Welcome to the Kate Smith Elementary School Web Page.

Mission Statement

All students at Kate Smith Elementary School will master the Nevada State Content Standards at their grade level.

Interesting Information about Kate Smith Elementary

Kate Smith School was named after Kate Smith who was a native of Ohio and came to Sparks from Wallace, Idaho.  She was self-trained under her mother's supervision. Through correspondence work and summer schools she earned her degree.

Miss Smith was employed as a Sparks High School teacher inside the grammar school later to be named the Robert H. Mitchell School.  Several of her former students remember her as a very strict Latin teacher.  Students living in Reno came to Sparks High because they wanted to be taught by Kate Smith.  

The respected educator soon left Sparks to accept a position as assistant professor of Latin at Berkeley University.  Sparks High School seniors dedicated their 1918 annual to Miss Smith after she had left the area.  It is believed Kate Smith passed away in 1919.

General School Contact Information

1925 F Street
Sparks, NV 89431

School Phone Number 775-353-5720
School Fax Number     775-353-5927
School Email Address  smithkate@washoeschools.net

Principal-Richard Swanberg

Administrative Assistant-Daisy Frye

Daily Schedule:
8:00                      Office Opens
9:00                      School Starts        
10:30                    3rd Grade Recess
11:00-11:45          K/4th Grade Lunch
11:30-12:15          1st/2nd/5th Grade Lunch
12:05-12:45          2nd/3rd/6th Grade Lunch
1:30-1:45              K Recess
1:45-2:00              1st/2nd Grade Recess
3:00                      School Dismissed
4:00                      Office Closed

 Early Dismissal Wednesdays----2:15