About Us

Letter from the Principal

I could not be more proud to serve as the principal of Baucom Elementary School. I served as the assistant principal at Baucom for three years and then transitioned to the principal role in 2021. Baucom is also my family’s community school. In fact, my daughter is an Aviator and my son will join us this coming year.  

Baucom truly is a tight knit, community school with a tradition of excellence that dates back over 59 years. The way that we are able to continue the tradition of excellence is through tremendous parent support, and by recruiting and retaining the best faculty and staff around. As the Baucom Aviators, we are committed to our four Cardinal Directions:

• Delivering Rigorous, Engaging, & Data-Driven Instruction
• Designing Questions & Tasks within PLCs that Advance Student Learning
• Existing Always in a Growth Mindset for Ourselves and our Students
• Embracing the Power of Positive Relationships and Inclusivity

To go along with decades of tradition, Baucom Elementary School is an inclusive school, focused on the current and future success of each of its students.  Through engaging lessons in the classroom, targeted intervention or acceleration, a variety of learning opportunities, and a commitment to the social and emotional well-being of each child, our Aviators are able to grow and develop their talents within a safe environment.  With our active families and community partners joining forces with our exceptional faculty, we represent the model of what one pictures when he or she thinks of a school of excellence.

Growing your son or daughter toward career and college readiness, while allowing them to explore the world around them, is an expectation here at Baucom and our annual school report card data bears witness to how well we do with this goal.

I understand, as a parent myself, how scary it can be to send your child to school and place your trust in all of us.  We take our responsibility seriously and will provide the very best school environment and experience that you will find.  It’s just what we do here at Baucom. 

We offer tours of our school for families who are interested in learning more about Baucom. I invite you to call us to register for one, so we can show off the experience we provide our most precious resource, our children.  Thank you and best wishes!

Carrie Huffman, Principal
chuffman2@wcpss.net

Mission Statement

Wake County Public School System will provide a relevant and engaging education and will graduate students who are collaborative, creative, effective communicators and critical thinkers.

Core Beliefs

#1. Every student is uniquely capable and deserves to be challenged and engaged in relevant, rigorous, and meaningful learning each day.

#2. Every student is expected to learn, grow, and succeed while we will eliminate the ability to predict achievement based on socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity.

#3. Well-supported, highly effective, and dedicated principals, teachers, and staff are essential to success for all students.

#4. The Board of Education, superintendent, and all staff, while sustaining best practices, will promote and support a culture of continuous improvement, risk-taking, and innovation that results in a high-performing organization focused on student achievement, well-being, and student agency.

#5. The Board of Education, superintendent, and all staff value a diverse school community that is inviting, respectful, inclusive, flexible, and supportive.

#6. The Wake County residents value a strong public school system and will partner to provide the support and resources to fully realize our shared vision, accomplish the mission, and sustain our core beliefs.

#7. All students and staff deserve to work in optimal learning environments supported by sufficient resources, well-maintained facilities, and sustainable operational systems.At Baucom, we are fully committed to this same mission and hold the same core beliefs.

Vision Statement

By striving daily to maintain positive relationships, meet individual academic needs, nurture social-emotional well-being, and carry a growth mindset for each learner in the school, the faculty and staff of Baucom Elementary will engage each Aviator in a variety of learning opportunities intended to develop each toward his or her full potential and ready them for the world that awaits. 

Core Value and Beliefs

At Baucom, we are committed to:

• develop and foster positive relationships between students, staff, parents, and community.

• establish effective communication and collaboration among staff in order to achieve student success.  

• equitably ensure a school in which individual students get their academic and social-emotional needs met.

• develop students of strong moral character.

• deliver a curriculum aligned to county and state standards  

• implement the TIPS model to make data driven decisions

• provide rigorous core instruction for all students

• differentiate instruction based on needs of students