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Our Purpose, Goals, and Values:

Our goals at Hazelwood Elementary School are to meet the needs of all learners, to ensure that every student reaches his or her full potential, and to pledge that our students are prepared to be successful in the next stages of their lives.

In order to accomplish our goals, our strategic plan implements the following strategies: 

  • Maintain a clear and shared sense of purpose that is focused on student learning.

  • Create high-achieving learning environments for all students.

  • Use high quality, rigorous assessments to measure student achievement and instructional practice while tying assessment design and content to new outcomes.

  • Develop people and their capacity to learn as this learning leads an organization toward the pursuit of quality and excellence. 

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The History of Hazelwood Elementary School

Hazelwood Elementary originally opened as a county school in 1906 in a one-room framed house; it was named for its neighborhood. A two-room framed building was dedicated for the school in October of 1907. Four short years later in 1911, Hazelwood was organized as Hazelwood Graded Common School. By 1922, the city of Louisville annexed the area severed by the school so Hazelwood Elementary became a city school. 

Thirty years later in 1952, a new school building was dedicated across the street from the old school which was sold by Louisville City Schools. After several address changes, in 1954, the permanent address for Hazelwood Elementary was established as 1325 Bluegrass Avenue. 

Currently, Hazelwood Elementary is home to approximately 460 students soaring in kindergarten through fifth grade, 55% of our hawks being multilingual learners, and another 150 students soaring in our Early Childhood program. 

Proudly, ninety-plus staff members dedicate themselves to providing world-class educational opportunities for all students and foster our mission to ensure we get at least one-percent better each and every day.