Aviano ES (formerly Aviano ES #1) History
Opened: 1969
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Aviano Elementary School is located at Aviano Air Base at the foot of the Dolomite Mountains in Aviano, Italy. Venice is about fifty miles from the base.
The elementary school serves students who are dependents of active-duty military, civilian and Department of Defense employees. The present building opened in 2002 and is located in Area 1 of Aviano Air Force Base. Currently the school has students in preschool through fifth grade.
For the 1981-82 school year the school was located in adequate masonry structures. That year the school had grade four through six with eighty-five fourth graders, seventy-seven fifth graders and sixty-one sixth graders. The staff of the school consisted of nine classroom teachers plus a learning disabilities teacher and a half-time reading improvement specialist. There were also specialists for music, speech and media. A school nurse assigned to the high school provided health support.
The two elementary schools were combined for the 1987-88 school year and were located in four buildings on the school complex. There were 376 students in grades K–6. The following year the enrollment for the elementary school had increased to 500 students.
By the 1994-95 school year the enrollment at the Aviano school remained at 500 but there were now two satellite schools, one at Vajont and one in Pordenone.
In September 2002, the long-awaited new school complex for Aviano was opened. The new school complex was a U-shaped building with one arm for the elementary school, part of which was a two-story building and the other arm for the middle/high school. The crossover section of the building housed the multipurpose room/cafeteria. From 2002 until 2008 the second floor of the elementary school housed part of the Aviano middle school. The elementary school now had grades kindergarten through five. Ms. Missy Klopfer was the principal when the new school opened.
Aviano Elementary School is still open and currently serves students preschool through fifth grade. The current enrollment is 628 students and the administrators are Mr. Andrew Gann, principal, and Ms. Kabitha Huewitt, assistant principal. The school colors are red and blue and the mascot is the Eagle.
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