Davis Elementary School

Achievements

Green School Program Award (2019-2020); President's Challenge Award; KLAK 97.5 Teacher of the Month (May 2019); Plano Education Foundation Teacher Grants; Meaningful Math Matters; 2nd Graders Treat People with Kindness (2018); Target Field Trip Grant; Fund for Teachers Fellow (2019); Texas PTA is honored to recognize your achievement with the 2019-2020 President's Challenge Award. An honor shared by only 315 other PTAs in the state; Beginning last fall, your PTA sprang into action to reach more than 100% of your previous year’s total membership. Your hard work definitely paid off. Congratulations on achieving the Spring Increase Award. Truly a job well done!; Texas PTA is honored to recognize Davis Elementary PTA with the Voice for Every Child Silver Award. This past year, your PTA welcomed members equal to 50% of your campus student enrollment. Thank you for working towards excellence in PTA membership. Truly a job well done!

Campus Programs

Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade Word Masters; third- and fourth-grade Coding club; fourth-grade Safety Patrol; fifth-grade Friends as Morning Greeters; SEL (social emotional learning) program; Collin County Adventure camp (fifth-grade); English as a Second Language (ESL); Plano Academic Creative Education (PACE) for identified gifted and talented students; Hands in Harmony Sign Language Choir; Plano Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (PRDSPD); Positive Behavior Supports school-wide discipline program; Signed Exact English II classes for the Community; student council; and Title I services.

Parent Involvement Opportunities

Volunteer opportunities: library, teacher workroom, and various other campus events – Field Day, classroom projects, Veteran's Day assembly, class and parties. We have an active PTA that provides us with fun family activities run by volunteers.

Community/Business Partnerships

Students from Plano Senior High School work with teachers and students to gain classroom experience and to learn about the education career field.

History of Davis 

Olney Davis, the son of Robert and Pauline Davis, was born on February 17, 1857, in Waxahachie, Texas. After graduating from the University of Illinois, Mr. Davis came to Collin County to oversee his father's agricultural interests. In 1881, Mr. Davis married Effie Mathews, daughter of two early Plano pioneers, Benjamin F. Mathews and Mary Ann Yager Mathews. Seven years later, in 1888, Olney and Effie moved to Plano.

Olney Davis and his family were members of the First Christian Church and Mr. Davis was very active in Plano. His credentials include: original director, organizer and vice-president of the Plano National Bank; two term mayor of Plano; first official president of the Plano School Board; organizer and president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank; instrumental organizer and president of the Farmers Gin Company; instrumental organizer and president of the first Plano Lumber Company; alderman of Plano and president of the Texas Ginners Association. Olney Davis served as president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank from 1901 until his death in 1922. His son Robert A. Davis, became president after his father's death.

Plano in the early 1900's was a farming community and Mr. Davis worked tirelessly to provide the services necessary to meet the needs of the community.