Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy

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Overview

At Hawthorne Academy, we have used research, community input and a history of successful initiatives to develop a school model that will lead us to our ultimate goals - an exemplary education for all students and expanded opportunities for all members of the Hawthorne community. We provide students with a PK-8 curriculum that includes diverse extracurricular offerings that allow students to practice the academic and leadership skillset and knowledge acquired here by applying them to real-world situations. Our purpose is to ensure that our students leave us with a resilient foundation that includes resources, abilities and inspiration to lead locally, nationally, and globally.

Grades: PK-8

Choice Program Specialization: Fine Arts

Academic Offerings: Algebra I • AVID • Foreign Language • Gifted and Talented • Special Education ACE Unit, at the elementary and middle school levels

Extracurricular Programs: Green Club • Girl Scouts • Coding Club • Band • Mariachi • Choir • Visual Arts • Theater Arts • Athletics (Boys/Girls) • UIL (elementary and middle schools) • Book Club • Dual Language

After-School Program Provider: YMCA of San Antonio, (210) 924-2277

School Day: Students may be dropped off at 7:30 AM. The school day begins at 7:45 AM when students are picked up from the hallways outside of their classrooms (K-4) or Gym (5-8) and head to their classes. Dismissal is at 3:15 PM. Parents are asked to use the Drop Off/Pick Up area on Ashby and to help maintain a safe environment for our students.

School History

Hawthorne opened at its present site in 1923 as one the SAISD's original eight junior high schools. While awaiting completion of the building, classes were held at Eleanor Brackenridge Elementary on Brooklyn Avenue.

Hawthorne became an elementary in 1975, and then an internal charter academy in 2001 with an emphasis on the school’s acclaimed Core Knowledge Curriculum and its art program serving pre-kinder to grade 5. Grade 6 was added in 2002, grade 7 in 2003 and 8th-grade in 2004.

The school is named for Nathaniel Hawthorne, in accordance with SAISD’s practice of naming the original junior highs in honor of American authors.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.