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School Profile
Harmony Elementary School Profile
Vision: Harmony Elementary strives to exceed expected growth for all student by promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Agriculture (STEM-Ag) education through Problem Based Learning. In our classrooms, we create a nurturing environment where all students collaborate, problem solve, and innovate. We strive to produce problem solving students who aspire to be successful in their community.
Mission: Harmony Elementary School will work as a team using STEM-Ag Education to meet and support the needs of all learners while developing curious and responsible students.
Core Values: Performance excellence is driven by requirements, high student expectations, customer needs, decisions based on data, alignment of goals and systems, and research based best teaching practices.Continual improvement must engage staff and community.
Demographics: Pre-K– 5th grades. Certified staff – 31; Classified staff- 21. Student enrollment – 421; White – 285 (67.6%), Hispanic – 93 (22.1%), African-American – 32 (7.6%) and Multi-Racial –11 (2.6%). Free lunch and Reduced lunch – 62%
Program Offerings: Pre-K-5 NC Standards; Five Star Prime Time; K-2 Letterland Phonics, Daily 5 Reading and Singapore Math; Accelerated Reading Program; ESL and EC pullout and self-contained services; Character Education: RtI individualized student programming.
Results: Top School of Growth for Iredell Statesville Schools; 2007 School of Distinction; 2005 Honor School of Excellence; 2004,2003 School of Distinction; 2002 School of Progress; Four consecutive years of meeting 13 of 13 AYP targets; Five consecutive years of meeting growth standards; Continuous Proficiency Growth – 54.4% (1997) – 77.8% (2006).includes change in Math Standards -'06
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History of Harmony
A Brief History of Harmony School
It was about the year 1906 when the citizens of Harmony realized that the district school was not meeting the educational needs of the boys and girls in the northern section of Iredell County; so by uniting their efforts and means they succeeded in building the Harmony Academy where boys and girls were given elementary training and two years of high school instruction. It was not until 1916 that the school became a four year state accredited high school. As the classes grew from year to year, it was soon realized that the old academy would no longer meet the growing educational demand; therefore, in 1922 a two story brick building was erected.
The high school was rightfully called Harmony Farm Life School, for in addition to the academic subjects, courses were offered in agriculture and home economics in separate building provided by their departments. The agriculture department was added in 1917, and at that time there were only three departments of its kind in the state, Harmony being one of the three. In 1928 the name of the school was changed to Harmony High School. Instead of agricultural training on the school farm, the Smith-Hughes Act provided for a vocational agriculture department and the present method of instruction – the home projects method. About the same time the George-Reed Act made possible a broader course of home economics training by providing for the home visitation and project method of instruction.
In the late ‘20’s, a teacher-training department was added, a one-year course. This class was popular and many who completed this course completed their college training and became outstanding teachers. The training class was discontinued in 1929.
In 1930 a commercial department was added. This department has proved one of the most valuable assets to the school. Many of our students who graduated were prepared to take positions as soon as they left school.
Our school grew rapidly, from 263 pupils in 1918-19 to 789 in 1960-61. This increase in enrollment made necessary the erection of three additional buildings for instructional purposes. Much of the credit for this continued progress is due to the public-spirited citizens within the school district.
In 1966, two consolidated high schools were constructed in Iredell County. One school was located near Troutman and was named South Iredell High School, and another was located near Olin and was named North Iredell High School. Students from Harmony High School were transferred to North Iredell High School, and Harmony High School became Harmony Elementary School. The last class to graduate from Harmony High School was the class of 1966. In 1970 the two story high school was torn down and now a beautiful one story building is located just in front of the former building. The old school bell has been placed in a position of honor on the campus.
We remember with appreciation the many teachers who led us through the paths of learning. Their dedication to their profession and their ability to give their pupils a measure of self-confidence has left an indelible impression. Space does not permit our naming them, but thanks to research by Helen Laws Parker and Gay Reavis Cartner, we are able to name the principals from the school at Harmony in 1884 to the present time.
(Written in 1961; revised in 1971; revised in 1981)
Principals of Harmony School
1884-present
John Parris 1884 |
Murcherson 1887 |
R.V. Tharpe 1890 |
J. N. Barron 1892 |
A.W. George 1898 |
Morgan & J.C. Troutman 1903 |
Joe Sharpe 1905 |
Webb Van Hoy 1907 |
Josephine McLinden 1909 |
Miss Sanders 1911 |
Mary Kennedy 1911 |
J. N. Barron 1913 |
Mr. Byrd 1914 |
R. H. Lankford 1915 |
W. T. Long 1926 |
I. J. Stevenson 1929 |
J. Clyde Kelly 1930 |
R.H. Lankford 1932 |
T. Ward Guy 1936 |
J.H. Gentry 1937 |
Carl Cathey 1939 |
J. M. Gray 1941 |
W. H. Adams 1941 |
B. W. Griffith 1942 |
R. V. Day 1945 |
O. B. Welch 1951 |
Harold Waters 1961 |
Ray B. Smith 1966 |
Ray B. Smith 1966 |
John Nantz 1971 |
Jim Edmiston 1977 |
Marshall Redmon 1982 |
Betty Stone 1989 |
Reginald Brown 1993 |
Dinah Daniels 1999 |
Bill Long 2006 |
Andy Trotter 2008 |
Wayne Harwell 2010 |
Andy Mehall 2014 |
Todd Russo 2018 |
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