Farmer Elementary

School Highlights

• Personalized learning provided by master teachers, including nine National Board Certified teachers, eight Excellence in Classroom and Educational Leadership award-winning teachers, a 2021 Milken Educator award-winning teacher. Farmer’s staff also includes a full-time nurse (RN) and full-time mental health professional.
• JCPS elementary school that has adopted structured literacy approach schoolwide
• All students participate in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM); practical living; guidance; art; and music classes. Fifth-grade students also have a unique opportunity to enroll in either band or orchestra, which is taught at Ramsey Middle School.
• All students participate in field trips designed to build vocabulary and knowledge.
• Offers basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, Junior Beta Club, equestrian club; Quick Recall, Problem Solving, music ensemble, safety patrol, student council, and VEX Robotics
• Annual special events, such as the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Walk-a-thon and Color Run, Mother-Son and Father-Daughter Nights, Book Character Day, Polar Express, STEM Night, Student Art Exhibition, and Suzuki recitals
• Our most notable and recent student accomplishments are from our Junior Beta members. The Technology and Robotics Teams are the 2021 state champions, making the Robotics Team state champions four consecutive years.
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Program