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Hightower Elementary

Hightower Elementary
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2601 Decator Drive
Plano, TX 75093
Phone: (469) 752-1800
Fax: (469) 752-1801

Principal Mariea Sprott
Assistant Principal Kevin Kennedy
Counselor Sharon Kinnard
School Hours 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Enrollment 520
School Colors Hunter green and gold
Mascot Tigers
Motto Hightower Tigers targeting excellence.

Directions to School

From Dallas North Tollway: Park Blvd. Exit – East to Decator, North on Decator to the School.
From Central Expressway: Park Blvd. Exit – West to Decator, North on Decator to the School.

Achievements

Texas State Exemplary school; District Elementary Teacher of the Year winners; District Beginning Teacher of the Year winners; District Excellence in Teaching Award; Plano ISD Education Foundation Grants to Educators winners; Presidential Academic Awards; district PTA Reflections winners; Metroplex Children's Choir; Plano Children's Choir; OAKE National Choir; district science fair winners; Destination ImagiNation regional and state winners; Destination ImagiNation Global competitor; Plano Academic and Creative Education (PACE) for identified gifted and talented student; Outstanding Green School Award; PTA Diversity Award.

Campus Programs

Student council; safety patrol; Paw Printer Publishing; honor roll; PASAR (after school childcare); mediation / conflict resolution training K-5; Science and Reading night; Multicultural night; Wild on Reading; Herman Reading Program and Tiger TV.

Parent Involvement Opportunities

PTA; volunteers; School-Based Improvement Committee (SBIC); book buddies - reading volunteers; parenting classes; YO packets; newsletters; Reflections; field day; bike rodeo; family picnic; school store; cultural arts programs; McGruff; yearbook; book fair; Tiger Fest; GoVanGogh; Lunch with Someone Special; Collin County Adventure Camp (5th grade); shoebox science; shoebox art; thinking boxes; banking; box tops / labels; Hooray for Hightower; and mentoring.

Community/Business Partnerships

Dallas Museum of Art; Dominos; and North Dallas Bank.

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