Trantwood Elementary School

Trantwood Elementary School, located in Virginia Beach, Va., is a public school that provides academic education to students in grades kindergarten through five. The school enrolls more than 550 students and was established in 1963. It provides basic education in English, math, language arts, geography, economics, science and social studies. The elementary school emphasizes on phonics awareness, building vocabulary, and reading, creative writing and communication skills. Its math curriculum includes number operations, computation and estimation, geometry, probability and statistics. Trantwood Elementary School has a library that provides fiction and nonfiction books, periodicals, encyclopedias, dictionaries and access to the Internet. Additionally, the school organizes various extracurricular activities, such as art, music, orchestra, dance and book fairs, and offers special education. The school has a parent-teacher association, cafeteria and gymnasium, and offers health and wellness programs for its students. It is a part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.