About Garrison-Jones Elementary
Mission Statement| Equity | Provide equal access for everyone to achieve excellence. | | ---------- | Everyone should have the opportunity to have their talents fostered, their minds challenged, and their knowledge broadened. | | Valor | Education is not a job for the weak in character - it takes COURAGE. | | ---------- | We are in a culture of change and uncertainty. Together we will learn and embrace what is put before us and our students. We do not have to view change as if we are sucking on a lemon. TOGETHER, let's make lemondade! | | Vigor | Boost each other's energy rather than sap it. | | | Think about where we want to be in June. It takes pure vigor to tackle what is ahead of us. Surround yourself by people who will boost your energy rather than sap it. | | Expectations | Do not settle - continue to raise your expectations. | | ---------- | Reflect daily on what you have accomplished. Continue to dream big - reach for the stars! |
| Pinellas County Schools District Vision100% Student Success | HistoryGarrison-Jones Elementary was named for two early Pinellas County settlers, Richard Garrison and Russell Jones. Before the school was built, there were orange groves standing in its place. One of the families who lived on the land was the Garrison Family. Richard Garrison, the first Garrison, arrived in this area in the 1850's, after participating in the Florida Seminole Indian War. Once he settled in, he had a family and throughout the years, his family lived on that land. The Garrisons grew citrus for a living. They owned 160 acres of orange groves in 1852.
The Jones family homesteaded nearby and made a living with not only citrus, but fishing, working in the saw mills or collecting turpentine from the pine trees.
The Garrison and Jones families are cousins. These pioneers of the mid-1800s inspired the school's mascot and motto idea: a covered wagon with rockets representing "Pioneers for the Future."
On February 4, 1991, Garrison-Jones Elementary opened with 650 students. The school is built on 13 acres of property that had been a citrus grove. |
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