Zue S. Bales
Zue Bales was eight years old when her parents, Lowry David
and Lucinda Jane (Lula), moved their family from southeast Kansas
to Montgomery County, Texas in a covered wagon in 1897. They
came by train to Pearland, then to Friendswood by buggy in 1899.
Zue grew up in Friendswood, attended the Quaker Academy, married
and bore a son and a daughter. She returned to school and became
a teacher and a principal at the Academy, was active in the community
and church.Zue was an artist and musician and at the age of 57
she traveled as a faith missionary to Mexico for many years before
she died peacefully in her sleep at age 89. |
The school opened its doors in 1994.
Zue S. Bales Intermediate School has an enrollment of approximately 400 students
in grades 4-5 and is located in the North Zone. |
| |
| Fine arts and choir are offered to both 4th & 5th grades. Bales students also participate in
advanced math programs, gifted and talented classes, Student
Council, journalism club, after school sports programs, running
club, and chess club. All students participate in community service
projects throughout the year. In the past five years students
have raised over $7,000 for the Galveston Ronald McDonald House,
Invisible Children, and other charitable agencies. |
School hours
8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
|
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Principal: Joel Hannemann
-
-
Counselor: Stephanie Jones
-
-
For FISD Weekly News: Subscribe to the District
eLook at www.fisdk12.net
|
Directions to Zue S. Bales Intermediate School: From Houston, take I 45 South, exit FM 2351 and take a right, go approximately 6 miles through town, beyond 518 on the right is Westwood Elementary. Take a right on Stadium Drive just past Westwood. Bales is on your immediate right. |
