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James Monroe Elementary School is named after James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758 and attended the College of William and Mary.
James Monroe Elementary School is located in the historic Park Place neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia. The school was rebuilt in 1990 and occupies 12.8 acres of property at 29th Street and Colonial Avenue. The school has 32 classrooms and houses Pre-K through fifth grade. The school is physically connected to the Park Place Multiple Purpose Center and Park Place Recreation Center and is handicap accessible.
James Monroe's school Mascot is an Eagle and colors are Red & Navy Blue.
Famous Alumni:
- Mr. E. S. Brinkly, who later became superintendent of schools, was principal until the early 20’s.
- Hank Foiles, 1957 National League All-Star Catcher
- Leon Uris, Novelist
- Kam Chancellor, Professional Football Player
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Kam Chancellor
Kam Chancellor was born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 3, 1988. He attended James Monroe Elementary School and then Maury High School, where he played basketball and football as a quarterback and safety for the Commodores athletic teams. As a senior in 2005, he recorded more than 2,000 passing yards and 500 rushing yards and led his team to a 10–2 record and an appearance in the Group AAA Division 5 playoffs. Chancellor went on to play at Virginia Tech from 2006 to 2009. Chancellor was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2022. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2010 and played his entire career in Seattle until 2018. He was a four-time Pro Bowler, a key member of the Legion or Boom, and helped lead the Seahawks to victory in Super Bowl XLVIII!
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Hank Foiles
Foiles was named All-Foreman Field, All-Tidewater, All-State and All-Southern in football during Foilesthe 1946 season, and that same year, was named Norfolk’s Outstanding Football Player. He has the distinction to have played in the very first Oyster Bowl Game and was selected to the All-Time All-Tidewater Golden Team, which encompasses the years 1932-1982. During his high school track days, Foiles set a Virginia state record in the javelin and was named to the Look All-American Track Team in 1946.
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Leon Uris
Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia, and Baltimore but never Urisgraduated from high school, having failed English three times. At the age of seventeen Uris joined the United States Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific as a radioman at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and New Zealand from 1942 to 1945. While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant. They married in 1945.
