About Us
At a glance
Eisenhower International
3111 E. 56 St.
Tulsa, OK 74105
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Phone: 918-746-9100
Principal: Connie Horner
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Awards
- 1996:
Award of the Americas from the Tulsa Hispanic American Foundation, presented to the school for its outstanding Spanish Immersion program.
- 2000:
Global Vision Award from Tulsa Global Alliance. This award is bestowed for leadership in global understanding.
- 2002:
Eisenhower International School principal Harriet Patterson receives the Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Administration from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. The $7,500 administrative award also included a $1,000 prize for the school.
- 2003:
Exemplary Flag for the top elementary school in the district.
EIS PTA receives the Oklahoma PTA’s Oak Tree Award for having the highest percentage of membership.
EIS PTA also received the award for the Exemplary Level of School Volunteers.
- 2005:
Exemplary Flag for the top elementary school in the district.
Barbara McCrary received the Polly Clarke Award. The Polly Clark Award is given each year by the Oklahoma Association of School Library Media Specialists. They recognize the outstanding librarians in the state and reward one with this prestigious award.
EIS PTA won the Northeast Regional Award for having the highest participation in the Northeast Region of Oklahoma.
- 2006:
Our school won the Creative Ticket School of Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Arts Education. This was presented by the Oklahoma Alliance for Arts Education in conjunction with Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. Three schools were recognized by the State of Oklahoma. All three were in TPS.
Academic Achievement Award for the highest API of all elementary schools of its size in Oklahoma.
- 2007:
Academic Achievement Award for having the highest API of all elementary schools of its size in Oklahoma.
- 2008:
Academic Achievement Award for having the highest API of all elementary schools of its size in Oklahoma.
- 2009:
Academic Achievement Award for having the highest API of all elementary schools of its size in Oklahoma.
- 2011:
Honorable Mention for the Global Classroom Award by the Council on Standards for International Education Travel.
- 2013:
EIS became a National Blue Ribbon School. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and non-public elementary, middle and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where students are making significant gains in academic achievement.
- 2016
Our school receive the Label Franc Education Seal from France. This seal is granted to schools promoting French language and culture as part of their specific curriculum. LabelFrancÉducation promotes outstanding education in French among students and parents.
Measures of student success
Measures of student success
- Eisenhower is the top-performing school in the State of Oklahoma, winning the Academic Achievement Awards based on a perfect Academic performance Index (API) 4 years in a row (2006-2009).
- More than 80% of the 5th grade students will earn Honor Roll recognition at the middle school level each year.
- EIS French Immersion students participate in the National Concours (French National Exam), and each year a number of EIS students (and former EIS students at the middle school and high school levels) rank in the top 10 national rankings. This is a test taken by thousands of immersion students across the country.
- Fifth grade students travel as ambassadors in our school’s academic exchange programs with Spain, Costa Rice, France and Canada. These students sit in class in a French or Spanish school and fully participate in the curriculum.
- More Eisenhower students place in the District Speech Arts Festival than from any of the other 55 elementary schools in the Tulsa Public School District.
- Students develop a broader, international mind set at EIS. For example, when learning to sing The Grand ‘Ole Flag, an EIS 5th grader remarked in class, “How do we know this is about the American flag? It just says red, white and blue flag and many countries have red, white and blue flags.” Then he proceeded to name of few of those countries for the music teacher. The staff thought this was a huge measure of success in critical thinking and international attitudes!
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We learn today
We lead tomorrow
Hand in hand and standing tall
At Eisenhower International School
Eisenhower International School
Opens the door for tomorrow
Understanding all about the world
At Eisenhower International School
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We've got the power
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Leading the way
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Learning to Learn
At Eisenhower International School
We learn today
We lead tomorrow
Hand in hand and standing tall
At Eisenhower International School
"We Like Ike!"
At Eisenhower International School
Lyrics and Music by Harriet Patterson, 1992
MISSION/VISION
At Eisenhower International School, we are creating responsible, global citizens through language immersion and international exchanges.
IMMERSION PROGRAM SUCCESS
Our students typically do well on all state and district-mandated standardized tests in their upper elementary classrooms and beyond. Research explains that learning in a second language increases the brain's capacity to problem solve. In essence, it gives the brain the power to work between two languages to solve the dilemma.
