Golden Plains Unified School District
Home of the Soaring
Eagles
13883 S. Lassen Ave. (at Kamm Ave.), Helm, CA
93627, (559) 866-5683
About
Our School
Principal's
Page
Schoolwide
Plan
Calendar
Tangrams
activities
Golden
Plains District Office
Pictures
of our Special Projects
Centralized
Web Site
(New)
Important Dates
Spring Break ~ April 7 - April 12
OPEN HOUSE ~ APRIL 20
CLASS VISITATION 6:00 - 7:00
REFRESHMENTS IN CAFETERIA 7:00 - 7:30
STAR TESTING BEGINS APRIL 26
GET TO BED EARLY
Early Release Days April 19, April 26
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About our School
Helm Elementary is one of five schools in Golden Plains Unified School District. The ADA of Helm School is about 80 students this year, which is lower than it has been in recent years. There are five classes at Helm School. All of our teachers are fully credentialled. The dedication of our teachers brings to our school a sense of family that is responsible in large part for the fact that more of our students meet grade level standards than any other school in the district.
Founded in 1888, Helm Elementary School is located about 25 miles southwest of Fresno. The school is in a beautiful agricultural corner of Fresno County which is some of the most productive farmland in the world! The land on which Helm Elementary School is located belongs to Don Gragnani. It has been granted to the school as long as it is being used for a school. Mr. Gragnani recently granted another piece of land to allow the school to add an administrative annex, which is named Don Gragnani Administrative Annex.
Our families of this K - 8 school are hard working, rural people with strong family values and an intense interest in their children. Most work in agriculture related industry. In our community we have a number of agriculture-based industries: Helm Bean and Seed, Helm Fertilizer, Hunt Wesson Processing, Britz Corporate Farms. Our ethnic make-up is 81.5% Hispanic, 17.5% Anglo, and 1% Asian. Sixty percent of our students are Limited English Proficient. In the history of Helm Elementary, there has never been a student who graduated from our school that did not go on to complete high school.
For additional information about our school, please go to our Schoolwide Plan
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Technology Note
All of our students have their "Internet Use Agreement" on file with our office and are using the Internet, with supervision, in the classroom.
Click here to visit "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators".
This is a good site for parents, too--lots of good ideas!
This page created by Sylvia Grider
Please e-mail comments to
sgrider@gpusd.k12.ca.us
Last updated 4/02/04
