Welcome

Our school is located in eastern Jefferson County at the corner of Westport Road and Hurstbourne Parkway. Our outstanding staff strives to provide the highest quality educational experience to each of our students. We offer a wide range of academic programs, including the Gifted and Talented and Advance Programs, EL Literacy and Illustrative Math curriculums. 

In addition to these core programs we differentiate our instruction to meet a child's individual needs. We do this with small group instruction and designated intervention teachers. We also provide after school activities such as tutoring, chess, dance team, basketball, robotics, STLP and Girls on the Run. Zachary Taylor also offers full-time PE, Arts and Humanities, Library and STEM classes.  All of these align with the district's Backpack of Success Pillar. 

Zachary Taylor students and staff pledge daily to celebrate differences, treat everyone with kindness and respect and work hard. These characteristics are exemplified in goals to be RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, SAFE AND KIND! #2RSK We also have a full time Guidance Counselor that leads monthly guidance lessons to all students and heads up our peer mediation program for conflict resolution, a full time Mental Health Practitioner and full time Certified Behavior Interventionist. These individuals, along with our Positive Behavior Intervention Systems (PBIS) approach to behavior support, work ensure we are educating the whole child. These ensure that we are aligned with the JCPS  pillars of Racial Equity and Climate/Culture. 

Please contact our office if you have any questions at (502)485-8336. 

Analese Cravens, Ed. S.
Principal 

Weekly Smores Parent News Letter

School Resources & Information

Grade Level Supply List
ZT Dress Code
ZT Student Handbook
Grade Level Standart
JCPS Bus Finder

Transportation Memo from Principal

ZT Parents / Guardians:

School Hours and Arrival Procedures

The school day at Zachary Taylor Elementary begins at 7:40am and ends at 2:20pm.  Students should arrive between 7:00 and 7:30am.  All students are able to eat breakfast at no cost. After they eat breakfast, they will report to their holding areas. Students in grades K-2 report to the gym. Third grade students report to the library.  Fourth and fifth grade students report to the library hallway.   

Car riders enter at the parking lot from Hurstbourne Parkway and proceed around the parking lot, past the playground, to the circle by the library. The library door is open from 7:00am to 7:35am Please do not park or stop your car.  Between 7:00 and 7:35, car riders should NOT be dropped off in front of the building – the bus circle is reserved for BUSES ONLY at this time.

Students should be in their seats and instruction begins at 7:40.  

Dismissal Procedures

  1. School Ends at 2:20pm  

  2. Changes to transportation for the day will end at 1:30 pm.  We will not make changes after 1:30pm.

  3. If your child is a car rider, you must pick them up in the car rider line.

  4. You must pick your child up on time every day.   Failure to follow this procedure will result in a meeting with the principal to see how we can support the situation. 

Bus Riders

Bus riders are dismissed when the tone sounds at 2:20.  Students will be escorted to their buses by their teachers through designated exits.   

Car Riders

Children who are car riders are dismissed from the library.  For the safety of all, parents are assigned a car rider number and students are dismissed by that number.  Please follow the flow of traffic around the back of school to pick up car riders.  Students must be picked up by 2:35 p.m.  In order to promote the safety of ALL of our students, and limit the confusion of afternoon dismissal, parents are prohibited from waiting in the school lobby to pick up students.  Walkers and car riders will be dismissed from the library ONLY.  We appreciate your cooperation with this policy.

Walkers

Walkers will be released from the library. Students with parent permission only will be allowed to walk home independently. All kindergarten walkers must be picked up by an adult. 

Early Dismissal

Early dismissals are granted, if an emergency exists.  Parents who find it essential to request an early release must appear in person and sign the official register in the office before 1:45pm.  Teachers are instructed to release students only after the request is made by the office via telephone.  Students then report to the office.  These procedures are essential for the protection and safety of our students.  Teachers have been instructed not to release children directly from the classrooms to parents. 

Changes in Method Home

We understand that there are times when the method by which a student goes home must be changed during the course of a day.  Messages regarding changes in mode of transportation must be received in the school office by 1:30 p.m. each day in order for our staff to ensure that the message is relayed to the student.  Due to the high volume of activity in the afternoons, we cannot guarantee that messages received after 1:30 p.m. will be relayed.