Senator Dworshak, Henry Clarence
(1894 - 1962)
Senate Years of Service:
1946-1949; 1949-1962
Party:
Republican; Republican

Dworshak Elementary is named after Senator Dworshak, thus our orginal mascot name, "The Senators." Senator Dworshak was a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Duluth, Minn., August 29, 1894; attended the public schools; worked at the printing trade 1909-1918; during the First World War served overseas as a sergeant in the Fourth Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion 1918-1919; manager of printers’ supply business in Duluth, Minn., 1920-1924; editor and publisher of the Burley Bulletin in Burley, Idaho, 1924-1944; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, to November 5, 1946, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in a special election held on November 5, 1946, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Thomas; served from November 6, 1946, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948; appointed on October 14, 1949, to the United States Senate and subsequently elected on November 7, 1950, as a Republican to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bert H. Miller; reelected in 1954 and again in 1960 and served from October 14, 1949, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 23, 1962; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Our Mission Statement

At Dworshak Elementary, our mission is to begin the process to graduate proficient students. We will work as a collaborative team to ensure that proficient students are promoted.

School Beliefs

We believe that all children can learn. Each child has the right to an education in which they will succeed and be challenged to the full extent of his/her abilities. We continue to work as a collaborative team to assess data that will help identify strengths and weaknesses, to problem solve and to implement programs that will help each student reach his/her potential.

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