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Phone: 757-850-5088

Fax: 757-850-5455


Office Hours: 7:00 - 3:00

Teaching Hours: 7:30 - 2:05

New Policy (beginning January 6, 2025)

Welcome to Captain John Smith Elementary School in Hampton, Virginia.  We are a neighborhood public school serving nearly 400 students from grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th Grade.  As a school with a Title I program, we have reading and math specialists available, as well as a family engagement specialist to assist students and their families so that all can thrive in our community and beyond.

Threat Assessment Awareness

Parents and guardians, please watch this video about threat assessment awareness and how we can use this to help keep our students and school safe.

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Earn Money For Our School

Please help our school earn funds with your everyday purchases of products in the Box Tops For Education program. Download the Box Tops For Education app on your smart phone.  Then after signing up and choosing our school, you will simply need to scan your purchase receipts into the app by using your smart phone's camera.  The funds will automatically be credited to our school. There is no more need to clip boxtops.  If you use Walmart's app or website to shop, you can connect your shopping account and the points will automatically be registered.

Library

Please visit the Smith Elementary Library page to learn about our wonderful library; to find out which books are available to be checked out; and to find links to many student resource websites.

Picture of a computer with library books displayed on the screen. Click to visit the Smith Library website.

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