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Our Mission....

Serna Elementary is committed to educational excellence.  Students will be challenged to achieve through a variety of learning experiences.  Serna will provide a safe, positive environment which promotes respect, self-esteem and individuality.  With the support of  staff, parents, and the community, Serna students will become productive, responsible, lifelong thinkers and learners.

How did Serna Elementary get its name?
The name is from Ignacio Felix Serna, who was a landowner in this area.  He donated the land for the original site of the school, and though the school has since relocated, the name remains.  

Mr. Serna was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and grew up on a sheep farm.  While tending sheep, he was captured by the Buffalo Hump tribe of the Southern Comanche in February of 1847. He escaped from the tribe near Waco, Texas in the summer of 1848 and was adopted by Maj. R. S. Neighbors, an Indian agent.  Serna spent most of his remaining years in and around San Antonio.

Serna served in the Confederate Army and after his discharge, married Frances Virginia Hines and the couple had three sons, Robert Angelo, Leon C., and Albert Ignacius.

The school and a post office are named for him and when Serna Elementary was reopened and rededicated as an elementary school in 1992, some 26 Serna family members participated in the ceremonies.
                     Special thanks to Jacque Crouse of the Express News

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