LIFE LAB
Students, staff, parents and community members have designed and created over time an outdoor botanical learning space where students can participate and develop an awareness and understanding of nature. It is a recognized habitat and watch station for the migration of Monarch butterflies. Come and join us on our global journey!
IMMERSION DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL
We are a language immersion school with a focus on creating students who are fluent in English and one other language (either Spanish or French). The process of immersing students in another language for classroom learning allows students to naturally learn from the target language – and they do. Bilingualism increases brain cognition by utilizing the highest levels of thinking, focus and awareness. Bilingual children who are educated in their second language often outperform single language children in their native language.
Teachers in immersion classrooms are either native speakers of the target language or demonstrate near-native proficiency. Since students begin the process in early elementary school, their brains are physiologically primed for language learning and they learn the second language proficiency with a near-native accent. Over time, instruction in English is gradually added and, by 5th grade, students are learning 50% of the time in English and 50% of the time in the target language.
During their last year at Eisenhower, select students participate in an exchange program with schools in Spain, Costa Rica and France as part of collaborative work with Tulsa's Sister Cities organization.
Community Outreach
Background Information
In 1991, the Tulsa Public School Superintendent announced the opening of Eisenhower International School. At that time, the school was charged with the mission to “open the doors to the international community of Tulsa.”
In 1992, Tulsa Global Alliance (TGA) stepped forward as the school’s Adopt-ASchool Partner and secured a grant from the State Humanities Council. The grant provided seed money for Eisenhower’s Culture Box Project, an outreach service that allows community check-out of Culture Boxes representing 28 different countries. The boxes contain authentic artifacts for use in global and cultural studies and are utilized by area schools and youth organizations.
In 2001, EIS and TGA received a joint grant of $12,500 from The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation to work together to provide professional development workshops for Tulsa area teachers in the area of cultural education, particularly during the years when TGA does not offer their community-based event, KIDS WORLD.
Projects
Student Academic Exchange
A voluntary program for our 5th grade students that has evolved from collaborative work with Tulsa’s Sister Cities organization. Spanish Immersion students and accompanying staff chaperones live and study anywhere from 2-8 weeks in Costa Rica or Spain. A similar program exists for French Immersion students. Students live and study for three weeks in Amiens, France. They attend a public school there, L’Ecole Sagebien. The exchange partner schools send students and staff chaperones to EIS for reciprocal experiences.
Culture Boxes
Eisenhower Culture Boxes provide a resource for the broader community. Other schools and organizations within the Tulsa metropolitan area may check out the cultural and global studies resource boxes. This includes public, private and parochial schools as well as colleges, universities and community youth organizations.
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Global Learning Center
In the fall of 2002, the school opened its new Global Learning Center (GLC). The GLC provides an enhanced library/media center that incorporates a cultural classroom, a kitchenette for the preparation of cultural cuisine, and a public check-out area. Services the GLC offers to the community include cultural studies workshops for teachers, multicultural storytelling sessions for children and a design that allows for after-hours use of the facility by community groups and organizations.
Leadership
Principal Connie Horner joined Tulsa Public Schools at Eisenhower International School in 2014 following 18 years of service to Kansas City and Wichita Public Schools.
Her career began at New Song Academy in Wichita Kansas, where she taught for three years. She then spent the next six years in classrooms teaching multiple grade levels and subjects. In 2002, Principal Horner began administrative interning at Mayberry Middle School and then Horace Mann K-8 Dual Language Magnet until 2005 when she became Assistant Principal at Charles Curtis Middle School. Through 2006 to 20013 she led Rosedale Middle School and M.E. Pearson Elementary School as Principal.
Principal Horner received her undergraduate degree from Wichita State University in Spanish with a minor in Sociology. She also received a bachelors from Newman College majoring in Elementary Education. Principal Horner then earned her master’s degree in Building Leadership and Administration from Wichita State University in 2004. She is also bilingual and bi-literate in Spanish.
Principal Horner said she loves working with parents, students, staff, and colleagues. She said she values diversity and has devoted a large part of her life to understanding and implementing programs that would promote healthy educational and community partnerships.
Connie Horner
Principal
918-746-9105
horneco@tulsaschools.org
Sabina Gonzales
Assistant Principal
918-746-9100
gonzasa@tulsaschools.org