Facts About Our School
Year School Built 1956
Square Footage 63,744
Addition/Renovation 2004
Number of Students 355
Grades Served PK-4
School Hours 8:00 - 3:00
School Colors Blue and White
School Mascot Bears
School Motto:
"Failure is not an Option, Excuses are Unacceptable, Excellence is our Goal"
Principal:
Rise’ Pope - rise.pope@mnps.org
District 1 School Board Representative:
George Thompson - ghthompsoniii@aol.com
District 2 Metro Council Representative:
Frank Harrison - frank.harrison@nashville.gov
What Makes Our School Unique?
Bordeaux Enhanced Option Elementary School has a rich history in the Bordeaux community. Our continuous purpose is to provide meaningful learning experiences that will produce competent, articulate and confident individuals with respectful attitudes and behaviors. Our highly qualified staff is committed to ensuring success for ALL students. We accept our daily challenge to assist our students in realizing their potential. We embrace our motto, "Failure is not an Option, Excuses are Unacceptable, Excellence is our Goal." Our successes have been intertwined with parents, PENCIL Partners, community friends and neighbors for over fifty years.
PENCIL Partners
PENCIL Foundation, a nonprofit organization, links community resources with Nashville public schools. A PENCIL Partner is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Metro school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success.
Whites Creek Cluster Map (2008-2009)
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What Does Our School Offer?
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3rd Grade Chorus
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3rd Grade Flag Patrol
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4-H Inner City Camp/Clubs
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4th grade gardening, quilting and cooking club
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4th Grade Safety Patrol
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Accelerated Reading
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After School Tutoring
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Art Contests
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Blues in the Schools
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Encore
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Excel
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Extended school year
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Fitness tests
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Homework Help
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Hume Fogg Tutoring
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IVY AKADEMY
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Jump Rope for Heart
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Junior Achievement
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K-2 Reading Pilot School
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Kids on the Block
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Kids Voting
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Language!
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Literature circles and Book Clubs
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Monthly Parent Meeting
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Music and Art
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Parent newsletter
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Parent Reading Training
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Project Achieve
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Quantum Teaching and Learning
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Reading/Math Night
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Spiffy
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Summer Enrichment
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WBEO - Closed Circuit TV
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Yearbook
Who Attends Our School?
Bordeaux is an enhanced option school where class sizes are 15:1 and the school years includes 20 additional days for students. Enhanced option schools also include pre- kindergarten programs, social services, an ENCORE teacher for gifted and talented students, and after school care. Students who do not live in the enhanced option school’s zone must go through the application process and must provide their own transportation.
Students zoned to Bordeaux live in the northwest corner of Davidson County and are zoned to Whites Creek High School. The elementary schools in this cluster are: Bordeaux Enhanced Option, Cumberland, Alex Green, and Joelton. The middle schools in this cluster are Ewing Park and Joelton (Middle).
Community Partners
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Bordeaux Northwest Family Resource Center
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Boy Scouts of America
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Foodland
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Girl Scouts of America
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KaBoom! Playgrounds
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Orff Music Program
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Planting Supplies Donated by Home Depot - Powell Avenue
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School Supplies - Girl Scouts |