Mission Statement:

Samuel Miles Frost Elementary is committed to creating a community of life-long learners by nurturing the social, emotional, and academic gifts of all children. The Frost Community will celebrate our diversity as we soar to meet the challenges of our changing world.

Historical Background:

Samuel Miles Frost and Harriet Hunter Frost were early residents of Fort Bend county. Samuel Miles arrived in Texas in 1836. He was awarded a half section of land in Fort Bend county for helping to defend the land against Mexico. He moved to join his two brothers on Buffalo Bayou to settle Frost Town, a small German community near Harrisburg. The Allen brothers lived there until they moved further upstream and purchased Houston.

Samuel and his wife Harriet resided on the Hunter plantation at the head of Jones Creek, near Skinner Lane and Pecan Grove Country Club. During the Republic of Texas and early statehood, the couple worked the fertile soil near the Brazos River by planting crops and grazing cattle. The couple became the parents of eight children.

When the State School Law of 1854 passed, a Fort Bend county school organization established that a county judge and its commissioners were to organize into a county school board. The board would divide districts, hold elections and decide the location of the schools. The Frost Institute in Fort Bend County was incorporated by a legislative act on August 28, 1856, and organized by Samuel Miles Frost.

The Frost children, along with many others, were educated on the plantation. Their son John Miles Frost became a well-known and successful livestock commissioner and cattleman. It was he who brought the first Brahman cattle to Texas and the second herd to the United States. He also constructed the first rice irrigation canal in Texas that still remains in use today. Descendents of these families continue to live and work in Fort Bend County.

About:

Frost Elementary opened in the Fall of 2000.  The Frost Staff and Site-Based Decision Making Team collaborated to explore an enrichment model that matches our school mission and vision.  Frost has adopted Renzulli's Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM).  SEM is a detailed blueprint for total school improvement that addresses individual levels of student instructional readiness, diverse interests, varied learning styles, and multiple intelligences.

A Gifted/Talented Facilitator serves our campus on a full-time basis.  A Schoolwide Enrichment Team meets regularly. Each summer, teams of Frost teachers attend Confratute , a summer SEM conference and institute at the University of Connecticut.  Parents play an important role in the implementation of SEM through individual support of their children and collective sharing of expertise or skills as mentors or enrichment cluser leaders.

Frost is committed to differentiated instructional strategties in the classroom.  Some of these strategies include: 

• Flexible groupings
• Assignments designed to meet readiness levels
• Self-assessment activities
• Curriculum compacting
• Cooperative learning
• Mentoring, guest presentations
• Learning Centers
• Integrated technology

Recognizing individual differences, Frost is raising standards for all children.  At the heart of that daily effort is a staff of caring and dedicated professionals, a tireless team of volunteers, a very active and supportive PTO, a supportive community, and our students - soaring Frost Flyers.