Pampa Independent School District

For the 2011 school year, Travis Elementary was rated acceptable by the Texas Education Agency.

Travis Elementary History Travis Elementary was completed in 1959 to serve the influx of Baby Boomer families into Pampa after World War II. The school was named in honor of William Barret Travis, a hero of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Each March 6, the schools flies the flag of the Constitution of 1824 which was the flag flown by the defenders in the Alamo. Travis was originally built with 16 classrooms, a cafeteria, a gym, and an administrative area. Six additional classrooms and two restrooms were added to the East wing approximately twenty-five years later. In 1997 all areas were remodeled and a new wing with thirteen classrooms was added. A new media center was made from three of the old rooms, and the administrative area was enlarged to create a reception area, principal's office, nurse's office, secretary's office, records room, conference room, and a two restrooms for the staff. A modern twenty station computer lab was developed for use by all grades. Today Travis has approximately 370 students in grades kindergarten through fifth and a staff of 50 full or part-time employees.

Green and White

For the 2011 school year, Austin Elementary was rated recognized by the Texas Education Agency.

Blue and White

For the 2011 school year, Wilson Elementary was rated acceptable by the Texas Education Agency.

Red and White

For the 2011 school year, Lamar Elementary was rated recognized by the Texas Education Agency.

Lamar Elementary School was built in 1953 when Knox Kinard was Superintendent of Schools and H.R. Thompson was the Board of Trustees president. The building was named for Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar, a Texas hero who is known as the Father of Texas Education. The elementary school is located at 1234 S. Nelson in Pampa, TX. on the southern borders of the city. It serves about 430 children in pre-school through grade 5. It is the only elementary school in the Pampa district that offers the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities, Heat Start classes, and pre-school classes. The school also has a vital parent program that includes parenting classes, as well as ESL and GED classes. A parent liaison coordinates parent groups and school volunteers. The building has a gymnasium and a cafeteria and two playground areas. The campus has a library of about 10,000 volumes and a Family Literacy Center that offers a set of computers for family and student use.

Purple and Yellow

For the 2011 school year, Pampa Junior High School was rated academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency.

Green and Gold

For the 2011 school year, Pampa High School was rated academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency.

The 10 acres (40,000 m²) purchased for $2,000 on the north edge of town in 1929 was first used for athletic purposes. As the school outgrew the central campus, Work Progress Administration work began on a large high school building at 111 E. Harvester. Later a music and art addition to the east, a field house, a woodshop and homebound class building, a music building, the remodeling of the library and girls gymnasium, an athletic building, new tennis courts, stadium improvements, a cinder track, an area vocational building, and paved parking lot and baseball diamond have been added to keep pace with the changing times. Off Price Road is an area purchased for an F.F.A. livestock feeding facility.

Campus structures named to honor outstanding teachers or students include Clifton McNeely Field House named for the outstanding basketball coach who led the Harvesters to four state basketball championships during his 1947-1960 term. Matson Track was named for Pampa High’s only Olympic champion, Randy Matson. In 1984 the livestock feedlots were named in honor of Bob Skaggs.

Green and Gold

The Harvesters

"Dear Ol' Pampa High School" sung to the tune of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart".

On Ye Harvesters! On Ye Harvesters Fight on down that line. Toss the ball clear down the field. A touchdown sure this time Rah! Rah! Rah! On ye Harvesters! On ye Harvesters! Fight on for your fame. Fight! Harvesters, Fight! Fight! Fight! And win this game Go Green!

To the music of “On Wisconsin”

The Pampa High School football team was featured on Dateline NBC in 2006. "Every Friday night, small town America shows its spirit on fields like Harvester. This is a story about football—intensely and passionately played. But it is also a story of family, friendship and faith." [3]

The Pampa Learning Center is a school of choice for students between the ages of 16 to 21. Student apply to attend this small self-paced school. The student body is composed of students who have dropped out of school or were at risk of becoming dropouts. Many are either teen parents or soon to be parents. They offer basic high school curriculum and an excellent Teen Parenting program with Day care available. They also offer a GED pre program for qualified students.