THE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL
A Systemwide Elementary Theme/Magnet School
601 N. Cherry Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
727-2914

Janet Atkinson, Principal
jatkinson@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

Anita Wilson, Assistant Principal
awilson2@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

School day: 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Visit the official Downtown Elementary
School web site!

Students at the Downtown School are assigned to classes of 15 students with one teacher for two years. Special options include extended day programs, half-day or full-day preschool and kindergarten. Tuition is charged for the preschool, extended-day and summer enrichment programs. Parents are required to spend one hour a week at the school. Community resources are built into instruction emphasizing active, exploratory learning.

The school has about 330 students, ages 3 through fifth grade. Up to one-third are children of employees of the school's primary business partner, Reynolds American Inc. The rest of the school's students come from families who live or work in the central urban area of Winston-Salem.

Students are selected for the Downtown School by random drawing. No transportation is provided.

The Downtown School earned the 2003-04 "Honor School of Excellence" designation from the state. (See ABCs Results)

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: AG resource, LD resource, speech.

BEFORE AND AFTER-SCHOOL CARE: Offered on-site by the school staff from 7 a.m. until school begins; after school until 6 p.m. Additional classes offered for a nominal fee: karate, dance, art.

DIRECTIONS: From Business I-40, take Cherry St. exit; turn north on Cherry St. School is on corner of 6th & Cherry; turn right immediately past building into parking lot. Entrance is on Cherry St.