Welcome to Thurgood Marshall Elementary!

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School (TMES), established in 1999, is located in San Diego County and serves a culturally and economically diverse population of 660 Transitional Kindergarten through sixth-grade students. The Chula Vista Elementary School District, with 50 schools, including charters, is California's largest elementary school district. Our diverse population includes Hispanic, Asian, Filipino, White, two or more races, and African American students.

Diversity is celebrated at Marshall Elementary School, and the cultures of our students are incorporated into our instructional curriculum and school-wide activities. A highly visible mural facing our community proudly displays the rich cultural heritage of our students. This mural, created in collaboration with Southwestern College, is updated to reflect the cultures of our newly enrolled students. Our school community values: honesty, integrity, respect, diversity, commitment, perseverance, teamwork, equity, optimism, and creativity. We are a school committed to justice, equality, and human rights in the spirit and ideals of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

Unity that focuses on all students' academic and social/emotional development.

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Our School Namesake

Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School (TMES)

Address: 2295 MacKenzie Creek Rd, Chula Vista, CA 91914

Phone: 619.656.6252

Fax: 619.656.4248

Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

School Secretary: Elizabeth Juhl                           eliza[email protected]         ext. 550100

Attendance Health Secretary: Christine Garcia     [email protected]      ext. 550110

School Nurse: Maia Edwards Maia Edwards         [email protected]

Principal: Dr. Ricardo Cooke                                   rica[email protected]         ext. 550100

School Hours

TMES Bell Schedule 23-24

Mission, Vision, & Instructional Focus

CVESD and TMES Instructional Focus pdf

Vision: Through the use of best practices, technology, community involvement, and collaboration, we will provide an inclusive personalized learning experience that inspires life long learning for everyone.

Mission: Through excellence, rigor, innovation, creativity, and compassion, we inspire life long learners.

Our school community values: We are a school committed to justice, equality, and human rights in the spirit and ideals of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Specifically, we value honesty, integrity, respect, diversity, commitment, perseverance, teamwork, equity, optimism, and creativity. The unique cultural contributions of all Marshall students are respected and woven throughout the school curriculum. All students, as well as our parent community, will participate in activities promoting a culture where individual differences are respected and bullying behavior will not be tolerated.

School Focus: TMES will work towards increasing academic achievement and develop social and emotional learning to inspire collaborative conversations & corporative learning for students’ and staff.