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Jane Robin Ellis Elementary School is proud to bear the name of one of Arlington’s finest educators. Jane Ellis retired in 1982 after serving forty-one years in Arlington schools. Twenty-five of those years were spent teaching music, and the remaining sixteen years were spent as Dean of Girls and Assistant Principal at Bowie High School.

Although Miss Ellis is retired from education, she continues to be involved in many community events including musical productions. She is also a familiar face at our school, attending many functions and composing our school song entitled “The Spirit of Ellis.”

At the Ellis Elementary 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Miss Ellis commented,

This school is not the fine school it is because of a name across its open door. Rather, it is a fine school because that from the time the first footsteps entered that ‘open door’, excellence in everything that relates to children was the key word and the attainment of excellence became the reason for being and doing!

Ellis Elementary School opened its doors for the first time in August 1989. Construction began in the Fall of 1992 to add additional classroom space and again in the Spring of 2000 to add additional classrooms for full-day kindergarten.

Ms. Ellis passed away on June 9, 2019, at the age of 101.

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