Oyama Elementary School To Open on Monday

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala or Toni Córdova, 225-6437 
Posted on: January 29, 2003

Oyama students and teachers will report to classes at the new Oyama Elementary School, 2700 S. La Cholla Blvd., beginning at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 3. A school-wide assembly welcoming students and staff will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Superintendent Stan Paz and Hank "Henry" Oyama, the school's namesake, will be the featured speakers.

Oyama's kindergarten through fourth-grade students were temporarily located in two TUSD facilities close to the school. Kindergarten and first-grade students attended classes at Tolson Elementary School, 1000 S. Greasewood. Students in the second-, third- and fourth- grades attended school at the Ajo Service Center, 2201 W. 44th Street. Fifth-grade students were allowed to complete their fifth-grade year at the elementary school where they were enrolled during the 2001-02 school year.

Mr. Oyama taught at Safford Middle School and Pueblo High School, where he served as a pioneer in bilingual education. He later developed the bilingual program at Pima Community College and helped to found PCC's Hispanic Student Endowment Fund. Mr. Oyama also has participated with such community organizations as LULAC, Tucson Sister Cities, Arizona Historical Society State Board, the Rotary Club of Tucson and the Hispanic Jewish Dialogue.

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