COVID 19 Testing Opt-In Say Something
Newell
Elementary School
325 Rocky River Rd. W
Charlotte, NC 28213
Courier #: 474
P: 980-343-6820  |  F: 980-343-6792 
Principal: Kyerra Oglesby
LC: Northeast
Bell Schedule: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Grades: K-5
Email School
Show School Information
About Our School

Mission
Our mission is to grow our students at least 1.3 academic years. 
Vision
At Newell, our vision is to engage all scholars while building positive relationships through the establishment of high expectations that will allow them to truly feel supported, welcomed and safe in the school environment.

Newell Banner (2).png

​

Newell Rosenwald School History...

Thank you to University City Partners: University City History Tour for this information:  http://universitycityclt.org/places/points-of-interest/history-tour

Our Country Schools...​

Historians say there were few schools here for rural blacks or whites until the early 20th century. One 1920s school for white children sits on the grounds of the Mallard Creek Barbecue, on Mallard Creek Road. Black children also started going to school after the end of slavery. A schoolhouse for black children survives off of Old Concord Road in the Newell community near UNC Charlotte.

The Newell Rosenwald School is one of more than 5,000 Rosenwald schools for blacks built across the South in the 1920s and ‘30s. Mecklenburg County alone had 24, built through an amazing program created by the president of Sears, Julius Rosenwald. Rosenwald wanted to help educate Southern blacks but felt that both blacks and whites had to support schools for them to succeed.

So Rosenwald offered to provide school plans and some funding, provided that black communities raised money and donated labor, and neighboring white communities agreed to provide operating funds for teachers, books and supplies. Most of Mecklenburg’s Rosenwald schools ceased operation by the 1950s; the Newell schoolhouse is among the few still standing. 

You can’t enter, but you can walk the grounds and imagine when children’s voices filled the air. Be sure to also visit the adjacent cemetery at Torrence Grove A.M.E. Zion Church. One marker remembers a woman who was born a slave and died during the civil-rights revolution. Her great-grandchildren probably learned to read and write at Newell Rosenwald School.

​ For more information visit:
"Lost in Charlotte” or...
McCLINTOCK ROSENWALD SCHOOL AND THE NEWELL ROSENWALD SCHOOL
P.O. Box 30035
Charlotte, NC 28230-0035
Phone: 980-343-3000
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools website (www.cms.k12.nc.us) is in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any website accessibility concerns may be brought via the following, Email the Web Accessibility Team at WebAccessibility or Call: 980.343.0115. In compliance with Federal Law, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools administers all education programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability. Inquiries regarding compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities, may be referred to the District's Title IX Coordinator at titleixcoordinator or to the Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Education.