Hickory HIlls Elementary School

The Arts Academy

A comprehensive academic program that incorporates the performing and visual arts into the teaching of core courses.

Principal: Kristen Beaudin

First Opened: 1959

Fun Facts:

• Opened to accommodate growth in the Southwest part of the city, specifically, Whitlock Heights neighborhood. Originally serving grades 1-8, it was built as an open concept school with breezeways forming the halls to the classrooms.
• Hickory Hills was the first elementary school to integrate in 1966.