Mission: Lena Whitmore Elementary School is a community of caring people who believe that each individual has a right to a rich and rigorous education, to feel welcome, safe and worthy of respect.

Philosophy: We offer an enriched learning environment and a comprehensive system of support to address the needs of the whole child in collaboration with families and our community. We embrace diversity in an atmosphere of acceptance. We set high expectations which lead to high achievement for all. We offer an elementary school curriculum that provides students with a foundation of skills for future success as lifelong learners.

History: Our building was originally constructed in 1952. Lena Whitmore Elementary School was named after a well loved teacher within the Moscow School District by the name of Ms. Lena Whitmore. Ms. Whitmore was a veteran teacher who served the students of our community with distinction for 48 years until her retirement in 1950.

Site: We are a neighborhood school, located in east-central Moscow. We have approximately 250 students each year, kindergarten through fifth grade. Lena Whitmore Elementary shares the site with a city park. Our school is able to enjoy the playground area during school day and then it becomes Moscow Parks and Recreation jurisdiction in the evenings, weekends, and non-school days.

Student and Staff Demographics: Lena Whitmore Elementary is the ideal sized elementary school…two classes at each grade level, k - 5. Starting in 16-17 we began offering full-day kindergarten district-wide. We are also fortunate enough to have full-time PE and full-time Music specialists. In addition to that, we have a full-time Title 1 teacher, two full-time Exceptional Child teachers, a .6 FTE Extended Learning teacher, school counselor four days/week, and a half-time School Psychologist.