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Who Was Elizabeth Holladay?

Elizabeth Holladay Elementary School is named for Miss Elizabeth Jane Holladay, a pioneer teacher who started the first public school in the Glen Allen area of Henrico County at her home in 1886.

	On May 18, 1969, this portrait of Elizabeth Jane Holladay was presented to Holladay Elementary School at its dedication ceremony. Miss Holladay's family presented the painting, executed by Mrs. Ann Blanton Pritchett in 1968. Today the portrait hangs in the school library. Mrs. Pritchett was a nationally recognized portrait artist and a resident of Richmond, Virginia. She died in May, 1978, at the age of 62.
	This sign is displayed today at the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen

"Miss Lizzie," as she was called, was born on September 14, 1848 in Spotsylvania County. We do not know her preparation for teaching, except that she was sent to Locust Grove Private School for Young Ladies. In 1873 her family moved to Glen Allen.She taught for two terms, from 1884 to 1886, in Spotsylvania County. Henrico County School Board records show that from 1892 to 1895 she attended the Virginia School of Methods at Bedford, Virginia for twenty days each summer.

In the fall of 1886 Elizabeth Holladay signed a contract with the Henrico County School Board to teach 20 pupils in her home on Mountain Road. She was paid monthly at the rate of $1.50 per average scholar. She furnished the schoolroom on her second floor with two tables made from a shipping crate, two porch benches, and some chairs. Black oilcloth tacked to another part of the shipping crate served as a blackboard. Later she moved the school furniture to her parlor on the first floor and taught there for the next 11 years. In 1899 a one-room school was built a mile west of the railroad station in Glen Allen (this was the original Glen Allen School). The enrollment in 1900 was 70 students. In her contracts there were strict stipulations about making the fire and sweeping the schoolroom daily. She resigned in 1901 because of family responsibilities and the distance she had to walk to the school; however, she continued to tutor students in her home until she broke her hip in 1920. Elizabeth Holladay died on November 29, 1933, at the age of 85.

This information was taken from a biography by Dorothy Ogden Keener with the help of Miss Holladay's great-nieces: Mrs. Stanley Lenz, Jr., Miss Elizabeth Jane Cross and Mrs. Roland L. Jones. This and other notes were compiled by Mary Jane Howard, Holladay librarian, for the 136th birthday celebration.

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Facts of Interest

Holladay School opened its doors and welcomed its first students for the 1968-69 school year. At that time there were no kindergarten classes in Henrico County and elementary school went through the seventh grade. In the 1974-75 school year the county added kindergarten classes to all elementary schools. Since its opening in 1968, Holladay has had five principals: Mr. Ernest Mason, one year; Mr. Owen Baird, seventeen years; Mrs. Robin F. Priddy, eight years; Mrs. Patricia Ziletti, ten years; Mrs. June Murphy, four years and currently Mr. Chip Joseph.

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The school motto is

The mascot is the Holladay Hawk

The school song is

"Holladay, Dear Holladay", sung to America the Beautiful

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Staff

The staff at Holladay consists of the principal; school counselor; resource teacher; secretary, clerical assistant, and clinic attendant; permanent substitutes; kindergarten through fifth grade classroom teachers; TITLE I, PRIME, gifted and ESL teachers; librarian and librarian assistant; art, physical education, and music teachers; special education teachers and teaching assistants; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; and the cafeteria and custodial staffs.

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Staff and Teachers

For the 2009-2010 school year:

Principal		Mr. Joseph	Office
Secretary		Mrs. Shaw	Office
Clerical Assistant		Mrs. Tignor	Office
Clinic Attendant	all students	Mrs. Calhoun	Clinic
School Counselor	all classes	Miss Orrock	Room 24
Resource	all students	Mrs. Drake	Office
Kindergarten	4 classes	Mrs. Barrett Mrs. Hayes Mrs. Mathews Ms. Silber Ms. Miller	Room 6 Room 2 Room 5 Room 1 Room 7
First Grade	4 classes	Ms. Edmonds Ms. Anderson Miss Middleton Miss Woods	Room 12 Room 13 Room 10 Room 11
Second Grade	4 classes	Mrs. Salmon Miss Koehler Miss Wood Mrs. Crostic	Room 16 Room 22 Room 17 Room 23
Third Grade	4 classes	Mrs. Duprey Miss Stewart Miss Stuart Mrs. Williams	Room 20 Room 19 Room 18 Room 21
Fourth Grade	4 classes	Mrs. Anthony Ms. Filer Mrs. Lara Mrs. Ficor	Room 14 Room 15 Room 8 Room 9
Fifth Grade	4 classes	Ms. DiMatteo Ms. Whitten Miss Nuckols	Room 26 Room 28 Room 27 Room 29
Special Education	5 classes	Ms. Hebert Mrs. Gooding Mrs. Mackey Mrs. Wainwright	Room 7 Room 3 Room 4 Room 25
Instructional Assistants		Ms. Moncure Mrs. Carr Mrs. Reynolds Mrs. Blue	Room 3 Room 25 Room 7
Art	all classes	Mrs. Smith	Art room
Music	all classes	Mrs. Jones	Room on Stage
Library	all classes	Mrs. Teague	Library
Library Aide	all classes	Mrs. Curfman	Library
Physical Education	all classes	Ms. Isbell	Multi-purpose room
Gifted	select children who have been pretested
SOL Remediation	identified children	Mrs. Liggan
2nd Helping	identified children	Mrs. Thorpe
ESL	identified children	Mrs. Calhoun Mrs. Peay Ms. Morey	Trailer 1
PRIME	identified children	Ms. Parker Mrs. Sheffield Mrs. Strait
Permanent Substitutes	all students	Mrs. Herndon Ms. Parker
Title 1 Reading Specialist	identified children	Ms. James Mrs. Livingston	Room 30
Speech Therapist	identified children	Ms. Adams	Speech office
Occupational Therapist	identified children	Ms. Charest
Physical Therapist	identified children	Mrs. Perkins
ITRT	all children	Mr. Clough
TST		Mr. Laroussini
School Psychologist		Mr. Shepard Stevenson
Social Worker		Mrs. Williams
Fed. Programs Pre-K	1 class	Mrs. Bowles Ms. McShaw
C&M Supervisor Head Custodian Cafeteria Manager		Mr. Speight Mr. Garrison Mrs. Thomas

Throughout the year our enrollment is around 475 students. Our Special Education classes provide services for students from other schools in Henrico County.

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