TALLWOOD ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
Mr. David French
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Mrs. Jennifer Haws
SCHOOL MASCOT
Timberwolves
WEBSITE
www.tallwoodes.vbschools.com

SCHOOL STATISTICS
Grades Offered [Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First through Fifth]
Number of Teachers 43
Ethnicity The schools diversity score of 0.71 is more than the state average of 0.42.
Asian 7%, Hispanic 8%, African American 29%, White 43%, Two or more races 13%

SCHOOL HISTORY
The Nathaniel Nicholas House (Tallwood) currently stands at 1676 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. William Nicholas came to Kempsville in 1643. His grandson, Nathaniel Nicholas, inherited the
family plantation south of Kempsville in 1746, on which he had already built the Tallwood house in
1740. He added 530 acres to those he has inherited, and it is said he planted one of every tree native
to Virginia on his property. The house is clapboard with both ends of brick 14 inches thick. A center
hall divides two large rooms downstairs. The flooring and stairway are all original pine.
Tallwood Elementary School received its name from this house and opened its doors to students on
September 5, 1989. Many, if not all, of the homes of the students at Tallwood Elementary School now
stand on land that once was the Tallwood Plantation.

ANCHOR SCHOOL
Tallwood Elementary School is a Digital Anchor Technology school. This is a program in which the
school is a one to one school, where every student in the school has access to their own computer.
This is a hands on approach and opportunity to use digital learning as a pathway to personalized
learning by increasing student flexibility with respect to when and how learning occurs.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS OFFERED

Girls on the Run, News Crews, SCA, Green Team, Safety Patrol, and Relay for Life