General Information
Dean Myers Elementary School
2676 Candler Road
Gainesville, Georgia  30507

Phone: 770-536-0814
Fax: 770-531-2323

 

Beth Hudgins, Principal

 

Dragons

 

Blue & White

 

 From 985: Exit 20

               Travel approximately 4.5 miles and go past

                 State Route 332 (Poplar Springs Rd.)

               Myers Elementary will be .2 miles on the right.

 

From I-85: Exit 129 (Braselton)

                 West on Ga. Hwy 53

                 Travel 1.5 miles to Newcut Road on right

                 Travel to deadend and turn left onto Hwy. 60

                 Travel appoximately 5 miles.

                 Myers Elementary will be on the left past

                     Candler Concrete and the chain link fence.

 

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        OUR MISSION IS - NUESTRA MISION ES  

                       Triunfo, éxito, mientras proveemos un ambiente

                       para toda la vida.

 

 At Myers Elementary , we believe...

   * learning is a life long journey.
   * education is the shared responsibility of the students, parents, educators, and the

      community, all working together.

   * students' basic needs must be met in order for active learning to occur.

   * in a school that is safe and physically comfortable, where all personnel are

      nurturing and caring.
   * each learner has the right to a learning environment free of disruptive behavior.
   * all students can learn, achieve, and succeed through the use of developmentally

      appropriate activities, which enhance and challenge all ability levels and learning

      styles.

   *each student is a valued individual, with unique needs where positive relationships

      and mutual respect among and between students and staff enhance self-esteem     * students, as a right and responsibility, must learn to think critically, solve

      problems, and make decisions as individuals and team members to become

      productive members of society.

   * technology and informational resources need to be integrated into the curriculum

      to enhance and reinforce student learning.

   * teachers should have the flexibility to choose strategies, methods, and student

      groupings that are appropriate for the education of students.  It is important to

      establish homeroom rosters on a heterogeneous basis.

   * professional development should be based on the School Improvement Plan. 

 

  

 

 

Dean Myers Elementary School was opened in August of 1976, in the Candler Community of the Hall County School System. The school served students in kindergarten through the sixth grade.  In 1988, the sixth grade was transferred to South Hall Middle School.

The Myers Elementary school building was originally designed into five pods. Each pod had four classrooms, a teacher workstation, a storage room, and restrooms. Included in the design were twenty classrooms, a media center, an art/music room and a cafeteria.

The original building accommodated 375 children. As the student population increased, the building facilities became cramped. In April of 1996, an additional thirteen classrooms plus art and music rooms were constructed. This relieved the over-crowded conditions for only a year. Portables were placed on the school grounds and then in August of 2000, a new wing was constructed.

This added housing for ten additional classrooms. Some portables remained on the grounds. In August of 2002, a Pre-K was added to the facility. Currently, Myers houses 43 classrooms, a music and art room, gymnasium, media center, computer lab, cafeteria and five portables.

Candler, the South Hall community in which Myers Elementary is located, was once mostly rural but is growing and changing continuously. Due to the CSX railroad and the close proximity to Interstate 985 many large businesses continue to build along Candler Highway.

Myers is within a few miles of the Lee Gilmer Airport  Along with industrial growth, the Myers School district continues to gain housing. An increase in subdivision development, mobile home parks and rental housing areas currently provide living quarters for the majority of Myers students. This has resulted in an overall increase in student population.