Cole Elementary

Our Mission

Cole Elementary's mission is to support all students in becoming successful learners.

Our Vision

Cole Elementary envisions a community of lifelong learners, built on a foundation of collaboration and mutual responsibility, maintaining high expectations for all students to reach their fullest potential in mind, body, and spirit.

Our Values

• All children can learn, and we can teach all children.
• Hard work promotes achievement.
• As a united community, we value the uniqueness of each individual.
• We hold ourselves accountable to achieve high standards.
• Educational success is a partnership between the school, the family, and the community.

Our Motto

P.A.W. Pride

Positive Attitudes Work!

Our History

Cole Elementary opened it's doors for the 1958-59 school year. The original campus had an office, seven classrooms, a kindergarten, and a multipurpose room. Red and Blue were chosen as the school colors and a red bulldog for it's mascot. These choices were in honor of Fresno State College that previously owned the land that Cole was built on.

Cole was named after Clovis Marshall Cole who was a very successful wheat farmer and land investor, having farmed 50,000 acres in the valley and was famous as the "Wheat King of the United States" in the late 1800's. The city of Clovis was also named after him.