About Amelia Earhart Elementary

The school was erected and opened in May 1963. The first principal was Hilda Ringblom and the first assistant principal was Louise Newman. When the school opened, the School Board Members were:

Mrs. Robert Lyles, Chairperson

Mr. C.T. Mc Crimmons, Vice-Chair

Mr. G. Holmes Braddock

Mr. Jack Gordon

Mr. James H. Hendrie

Mrs. Anna Brenner Meyers

Mrs. Hellen J. Volsh

Dr. Joe Hall was the school superintendent. The Architects assigned to building the school were: Severud & Knight and William E. Tschumy Polizzi Construction company was the general Contractor responsible for the construction.

From a point just east of the location of the school, then the Miami Municipal Airport, Airport, Amelia Earhart began her World-Wide circling flight at dawn, June 1, 1937, in the twin engine Electra. The plane vanished 32 days later over the Pacific Ocean 4,210 miles short of the U.S. mainland. The school board in 1963 used these facts as the rationale for naming the school after the pioneer female pilot.

This location was formally the original memorial site for Amelia Earhart. This memorial site was erected on October 26, 1947. The memorial site was rededicated on May 20, 1966 by the the city of Hialeah and the Hialeah-Miami Springs Chamber of Commerce.

Facts gathered by: Maria E. Puyada 6th grade class of 1972

Our Mission

The staff of Amelia Earhart Elementary School is committed to the academic achievement of all its students. We will develop and implement a curriculum that will meet the needs of our multi-cultural student population and community, enhance students' academic performance, provide opportunities to encourage adult literacy, and develop life skills for functioning independently in our information age.