Stanley Elementary School

Stanley is a place of learning for neighborhood students as well as a community hub for parents and community members.

The Stanley staff is committed to our student’s achievement academically and socially. We strive for excellence and keep student achievement at the heart of our programs. Some of our instructional programs include pre-kindergarten, full day kindergarten, English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and technology integration. A Title 1 school wide program assists us in meeting our goals and challenges. 

The Aley/Stanley Community Center addresses the needs of our student’s families and area residents. The Center includes a Neighborhood City Hall, Parks and Recreation, and Women Infant Children’s program (WIC).

Stanely met the State Standard of Excellence in Math, Spring 2005.

Exit west Kellogg at Seneca. Go south on Seneca to Esthner. Go west on Esthner to Stanley.  See Maps for all USD 259 locations.

• We have high expectations for all students.
• We use data to drive instruction.
• We improve instruction through collaboration and professional development.
• We provide a physically and emotionally safe learning environment.

1. All students will demonstrate proficiency in reading comprehension.
2. All students will demonstrate proficiency in mathematical content and problem solving.
3. All students will demonstrate proficiency in writing.

Each school has a site council, which is a group of parents, community members, business representatives, teachers and other school staff. Site councils identify, consider and discuss educational problems and issues at the school. Councils provide advice and counsel for evaluating state, school district and school site performance goals and objectives. Councils may also recommend methods that may be employed at the school site to meet these goals and objectives. 

The Stanley Site Council is comprised of parents, teachers, para educators, Parent Involvement Worker, PTO President, Communities in Schools Site Coordinator and our Neighborhood Assistant.

Meeting Day: Second Monday of the month
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Stanley Library
Chairperson: Leland McKinley

• Title 1 School-wide program
• Pre-Kindergarten
• All Day Kindergarten
• English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
• School-wide Behavior Management Plan
• Before/after-school care provided by Parks and Recreation
• Parent Involvement Resource Center
• Active Parent/Teacher Organization (PTO)
• Communities in Schools
• Technology integration through SmartBoards, wireless computer lab
• Free-standing computer lab staff full-time
• Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE)
• Reading is FUNdamental (RIF)
• Neighborhood City Hall
• Parks and Recreation

Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten Program:  9 a.m. - Noon; 1:05 - 4:05 p.m.
Half-Day Kindergarten:  None.
All-Day Kindergarten:  9 a.m. - 4:10 p.m.

• RIF (Reading is Fundamental)
• STAR Celebrations
• Grade Level Family Nights
• Honor Choir
• Battle of the Books
• Tech Stallions
• DARE
• School wide Reading Motivation programs

Stanley Elementary was first called Orient School, and the records of its origins are sketchy and incomplete. Board minutes show that on July 24, 1911 the Board of Education voted to lease a site south of the Orient Ships and to erect a one-room building on the site. On August 28 of that same year a committee reported purchase of eight lots in the Orient district. School directories show that for three years, from 1911 to 1914, a one-teacher school was conducted. In 1911-12 Ida M. Snyder taught grades one through seven; however, from 1912-14 classes were held for only grades one through four. For two years the address of the Orient was designated simply as Euclid Avenue. In 1913-14 the address shown was 2000 South Glenn.

The school was discontinued in 1914 and apparently the building on the site was moved, because the Annual Report of 1914-15 shows Board ownership of a site listed as Orient and valued at $200 but with no building or equipment located on the site.

During the summer of 1927, Lots 73-95 on Martinson and Lots 74-96 on Elizabeth were acquired through condemnation proceedings. Two frame buildings were moved from Franklin to the new site, and Orient School again opened at Martinson and Esthner. This school had grades one through five and three teachers. In 1929-30 the name was changed to Edmund E. Stanley Elementary School, and a fourth teacher was added. Edmund E. Stanley became the first president of Friends University. He was a member of the Board of Education from 1905 to 1910.

A new building was constructed in 1930 at a cost of $62,000. Schmidt, Boucher and Overend were architects for the building, and the contractor was the Blaser, Vollmer Construction Company. The new school was a concrete and brick construction and had six classrooms, a library and an office.

In 1950, to house the growing enrollment, an addition was constructed which increased the building to 12 classrooms. This construction cost $56,000 and was done by the Soderberg Construction Company with W.I. Fisher as the architect. The area continued to grow, and portables were added to accommodate the enrollment. By 1972 twelve portable classrooms were located on the site.

Major renovation and remodeling of Stanley was completed in 1981 as the final project of a bond election. The Aley-Stanley Community Center was the result of that project which added facilities for the Wichita Sedgwick County Health Department, Human Services Department, Department of Parks and Recreation, and a Wichita Public Library site. The school facility underwent extensive remodeling which nearly tripled the classroom space, expanded the library facilities, added a planetarium, and added amenities such as carpeting and air conditioning for the entire facility.

In addition to the City-County agencies, this 53,000 plus square foot facility maintains an enrollment of 450 PK-5 students, and is one of only two schools in the district to be a school/community center.

In April 2000, the voters of the Wichita School District approved a $284.5 million bond issue. The projects began in the fall of 2000 and were completed over the next five years. The plan built 19 multipurpose rooms, upgraded science labs, replaced portable classrooms with permanent construction, improved handicap accessibility to all buildings, rebuilt five existing elementary schools, added a new elementary and middle school, expanded seven other elementary schools and provided nine new libraries as well as the expansion of nine others. Building infrastructure in 82 buildings was also upgraded, including the replacement of antiquated plumbing, updates and expansion of electrical systems, replacement of inefficient or broken windows and doors, upgrades of heating and cooling systems, and asbestos abatement when required.

The district hired Caro Construction Co., Inc., to complete the addition and renovation project. Stanley received a new addition including two classrooms and upgrades to the 2nd floor restrooms.

The project completion celebration was held on March 9, 2006.