last updated: 02/12/2008

13615 Champion Forest Drive, Houston, Texas 77069
(281) 440-4914
Transportation FAX  (281) 587-7531 ~ Business FAX (281) 587-7516
Principal:  Sharon Barnes
School Hours: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Administrative Team

Campus Goals

Yeager Elementary focuses on building a learning environment, which produces effective communicators, competent problem-solvers, self-directed learners, and responsible citizens. These combines traits work together to generate quality producers as Cy-Fair graduates.

Curriculum - Elementary

• CFISD elementary schools are comprised of students in grades K-5. Students who qualify for the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities or for Pre-kindergarten are bused to sites that provide these programs.Core subjects at the elementary level include reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, technology applications, health, physical education, art, music, and theatre arts.Every campus faculty includes the following members: counselor(s), nurse, diagnostician, speech and language clinician, dyslexia specialists, reading specialist(s), and content-area liaisons, as well as specially trained/certified teachers in the following areas: art, music, physical education, technology applications, English as a Second Language, and gifted education.A certified library media specialist directs the Learning Resource Center, which houses supplemental multimedia materials and a wide variety of recreational and informational reading selections.The District's HORIZONS program is for academically-gifted students. In kindergarten, gifted instruction is provided in language arts and mathematics. In grades 1-5, the program addresses the four foundation areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.CFISD's Bilingual and ESL programs provide additional support in English language development for students who have a home language other than English and who have been identified as limited-English-proficient.Elementary schools in Cypress-Fairbanks also feature enrichment activities such as student clubs, tutorial sessions, cultural arts programs, academic competitions, and field trips.
• Report cards are issued every six weeks. Academic progress reports are sent to parents during the fourth week of each grading period.

Demographics

Enrollment

982 students as of 9/14/07

How We Got Our Name

Mr. and Mrs. Yeager both began teaching in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD at the beginning of the 1949-50 school year. They both taught in the district continuously until their time of retirement. Mr. Yeager taught a total of twenty-two years, retiring at the end of the 1966 school year; Mrs. Yeager completed twenty-five years of service, retiring after the 1970 school year. Because of their devotion to the teaching profession and their diligent and faithful service as teachers in the Cypress-Fairbanks school district, Yeager Elementary was named in their honor when in opened in the fall of 1975.

PTO

The Yeager PTO meets on a regular basis. The organization funds cultural arts activities and field trips, organizes volunteers, sponsors various student events, and conducts fund-raisers, which have provided technology, landscaping, books, and playground equipment.

For more information, please contact Dana Herzog @ 281.587.2161.

President - Tammy McCreary
President–Elect                                    

VP of Membership - Kelly Battaglia
          Student Directory - Stacy Baumgartner
            Kindergarten Registration - Dee Dee Wilkins

VP of PIE - Elizabeth Copeland
            Public Relations - Kimberly Poore
            Marquee Coordinator - Carmen Wright

VP of VIPS - Diana Gonzalez
            Teacher/Staff Appreciation - Angela Taylor
            Literacy Library Coordinator - Molly Prim
            Junior Achievement                             
          Resource Center Coordinator -  Andrea Bobo
          Veteran Day Prog. Coor.  -  Diana Gonzalez

VP of VIPS - Grade Level Coordinators - Debbie Davidson, Rhonda Hargrove
           Bilingual Liaisons - Claudia Bernal
           PPCD/Pre-K/ Special Ed -  Beth Chaney
           Kindergarten - Allison Shoffner, Donella Newell, Judy Loosley
           1st Grade - Dawn Nelson, Carmen Wright             
           2nd Grade - Jennifer Lindblom, Erin Fahy
           3rd Grade  - Barbie Stricklin, Lynnette Brown, Pam Julian
           4th Grade - Jennifer Holley, Dawn Garner
           5th Grade - Maryanne Johnson, Carrie Hill, Tammy Miller
              PEAM - Dana Herzog

VP Fundraising -  Tracy Waite
            School Supplies - Nicole Kimball
            Spirit Items - Shana Ivey
            Carnival -  Kelly Battaglia

VP of Student Involvement -  Vicki Tichenor   
            Cultural Arts -  Susan Reeves
            DARE -  Jayne Iverson, Lisa Elkington
            Environmental Education                     
            Student Leadership - Pam White
            Box Tops - Betsy Kumbalek                                                                                                  
            Memory Book - Michele Hargrove
                                   
                       
Secretary  -  Kathy Woodward
Treasurer   -  Tracy Schultz

TAKS Information

VIPS

Partnerships with the community are vital in order to strengthen instructional outcomes for all students. We would like you to develop a collaborative relationship with us that will foster long-term student achievement ... one that offers opportunities for all students ... making a difference together. For more information, please contact Diana Gonzalez @ 281.537.7418.