Sartartia Middle School, located in New Territory, is beginning its tenth year.. Sartartia was the name of the eldest daughter of L.A. Ellis who, along with E.H. Cunningham, owned thousands of acres in this area. The two men partnered in 1875 to create a large scale sugar cane operation which became one of the most successful in the state of Texas. After nine years of partnership, the pair split with Ellis retaining 5300 acres and Cunningham retaining 12,500 acres including the sugar mill. Ellis named his plantation "Sartartia" after his daughter, known for her beauty. About 2000 acres of the original Sartartia Plantation existed where New Territory now does. In the 1920's Benjamin Clayton purchased the piece of property for a dairy plantation and kept the unusual name.

Sartartia is pronounced Sa-tar-sha.
Enrollment: 6th-8th grades is about 1256 students
Founded: 2001
School Colors: Black and Gold
Mascot: Jaguar
Principal: Tom Thompson
Associate Principal: Stephanie McElroy
Assistant Principal: Carl Peters

At Sartartia our mission is: Exemplary Education Everyday, E^{3 .}

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A Lunch-
1st - 8:55-9:55
2nd - 10:00-10:50
Lunch - 10:50-11:20
3rd - 11:25-12:15
4th - 12:20-1:10
5th - 1:15-2:05
6th - 2:10-3:00
7th - 3:05-3:55
 
B Lunch-
1st - 8:55-9:55
2nd - 10:00-10:50
3rd - 10:55-11:45
Lunch- 11:45-12:15
4th - 12:20-1:10
5th - 1:15-2:05
6th - 2:10-3:00
7th - 3:05-3:55
 
C Lunch-
1st - 8:55-9:55
2nd - 10:00-10:50
3rd - 10:55-11:45
4th - 11:50-12:40
Lunch - 12:40-1:10
5th - 1:15-2:05
6th - 2:10-3:00
7th - 3:05-3:55

Tom Thompson was born and raised in Wagontown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Coatesville Area High School in 1989 where he played soccer, football, track and field and was a member of Student Council. He then attended and graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where he was also a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He graduated in 1994 with his Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.
 
Mr. Thompson has been in the Fort Bend Independent School District for the past 13 years. He began his career in FBISD as a sixth grade science teacher at First Colony Middle School while pursuing his Masters Degree. He then took a position at Lake Olympia Middle School in 2000 as an Assistant Principal. In 2002 he received his Master’s Degree in Administration and Supervision from the University of Houston – Victoria. In 2003 he became the Associate Principal at Fort Settlement Middle School.
 
Mr. Thompson currently resides in Pearland, TX with his wife and son. He enjoys yard work, hunting, fishing, and all types of sports.
 
He has very high expectations for the students, parents, and staff members of SMS.
Mr. Thompson is extremely excited about joining the SMS faculty and anticipates many more positive accomplishments from the students and staff members of SMS in the years to come.

Stephanie McElroy is the principal responsible for the 6th grade students and 7th grade students with last names beginning A-K.
Mrs.McElroy was raised in Magnolia, Texas and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1992 where she participated in the High School Band, National Honor Society, FFA, Drama Club, and was a student trainer for the baseball team. She attended Sam Houston State University and was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, and was a member of the Kappa Delta Pi and Order of Omega Honor Societies. She graduated in 1998 with her Bachelor’s Degree in Education.
 
Upon graduating from SHSU, Mrs. McElroy started her teaching career in Katy ISD, where she spent the next 8 years. She taught grades 5-8 in a variety of different settings, including Dyslexia Intervention, Reading Improvement, and finally 8th Grade English Language Arts. It was in her first year of teaching that she met her husband, Scott McElroy. Mr. McElroy is also an educator. He is currently teaching 6th Grade Social Studies and is a high school volleyball and softball coach.
 
In 2006, Mrs. McElroy received her Master’s Degree in Educational Management from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Her first administrative position was at Sealy High School, where she served as an Assistant Principal. In 2007, she was offered a Principal position at Selman Intermediate School in Sealy where she stayed until 2009.
 
Mrs. McElroy currently lives in Sealy, TX with her husband of 10 years, and their three dogs. She enjoys country living, along with deep sea fishing, reading, cooking, gardening, and decorating her home.
 
Mrs. McElroy’s future plans are to start a family and to obtain her Doctorate Degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
 
She is thrilled to be at Sartartia Middle School. “Sartartia is such a unique place. It is a wonderful example of what can happen for students when parents, faculty, and community work together for the good of students. I am thrilled to be a part of this wonderful faculty.”

Carl Peters is the principal responsible for the 8th grade students and the 7th grade students with last names beginning L-Z.
Mr. Peters was born in Sandusky, Ohio on the same day Hawaii became a state. His father was the custodian at the Farrell-Cheek steel company and his mother worked packing crayons and paints for the American Crayon Company in Sandusky. Neither of his parents graduated high school and they constantly stressed to him the need for an education. He worked hard and graduated from Sandusky High School and then Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.
 
He first taught middle school physical science as well as high school biology and earth science in New Carlisle, Ohio, for one year and was laid off due to the state’s financial cut-backs. It was very difficult to find teaching jobs at that time, so he went back to Sandusky and found a job as a salesman for a small manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels (stickers). This lasted two years until a roommate from BGSU called and told him there were teaching jobs in Houston. So, after great thought and contemplation, he moved to Texas and landed a job teaching sixth grade science at Jackson Middle School in HISD where he stayed for 5 years.
 
He eventually moved to west Houston and taught high school physical science at Alief-Elsik HS for two years. Mr. Peters began teaching in FBISD at Hodges Bend Middle School where he taught seventh grade life science. In the meantime, he went back to school and received his Masters in Science Education from the University of Houston.
 
He became Science Department Chairperson in 1993 and then Instructional Specialist for HBMS in 1999; he went back to school again and finished his Principalship Certification in 2001. in 2002, he became the sixth grade principal at HBMS following the same group of students through all three grades and then repeated that cycle again with his next group of students.
 
In 2007, he was asked to help open David Crockett Middle School as the eighth grade assistant principal and became the sixth grade assistant principal in 2008.
 
On a personal note, his wife is Arlene Peters, an insurance agent, and he is the proud father of five daughters ranging in age from 16 to 25. He is an avid train buff and enjoys model trains of all sizes but particularly N-scale. He serves on the Kingsbridge MUD board and the St. Martin's Lutheran Church council.
 
He is very excited to be at Sartartia Middle School and is looking forward to working with the faculty and staff to maintain Sartartia’s reputation as the best middle school in FBISD.