Facts About Our School
Year School Built 1962
Renovation 1999
Square Footage 58,573
Number of Students 344
Grades Served PreK-4
School Hours 8:00 - 3:00
School Colors Purple and Gold
School Mascot Eagle
School Motto:
"Bellshire Design Center: Where Eagles DARE" (Discipline, Achievement, Responsibility, Excellence)
Principal: Donna Wilburn
donna.wilburn@mnps.org
District 3 School Board epresentative:
Mark North - mark.north@nashville.gov
District 3 Metro Council Representative:
Walter Hunt - walter.hunt@nashville.gov
What Makes Our School Unique?
Next to world peace, our nation’s most important goal is the development of a high quality educational system that will prepare our children for life in a fast changing and complex world. Bellshire Design Center is working to achieve this goal with the mission of cultivating and celebrating the talents and gifts of all students.
Community Partners
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What Does Our School Offer?
Special Programs
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Accelerated Reader Program
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After School Tutoring
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Black History Month
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Character Education
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Computer lab
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Conflict Management Program
- Encore Program
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Second Harvest school food drive
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Junior Achievement
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Lifeskill
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Music
- PENCIL Partner Tutoring/FLIP
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Physical Education
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Pre-K
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Reading Recovery
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Reading Specialist
- Volunteer Program
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Writer’s Showcase
Who Attends Our School?
Students attending Bellshire live in the northwest corner of Davidson County and are zoned to Hunters Lane High School. Other elementary schools in the Hunters Lane cluster are: Amqui, Old Center, Gateway, Goodlettsville, Stratton, and Neely's Bend. The middle schools in this cluster are Brick Church, Goodlettsville and Neely's Bend.
Bellshire is a design center that has a specialized program and voluntary enrollment. Students living within the school zone have the first choice at enrolling in these schools and do not have to apply. Students living in the Hunters Lane high school cluster have second priority and must apply through the lottery.
Students living outside the cluster must apply through the lottery. Call 259-INFO for more information.
PENCIL Partners
PENCIL Foundation, a nonprofit organization, links community resources with Nashville public schools. A PENCIL Partner is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Metro school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success.
Hunters Lane Cluster Map (2008-2009)
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