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| Ocean View Elementary School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
9501 Mason Creek Rd. , | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Opened | March 10, 1939 |
| School board | Norfolk Public Schools |
| Principal | Lauren D. Campsen |
| Grades | Pre-K, K, 1-5 |
| Enrollment | 607 (Year 2003/2004) |
Ocean View Elementary School is an American public primary school in the community of Ocean View in the city of Norfolk, Virginia. It teaches grades one through five, in addition to its Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs for younger children. After completing grade five, most students go to Northside Middle School, which is also located in the Ocean View community.
Prior to the construction of this school, there was another school of the same name in the Ocean View community of Norfolk at a different location (on 1st View and Maple).
Construction of the current Ocean View, at the current location (on Mason Creek Road), began on March 1, 1937. Part of the funding came from the Public Works Administration (PWA), which was part of President Roosevelt's New Deal program, which was designed to provide skilled employment in midst of the Great Depression. The school opened for students at the current location on March 10, 1939.
Lucy Mason Holt, the first principal of the school (who started at the old Ocean View location), had to deal with students from families to poor to buy shoes. As a humorous way of dealing with it, and avoiding stigma for the children, she organized barefoot races for students. These races attracted state-wide and even some national attention. She even gave a small amount of money to the child who could stay barefoot for the longest time into winter.
In 1949, during the Post-World War II baby boom, the school was greatly expanded to accommodate enrollment of a thousand students, up to grade seven. Construction of new schools, making grade five the final grade of the school, and construction of other schools since, means current enrollment is well below that level today.
Aspecial education specialist works with children with learning disabilities, who make up slightly more than one tenth the overall student population.
Norfolk Public School's Maritime Studies Pathway is a special program for only three schools in the district: Ocean View Elementary School, Northside Middle School, and Granby High School. The environmental education content is concentrated on the Chesapeake Bay (the largest estuary in the U.S) and its 64,000-square-mile (170,000 km2) watershed.
A forestry and extension specialist from the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech advised teachers and students at the school about the significance of the last mature dune in Norfolk on the southern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
Students and teachers from Ocean View and nearby Willoughby Elementary lobbied local authorities to save the dune. This is and other efforts helped encourage The Norfolk Environmental Commission to recommend a 6.5-acre (26,000 m2) parcel, known locally as the “Sand Hills”, to be protected by city council.
The school has the following clubs:
