History
Parrottsville Elementary School is located on a hill overlooking the town of Parrottsville, the 3rd oldest town in the state of Tennessee. Parrottsville School and the town of Parrottsville proudly borrows the name from John Parrott, a Revolutionary War veteran who was among the first settlers to find their way to east Tennessee sometime around the year 1769.
Parrottsville School opened in 1940 and served students in grades one through twelve. Between 1945 and 1965, the Cocke County School System consolidated several small one and two-room schools to establish Parrottsville Elementary School. In 1974, J. Lacy Myers, a renowned businessman, donated a 23 acre parcel of land just outside the city for a new elementary school. Upon completion in 1975, the “new” school served students in kindergarten through eighth grade. At this time, Parrottsville High School merged with Cocke County High School. The elementary school opened with twenty-one full-time teachers and approximately five hundred students.
Facilities
The campus consists of approximately twenty-three acres. A courtyard containing a memorial garden is located outside of the school building. Memorial trees line the back entrance. A playground to accommodate all age groups is located at the end of the building, along with a football field and a baseball field. Adjacent to the campus is a Head Start building which houses one class of approximately 20 4-year olds.
Renovations and upgrades to the facility were made in 2002 and 2014, which resulted in thirty classrooms, an administrative suite, four faculty workrooms, a library media center, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, three modern computer lab with internet access, a science lab, and an outside structure for music and art instruction. Extensive landscaping was also completed to enhance the appearance of the campus. These renovations established Parrottsville Elementary School as a modern 21st Century educational facility. Today, the school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) now known as AdvancedED.
Beliefs of Parrottsville Elementary
1. Students will learn in different ways when provided with a variety of instructional approaches to support their learning.
2. Students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process.
3. A student’s self-esteem is enhanced by character education that promotes mutual respect between students and staff.
4. A physically safe environment is essential to student learning.
5. Our school’s commitment to continuous academic achievement, through data driven assessments, is necessary to enable students to become self-directed, confident, life-long learners.
6. Decision making is the result of collaboration of all stakeholders.