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Andersen Profile

Vision 

We are united in the relentless pursuit of excellence through high expectations, ensuring that all students learn at high levels.

Mission 

Equip all students with foundational skills to be succesful secondary students in order to graduate 100 percent college and career ready.

District Mission

"Our Mission is to Graduate 100 Percent of Our Students, College & Career Ready."

Together We Make a Difference

About Hans M. Andersen Elementary School

Hans Madsen Andersen arrived in Broken Arrow on November 10, 1910, from Denmark. As their children learned English in school, they taught their parents. They became United States citizens in 1913. In 1919, Andersen bought a 200-acre dairy farm at 61st and Mingo, which is currently where the Union 6th/7th Center is located.

Due to his generosity and support of the Union Public Schools, which began in 1919, Andersen Elementary was named in his honor in 1985. We are privileged to have our school building named after such a dedicated, giving man.

As you enter our school, Andersen’s picture and plaque with a commemorative inscription will be one of the first things you see. Even though he died in 1954, Hans Madsen Andersen will always be remembered.

Sharon Cahwee
Andersen Teacher of the Year 2025-26

A group of people are enjoying a meal outdoors at a table laden with food, with a fence and trees visible in the background.

Families enjoy a PTA-sponsored picnic outside.

PTA

Andersen Elementary Parent Teacher Association supports the mission of the national PTA and dedicates its organization to improving the education and well-being of students. See District PTA page.

 

Principal

Bethany Harper

Bethany Harper has been the principal at Andersen Elementary since 2012.  Prior to this administrative role, she was an assistant principal at Boevers Elementary, a reading specialist at Peters Elementary, and taught third and fourth grades.

Harper obtained her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Northeastern State University and her master’s degree in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership with a Literacy Specialization from Oklahoma State University.

Harper has been a positive behavior incentive and support coach, a building testing coordinator for state and district assessments, and part of the intervention team at Peters and Boevers. Her range of experiences provides a broad view of school life.

Bethany is married with two grown children and five grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, boating, and reading.

Principal Bethany Harper reads over soulder of a student on a bench

Andersen At A Glance

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Three young people in grey t-shirts with a robot logo are gathered around a colorful robotics competition field, with a partially built robot on the grid in the foreground and a blurred background of spectators.
A group of people in Halloween costumes pose in front of a car trunk decorated for trick-or-treating, with a parking lot and streetlights visible in the background.
A group of people of various ages are enjoying a meal outdoors at a table laden with food, with a fence and trees visible in the background.
A woman walks a bicycle on a suburban street with children on scooters in the foreground, while houses and trees line the background.
A woman and a young girl smile at the camera while standing on a striped blanket in a backyard with other people relaxing in the background.
A woman and a young girl sit on a blanket in the foreground, enjoying a picnic with food from Chick-fil-A, while other people and chairs are visible in the blurred background.
Three people in cycling gear pose with bicycles in front of a brick building, with parked cars and trees visible in the background.
A woman and a young boy sleep peacefully, their heads resting on a table, with a classroom environment visible in the background.
Children in the foreground strain on a tug-of-war rope with a building and trees in the background.
A smiling boy in a gray sweatshirt stands in front of a wall adorned with children's artwork and craft supplies.
A woman and a young boy with red hair sit in the foreground of a theater filled with an audience of children and adults in the background.
Two young girls in the foreground are holding coats, while in the background, other children and cubbies filled with belongings line a hallway.
Children in colorful shirts play tug-of-war on a grassy field with houses in the background.
A group of girls in white t-shirts play tug-of-war on a grassy field in front of a brick building.
In the foreground, a table is covered with glow sticks, while in the background, a group of people are dancing under blue lights.
Four smiling women pose in front of shelves filled with children's crafts and books, with hats and other items displayed on a table in the foreground.
Two women smile from behind a desk with papers and a computer monitor in the foreground, while a cluttered office with holiday decorations is visible in the background.
Two children are playing on a seesaw in a classroom with a colorful rug and storage cabinets in the background.
A person in a red shirt and cowboy hat rides an inflatable dinosaur down a school hallway.
Children in a dark room illuminated by blue light are holding glow sticks, with a table in the foreground covered in more glow sticks.
Children in the foreground are sitting on colorful yoga mats in a gymnasium, while adults and other children are visible in the background.
A group of people in casual attire and white hats pose on a grassy field in front of a helicopter, with houses and trees in the background.
A woman in a pink shirt waves to a group of children standing in front of a building.
A woman with a megaphone and a cup stands in the foreground, while a line of children with their hands raised sits in the background, with trees and buildings behind them.
Three women smile at the camera in the foreground, with a school building in the background.
A man in a blue shirt and yellow hat leads a group of children in a dance or exercise class in front of a wall decorated with colorful posters and inspirational quotes.
Two young girls work on assignments at their desks in a classroom, with a large screen and other students visible in the background.
A young boy in a classroom is focused on his worksheet, with bookshelves and a %22FUEL%22 box visible in the background.
Two smiling women stand in the foreground, with a blurred background featuring a child in a yellow vest.
Three women kneel on a carpeted hallway floor, interacting with two ducklings in the foreground, while a third duckling rests to the right.
A whiteboard with a joke about letters A and B buying something at a music store hangs on a blue wall under a %22JOKE OF THE DAY%22 sign.
A teacher in a %22Teacher of the Year%22 shirt works with two young boys in a classroom decorated with student work and a ghost cutout.
Three women pose with a mascot in a gymnasium, while children and adults gather in the background.
A woman stands on a stage holding a microphone in front of a large screen, while two people sit at a table behind a lush display of ferns.
Three young girls with red headbands eat lunch at school tables, with a colorful bulletin board and classroom decorations visible in the background.
A person in a superhero costume with a blue cape and wig runs across a grassy field with houses and trees in the background under a clear blue sky.
A group of children, some with colorful face paint and wigs, pose in front of a brick building.
Children run through a colorful powder-strewn path in the foreground, with houses and a clear blue sky in the background.