Wells Elementary School

Achievements

U. S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School; Governor's Texas Exemplary Performance award; Texas Successful School award for Exemplary Academic Performance; PISD Beginning Teacher of the Year; Outstanding Writing recognition; student winners in regional science fair; PISD History Fair; Texas PTA Reflections Competition; City of Plano Recycling award; and PISD Top 10 Teacher of the Year (2014).

Campus Programs

Campus Monitor and Intervention Team; student council; community service projects; Collin County Adventure camp (fifth-grade); Plano Academic Creative Education (PACE) for identified gifted and talented students; PASAR (after-school childcare); MakerSpace, Robotics, Coding Club, “Try”athlon; and PTA after-school programs.

Parent Involvement Opportunities

Classroom, library and office volunteers; science and history fair judges; School-Based Improvement Committee (SBIC); camp volunteers (fifth-grade); Parent/Teacher Association (PTA); parent tutor / mentor program; and literacy library volunteers.

History of Wells

Wells is named for William Henry Lafayette Wells (1840-1939), a Virginia-born farmer and musician who came to Texas in 1871 after serving in the Civil War. Three years later, he and his brother bought the homeplace that is still in the Wells family. A mainstay of the Plano Old Settlers Picnic Association, Wells died at the age of 98. His grandson served on the Plano ISD board from 1952-58.

Wells Elementary School opened in 1978 at a cost of $1.2 million.