About our School

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The new Wasmer Elementary building opened in August for the 2000-2001 school year.  It has several features that make this building different than most. Since it`s two stories and must be handicapped accessible, it has an elevator. The gym is carpeted. This gym is larger than most elementary gyms. Students are able to bounce balls and do anything that they could on a gym with a hard floor. The cafeteria has a sky light to match it`s bowed windows lining the back of the room. There is a really neat color scheme of tile on the floor to accent the room. The library and the media center have unique and unusual ceiling designs. The building is electric with individual heating systems for each room. Classrooms are large with windows, cabinets, and marker boards. New playground equipment and landscaping surrounds the building.


The building was completely rebuilt and enlarged in 1926, in 1943, and again in 1950. A two room temporary building was added to the site in 1989 to relieve crowded conditions in the building.

A Media Center was organized at Wasmer in a small upstairs room. It was moved to a remodeled room in the basement in 1974. One of the first-floor classrooms was made accessible for handicapped students. A pre-school operated in the building for four years until an increase in enrollment made it necessary to move the program to another building.

The building was named for Mr. Charles Wasmer, who donated the land for this school.  The first Wasmer school was erected in 1886 on this site. It was a one-story, two-room and basement brick building. The custodian lived in the basement. It cost $5,125.00 to build the original building.

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Students
• Approximately 380 students
• Average student class size:  20
• 51% minority students
• 9% High Ability Learners
• 43% English Language Learners
• 12% Special Education students
• 16% Mobility
• 82% Eligible for Free/Reduced price meals


Staff
• 29 classroom teachers: 15 with Master's Degrees
• Average years of teaching experience - 13.38
• Staff includes
    Principal
    Secretary
    Nurse
    ER1 Teacher
    4 ELL Teachers
    3 ELL Interpreters
    2 Resource Teachers
    Educational Consultant
    Speech Pathologist
    5 Paraeducators
    School counselor
    Social worker
    Interventionist
    Media/Tech Integration Specialist
    Technology Assistant
    Physical Education        
    Vocal Music, Instrumental, & Strings Teachers
    7 Support Staff
    21st Century Educators

Technology
• 100% classrooms equipped with 1 or more computers
• 1 computer lab and 1 mobile lab (27 laptops)
• Wireless access throughout building
• Infinite Campus/Connect-ED (school-home communication)

Special Programs
• All Day Kindergarten
• Differentiated Curriculum
• High Ability Learner Program
• Character Education
• Junior Achievement
• 21st Century Learning Program
• ERI (Extended Reading for 1st Grade)
• G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education & Training)
• P.T.O (Parent Teacher Organization)
• English Language Learners
• Stuhr Museum H.A.T.S. Program (Heritage Activities for Today's Students)


"Wasmer Elementary At a Glance"

Wasmer Elementary School
318 South Clark Street
Grand Island, NE  68801
Phone:  308.385.5920
Fax:     308.385.5749
Betty Desaire, Principal

For more information, email webmaster 

  • Kneale Administration Building
  • 123 South Webb Road, Box 4904
  • Grand Island, NE 68802-4904
  • Phone: 308 385-5900
  • Fax: 308 385-5949
  • For further information email Web Master.