Lee County Elementary School

Lee County Elementary School

School Information

  • 185 Firetower Rd.
  • Leesburg, GA 31763 (map)
  • Phone:229-903-2220
  • Fax:229-903-2237
  • Office Hours: 7:45am - 3:45pm

Student Handbook

Our Mission

Our mission is to promote positive Learning through Commitment to Excellence and Success

Our Beliefs

  • Our fundamental purpose is to provide a learning environment free of chronic disruptive behavior.
  • High expectations must be established and communicated to teachers, students, parents and community.
  • All employees should serve as positive, caring role models.
  • Instruction must provide learning activities that stimulate critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making.
  • Positive self-esteem enhances learning; each individual is important, unique and has worth.
  • Each individual learns in different ways and at different rates throughout his/her life.
  • Each individual must be responsible for his/her own behavior and must respect other people and their property.
  • Technology is an integral part of both the teaching and learning processes.
  • Learning is enhanced by a safe, clean and attractive school environment.

School Facts

  • Year School Opened: 1977
  • Approximate number of Students: 735
    • 3rd Grade: 242
    • 4th Grade: 236
    • 5th Grade: 255
  • Approximate number of Teachers: 48 certified staff
  • Facilities:
    • 36 Classrooms
    • Size of Property: 24 acres between Canal Street and Society Street
    • Amenities: Our school has two large physical education/practice fields. One field is used on a regular basis by our physical education teachers. The local recreation football, softball, and baseball teams also use this field during their respectice seasons. The other field is mainly used as a practice field by the local recreation teams and a break area for our students. We have the only tennis courts in the county on our campus. These courts are used by the community and the Lee County High School tennis team for practice. Our gym is used by the physical education classes and the LCHS basketball teams. The teams practice here on a regular basis and have played an occasional game at our gym. The gym has a large mural of a Trojan painted on the wall. This mural was sponsored by the class of 1990.

About LCES

We have a tradition of educational excellence. We are SACS accredited and a Georgia School of Excellence.

The school was moved from the original location on Starksville Street to Firetower Road during the summer of 2001. In the subsequent years, a complete school renovation has been completed.

The total population of our school is approximately 735 students with 79 faculty and staff.

Co-curricular activities are those, which students are involved by choice and which take place during or after the school day. These are activities that enrich the instructional program. LCES has the following co-curricular activities: Instructional Extension Program, Reading First for third grade, Character Education Program, 4-H for fifth grade, Partners in Excellence mentoring, fifth grade chorus and full time art and music. Special students needs are met by participation in compensatory programs such as Early Intervention Program for reading and math in all grades. Student Support Team (SST), school guidance and counseling, school nurse, mental health and health department offer students individual assistance in special needs areas.

Stakeholders are extremely involved with our school through a volunteer program, school council, partners-in-education, and PTO. The PTO sponsors our Spring Fling, Spell-a-thon, and homecoming float for the parade. Several committees are regulated directly through the PTO organization and have a great impact upon our school and students.

Our History

The present LCES is the former Lee County High School and then, Lee County Middle School. The school has been remodeled to accommodate elementary students. The locker rooms were removed and turned into storage rooms, bathrooms were added for fifth grade students along with a teacher's lounge. The band room was renovated to house two of our special education classes. One of the classrooms has a fully functioning kitchen to help teach life skills to the students. The science labs were remodeled to regular elementary classrooms. All of the student restrooms were remodeled for handicap accessibility and to accommodate elementary students. The student lockers were removed from the main hall to make moving through the building much easier. The students have cubbies in the classrooms to store books and other belongings. The floors and walls were repainted and retiled. The color scheme in the building reflects the system colors of red, white and black.

Interesting Facts

The Transitional Learning Center is co-located on our campus. Traci Posey teaches at the center and her son, Buster Posey, helped the Giants win the World Series. Ann Brown, a third grade teacher at our school, has 39 years of teaching experience. All 39 years have been at Lee County Elementary School teaching third grade.