriole to the school.

Achievements

CREST Award for Counseling Excellence for the 2008 school year, recognized by Just for the 1st place Elementary/East Cluster – City of Plano’s 2007-2008 Recycling Incentive Program (R.I.P), Susan Geddes - PISD Excellence in Teaching Award & 2006-2007 PISD Elementary Teacher of the Year; Service Projects by Hunt Student Council – food drive for the Plano Santas for needy families in the Plano ISD (over 8,000 cans of food collected); Sister School of Meadows Elementary – school-wide drive for collection of clothing items, collection of Phone Cards for the Military; Honorable Mention in the PISD Elementary Science Fair – Physical Science; two winning projects in the PISD 2008-2009 History Fair Contest , 3 winning entries in the 2008-2009Plano PTA district Reflections Program, 1 winning entry in the 2008-2009 Texas PTA Reflections Program, 2 teams participated in the 2009 NExT Region Destination ImagiNation Tournament, recognized as a “2008 Just for the Kids Higher Performing School in Texas”

Campus Programs

PTA sponsored after-school programs: Art enrichment, Science, & Golf; K-5th after-school tutoring; Science Fair; History Fair; Marathon Kids; 4th/5th grade Guitar Club; school wide recycling program, and Student Council.

Parent Involvement Opportunities

PTA; School-Based Improvement Committee (SBIC); book fair; field day; field trips; KN Fun Friday's; Science Fair judges; History Fair judges; SAGE (Special & Gifted Education Parent Support Group); library; front office volunteers; helping hands / workroom volunteers to make copies, laminate, cut-out, etc.; Cartridges for Kids; Boxtops for Education; Tyson's Project A+; and Campbell's Labels for Education.

Community/Business Partnerships

Allstate Insurance Company (D. Zane Shepher); Central Market; Keller Williams Realty (Mary Pat Elledge); Kroger; Murphy Messenger; Murphy Monitor Newspaper; Murphy Road Animal Hospital; NIE (Newspaper in Education); Target; and Tom Thumb.