Status Priority School Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash Principal Denisca R. Thompson Mascot Dragons | School district Buffalo Public School number 59 Phone +1 716-816-3370 | |
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Motto Be Responsible...Respect Yourself and Others...Strive for Excellence Address 1 Martin Luther King Park, Buffalo, NY 14211, USA Similar Buffalo Museum of Science, Phoenix Frontier Inc, Vermont Street Opportuni, City Honors School, Buffalo Public Sch Pupil Ser | ||
Dr. Charles E. Drew Science Magnet is an elementary magnet school in Buffalo, New York. It serves Grades 3 through 8 and is located at 1 Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Buffalo, NY. The current principal is Mrs. Denisca Thompson.
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Academics
The Science Magnet is physically connected to the Buffalo Museum of Science at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. The school has a satellite site for Grades PreK-2 on nearby A Street, and previously had satellites at the Buffalo Zoo and at 775 Best Street.
History
The Science Magnet was formed in the mid-1970s and housed at the former School 24. The Museum Site was constructed in the late 1980s and opened to students in 1990. The school originally housed Grades K through 6 before opening its satellites and switching to Grades 3 through 8. Grades 7 and 8 were housed at the Buffalo Zoo.
The School 24 site was closed in 2002, and the Zoo site in 2011. Beginning in Fall 2012, the school's museum site underwent renovations. The school was housed at the former Poplar Academy School on Poplar Avenue until 2014.
Former principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses