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Home of the Hornets

The very first Harney school was erected in 1890 to serve the 200 children who lived east of the barracks. This school was a wooden two-story structure with a belfry. The bell now stands in front of the current-day Harney.

In 1914, a parent-teacher association was formed in order to help fundraise for library books and textbooks.

In 1922, a second Harney was built just south of the original building. During the Depression, a parent-teacher organization helped open a cafeteria to serve food.

During the war years of the 1940s, the school experienced overcrowding with the influx of shipyard workers’ families. The school double-shifted classes to accommodate students.

Construction to replace the 1922 structure began in the 1965-66 school year.

Other notable history

August 1991—A campaign begins to establish computer learning centers at several elementary schools, including Harney.

February 1994—Voters pass a bond measure that funds a rebuild of Harney Elementary School.

1996—The current-day Harney opens and is dedicated.

September 1999—Harney’s fourth-graders are chosen for the I have a Dream program in Southwest Washington. They are the third class to be selected in district.

September 2008—The Spanish Immersion Program begins at Harney with two kindergarten classes.

2010—The school’s Family-Community Resource Center opens.