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A.Z. Elementary School Antioch, TN 37013 

My school is located in Antioch, Tennessee in Davidson County. We are just outside of Nashville. I would describe our area as being suburban/rural. Our school is the last Metro school in the district heading SE of Nashville before getting to Rutherford County. On one side of our school you have farms and homes with land and then the other side, just below the hill of the school is a fairly new subdivision that is packed with homes winding up and down the hills. We are located within 5 miles of the very busy and populated Antioch Mall area, Bell Road at interstate I-24. This is a huge piece of the Antioch/Cane Ridge community.

My school was part of the 10 year Antioch rezone project. Last year we had 837 students and this year with the rezone we have just a little over 500, which is what our building was built to house. We have about 50% African American, 26% Hispanic, 20% Caucasian, 3% Asian, and 1% other. About 75% of our students are considered to be economically disadvantaged. We have right at half and half males to females. We are a K-4th grade school. We also house a preschool class and life skills classes for our cluster. We also have a high number of students with disabilities.

Our school culture is very rich and strong. We work hard with a common goal in mind. We are determined, we have high expectations and we believe in ourselves and our students. We as a faculty are continually learning and striving for the best that we can be and the best that we can give our students. We have lots of school traditions; we have our morning announcement routine and cheer. “Welcome to A.Z. Kelley the school with the smartest, brightest most creative students in the whole wide world right here at Kelley! Everyone at A.Z. Kelley is headed where? College!” Our principal reminds our students everyday that they are working to be their best all the time and that they can go to college and we will help them get there.

Also before we begin any assembly or anytime that we meet as a school in the gym we sing our school Alma Mater that was written by one of our teachers and her husband when the school opened. As a new student comes into A.Z. Kelley they would see a clean, organized warm and inviting school, staff and students. We all stand and greet each other as the students come in each morning. Our principal greets every student as they walk into school. We have bright colored hallways and work displayed. They will also see our mascot the crocodile in the hall with a graduation cap and gown on to remind our students of our purpose and goal of each of them graduating high school and going ton to college!

Here is the entrance to our beautiful school!

When you walk in the doors you see instantly that we have a goal of getting our little crocodiles to college!

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