Buchanan Elementary is a pre-kindergarten through fifth grade elementary school.
Founded in 1955, we are proud of the programs and excellence Buchanan Elementary has nurtured throughout generations in Old South Baton Rouge and throughout the city.
We are a "B" school and we are recognized by the Louisiana Department of Education as a 2018 TOP GAINS SCHOOL! Click the TOP GAINS logo for more information:
Buchanan’s special programs are among the best:
Accelerated Reader & LSU’s Literacy Lagniappe
PBIS
Music, Dance, and Strings programs
Clubs on a designated Club Day
PACE (Providing an Accelerated Curriculum Early)
BEST for Pre-Kindergarten
Buchanan is also a Gifted and Talented school site. Programs include:
Pre-K - 5 Gifted Self-Contained Classrooms
Scholastic Academy Classes
Talented Visual Art
Talented Music
Talented Theater
BUCHANAN’S VISION:
Our vision for Buchanan Elementary is to become an “A” school of excellence by providing a nurturing foundation that promotes and inspires leadership and diversified academic success for all stakeholders through their strengths, talents, and gifts to ensure that our students are on track to a college degree or professional career and prepared to compete and lead in their community and a global world.
BUCHANAN’S MISSION:
Believe ~ Achieve ~ Succeed
Here at Buchanan Elementary, our goals are to believe, achieve, and succeed in a culturally diverse world and grow as independent thinkers, life-long learners, and engaged scholars who inspire leadership and greatness that is exemplary and beyond.
BUCHANAN’S MOTTO:
We are the best and we expect the best! One team one mission where the best keeps getting better!
MASCOT: Bobcat
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and Gold
Founded in 1955, we are proud of the programs and excellence Buchanan Elementary has nurtured throughout generations in Old South Baton Rouge and throughout the city.
We are a "B" school and we are recognized by the Louisiana Department of Education as a 2018 TOP GAINS SCHOOL! Click the TOP GAINS logo for more information:
Buchanan’s special programs are among the best:
Accelerated Reader & LSU’s Literacy Lagniappe
PBIS
Music, Dance, and Strings programs
Clubs on a designated Club Day
PACE (Providing an Accelerated Curriculum Early)
BEST for Pre-Kindergarten
Buchanan is also a Gifted and Talented school site. Programs include:
Pre-K - 5 Gifted Self-Contained Classrooms
Scholastic Academy Classes
Talented Visual Art
Talented Music
Talented Theater
BUCHANAN’S VISION:
Our vision for Buchanan Elementary is to become an “A” school of excellence by providing a nurturing foundation that promotes and inspires leadership and diversified academic success for all stakeholders through their strengths, talents, and gifts to ensure that our students are on track to a college degree or professional career and prepared to compete and lead in their community and a global world.
BUCHANAN’S MISSION:
Believe ~ Achieve ~ Succeed
Here at Buchanan Elementary, our goals are to believe, achieve, and succeed in a culturally diverse world and grow as independent thinkers, life-long learners, and engaged scholars who inspire leadership and greatness that is exemplary and beyond.
BUCHANAN’S MOTTO:
We are the best and we expect the best! One team one mission where the best keeps getting better!
MASCOT: Bobcat
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and Gold
