Quick Facts

Year Opened: 1959 (current building opened in 2018)
Grades: K - 5th
Enrollment: 560
Mascot: Cubs
Principal: Tina Garrett

Hours

First Bell: 7:35 a.m.
School Ends: 2:55 p.m.
Extended Care (KidzU): Begins at 6:30 a.m. / Sites close at 6:30 p.m.
Other Important Times

Personalized Programs

Dual Language - The dual language program focuses on the students’ ability to speak, read and write in Spanish and English. It emphasizes challenging standards in the core content areas while enriching students’ development in both their first and second languages.

STEM - STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is a curricular program that integrates the concept of STEM across core content areas and electives where appropriate. Our program has a strong emphasis on engineering and design thinking.

Accountability

Most recently received the state's accountability rating of "B" in addition to receiving the Science and Comparative Academic Growth distinction designations. For more information, view Ratings and Reports. NOTE: All districts and campuses are labeled Not Rated: Declared State of Disaster for 2020 (report card).

Mission

Cannon Elementary: A GCISD STEM School is to empower each unique learner so that they become real-world problem solvers, creative innovators, life-long learners, reflective thinkers, and empathetic citizens.

Vision

Through the utilization of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, Cannon Elementary: A GCISD STEM School is instilling the skills of thinking critically, being creative, communicating effectively, and having empathy, in each of our students so that they will become the future problem solvers of the world.