Sigonella ES (formerly Stephen Decatur ES and ES/HS) History

Opened: 1961
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Sigonella Elementary/High School was located on Sigonella Naval Air Station approximately nineteen miles west of Catania, Italy. The school was built in 1961 and an elementary addition was added in the 1974-75 school year. From 1961 until 1981 high school students were dorm students at other DoDDS schools.

For the 1981-82 school year there were 485 students in grades kindergarten through twelve at Sigonella Elementary/High School. The school was staffed with thirty-five teachers, fourteen elementary teachers, sixteen high school teachers, two learning development specialists, a speech therapist and two host nation teachers. The building accommodated classrooms for seven through twelve in the high school and one through six in the elementary school. A school annex for the primary grades was built for the 1987-88 school year. That school year there were 65 faculty and staff for the elementary and high school. The enrollment for grades kindergarten through twelve was 750 pupils.

For the 1986-87 school year there were four kindergarten sections, three sections for grades one through four, and two classes each for grades five and six.

New construction for the elementary school was completed for the 1990-91 school year. In the 1989-90 school year the combined elementary and high school enrollment was 750 students. The school has access to all base facilities which includes two swimming pools.

For the 1993-94 and 1994-95 school years there were 835 students K–12.

In 2008, a brand-new school was built to replace the old building. The school colors for the elementary school are blue and yellow and the elementary school mascot is the Etna Knights. The administrator for the 2021-22 school year is Mrs. Courtney Schonffeldt. The school currently has 409 students in grades Sure Start through five.

 

Information from school yearbooks, website, and DoDDS school information guides

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