Red Bank Elementary School

Red Bank Elementary is located at 1100 Mountain Creek Rd, Chattanooga and is the beginning school for many of the children located in Hamilton county. This school has grades Pre-kindergarten through 5th. The core school staff consists of the principal, Haley Brown, assistant Principal Megan Bray and the school counselor, James Dockery. The main goal of Red Bank Elementary is to prepare the children that come into the school to learn and problem solve at higher levels later in life. Another part of this goal is to teach kids how to enjoy what they learn and how to have fun learning it. If this is implemented into the kids at an early age, learning becomes much easier, making the rest of the journey through the Red Bank school system much less stressful.

Hamilton County Schools Video Feature of the Week

Samantha Eaton, Red Bank Elementary, and HCS Elementary School Teacher of the Year

Click the photo or YouTube link below to view the video. If you can’t access YouTube, click the Google link.

Ms. Eaton is also a Region-level finalist for Tennessee Teacher of the Year

If you stop to visit Samantha Eaton’s kindergarten class, her students might be found learning outside of Red Bank Elementary as often as inside. The Hamilton County Schools Teacher of the Year starts her young learners early in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education with her forest kindergarten program. The innovative learning experience for the Red Bank Elementary children has vaulted Ms. Eaton to the next level in the Tennessee Teacher of the Year program as she is as a Regional-level finalist.

“We spend half of the day inside doing traditional kindergarten activities at an accelerated pace and the rest of the day is spent outdoors with natural experiential learning,” Eaton said. “Outside, the children are following their passion projects or what they are excited about learning.”

Samantha Eaton has taught at Red Bank Elementary for the past five years, and she has nine years of teaching experience. She considers herself a researcher and loves to search for answers to help her students learn. Six years ago, she asked her school leader the question that started a new adventure for Red Bank Elementary and her kindergarten children. She asked, “Have you ever heard of STEAM?” That simple question was a launching point for innovative learning.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bxKf_v43bw

Alternative Google video link:https://drive.google.com/a/hcde.org/file/d/1ZjgaYc0jMzOX3AdkP84cuAB9ibXaas9B/view?usp=sharing

Video by Chad Wilson, videographer, and multimedia specialist for Hamilton County Schools.

Red Bank Elementary SPRING CARNIVAL!!

APRIL 27th 2018

4:30PM to 7:00PM

BOUNCE HOUSES, CARNIVAL GAMES, FOOD & RETAIL VENDORS (prices vary by vendor)

Purchase armbands at the door for $10 (cash only)