The Post Oak School

{{Short description|Private school in Great Houston, Texas}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2009}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = The Post Oak School | image = PostOakHSMusDistrict.jpg | caption = Post Oak School Museum District Campus High School | address = Bissonnet Campus (PreK-Primary): 4600 Bissonnet Street, Bellaire, TX 77401-3099<br />Museum District Campus (Secondary): 1010 Autrey Street, Houston, TX 77006 | established = | opened = | closed = | type = Private school | district = | grades = | superintendent = | principal = | enrollment = | faculty = | campus_type = | campus_size = | team_name = | newspaper = | colors = | communities = | feeder_schools = | website = {{URL|postoakschool.org}} | footnotes = }} thumb|The Post Oak School Middle School thumb|The Post Oak School Bissonnet Campus (elementary school) [[File:GordonESBellaireTX.JPG|thumb|Gordon Elementary School (now Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School), the former site of The Post Oak School]] '''The Post Oak School''' is a private Montessori K-12 school with two campuses in Greater Houston. The preschool through elementary location is the Bissonnet Campus in Bellaire, Texas while the middle-high school is in the Museum District of Houston.<ref>"[https://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Contact_Us.asp Location and Maps for The Post Oak School]." The Post Oak School. Retrieved on January 29, 2018. "BISSONNET CAMPUS Young Children's Community through Elementary 4600 Bissonnet Street Bellaire, TX 77401-3099 [...] MUSEUM DISTRICT CAMPUS Middle School & High School 1010 Autrey Street Houston, TX 77006"</ref>

Founded in 1963, the school is a non-profit corporation. It is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS). The school serves approximately 600 students, from 14 months through high school. The classroom levels are Infant Community, Primary, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School. Each level consists of children in three-year age ranges (apart from middle school which has a two-year age range, and high school consisting of a four-year range).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/School_Profile.asp |title=The Post Oak School, a premier Houston-area Montessori school- The Post Oak School |website=www.postoakschool.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183610/http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/School_Profile.asp |archive-date=2011-07-27}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

After the 1983 closure of Gordon Elementary School, a Houston Independent School District public school facility, as a neighborhood school, Gordon temporarily housed The Post Oak School.<ref name="SchoolHistoriesHISD">[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD School Histories]. ''Houston Independent School District''. Retrieved October 4, 2008.</ref>

==K-6 campus== The K-6 campus in Bellaire had, in 2010, {{convert|3.5|acre|ha}} of space.<ref name=Lescalleet>{{cite web|author=Lescalleet, Cynthia|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/Post-Oak-School-to-add-high-school-program-9432174.php|title=Post Oak School to add high school program|agency=Bellaire Examiner|work=Houston Chronicle|date=2010-08-03|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> It began using the permanent Bellaire campus circa 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/life/health/article/Post-Oak-School-hosting-open-house-at-new-9408340.php|title=Post Oak School hosting open house at new Montessori-IB high school|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2012-06-06|access-date=2018-11-05|quote=Post Oak has been operating a Montessori infant-through-middle school program for 50 years, more than 25 of them at its Bellaire campus.}}</ref>

In 2013 the school received a permit to expand from the Bellaire City Government.<ref>Foster, Robin. "[http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/west_university/news/bellaire-still-has-work-to-do-after-granting-post-oak/article_0c6a5550-85ed-11e2-a1cf-0019bb2963f4.html Bellaire still has work to do after granting Post Oak School permit]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002454/http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/west_university/news/bellaire-still-has-work-to-do-after-granting-post-oak/article_0c6a5550-85ed-11e2-a1cf-0019bb2963f4.html Archive]) West University Examiner. Tuesday March 5, 2013. Retrieved on March 7, 2013. [https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/Bellaire-still-has-work-to-do-after-granting-Post-9343566.php Alternate URL]</ref>

==High school and Middle School== The Post Oak High School is a private Montessori high school in the Museum District, Houston. The high school opened in the fall of 2012.<ref name=Quick>Quick, Mark. "[http://www.chron.com/bellaire/news/article/Museum-District-a-study-playground-for-new-high-4392237.php Museum District a study playground for new high school]." ''Houston Chronicle''. March 28, 2013. Ultimate Bellaire. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.</ref>

It is the first high school to open in the Museum District and it is the third Montessori high school in Houston.<ref name=Patel>Patel, Purva. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/The-Museum-District-is-their-classroom-2188535.php School turns Museum District into a classroom]." ''Houston Chronicle''. September 25, 2011. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.</ref>

Post Oak School began plans to establish a high school in 2010.<ref name=Lescalleet/> In 2011 the school plans called for partnering with area medical institutions and museums. The school is in proximity to the Texas Medical Center. The school has a student population of about 100.

It also has a Middle School at the same campus in the Museum District, and it serves about 60 students as of Fall 2025.

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==Notable alumni== One well-known graduate of The Post Oak School is U.S. figure skater Becky Bereswill.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Free_the_Child%27s_Potential.asp |title=The Post Oak School, a premier Houston-area Montessori school - Free the Child's Potential |website=www.postoakschool.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222045856/http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Free_the_Child%27s_Potential.asp |archive-date=2014-02-22}}</ref>

==References== {{More footnotes needed|date=August 2009}} {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|The Post Oak School}} {{Portal|Texas|Schools}} *[http://www.postoakschool.org The Post Oak School website] *[http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/pohs.asp Post Oak High School] {{Bellaire, Texas}} {{Houston Museum District}} {{Private schools in the Houston metropolitan area}} {{Houston Area Independent Schools}} {{Houston High Schools}}

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