Chahta-Ima
Elementary is located in Lacombe, LA in
St. Tammany Parish. It is north of Lake Pontchartrain
on the south side of I-12. Chahta-Ima Elementary
serves students in Pre-school - 3rd grade.
After
being destroyed by fire, Chahta-Ima Elementary
opened as a K-4 elementary school in 1977. A pre-kindergarten was added in
1986. A non-categorical preschool program was added in 1991. In 1996, due to
redistricting changes, the fourth grade shifted to Bayou Lacombe Middle School.
Chahta-Ima's grade structure of Pre-kindergarten through Grade 3 is self-contained.
Currently the school is staffed by a principal, an assistant principal, a resource
helping teacher, a part-time mental health provider, a full time guidance counselor,
2 part time speech therapists, 26 certified teachers and 8 paraprofessionals.
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