HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Introduction
The Johnsonville High School was built in 1933 to serve as a high school only. Mrs. Laurene McLean, a teacher educated at Fayetteville State University (formerly known as the State Teachers College), had long dreamed of such a school being built in the Pineview and surrounding areas for young people to continue their education after the elementary years. She put forth the initial efforts for erection of the school and traveled to Raleigh, NC to make preparation and put into motion plans for the high school.
The name, Johnsonville High School, came from the name of the community and church. Before erection of the school building, classes were held in the Johnsonville Church and Mr. J.G. Smith was the
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The students, as well as the teachers, had to depend on a coal or wood burning stove for warmth during the winter months. The only source of water was from a well dug by Mr. D.J. Mallette on the property of the Johnsonville church. The county later accepting and realizing the need for a well on the school site, dug a well and installed an electrical pump. The pump became a part of the facilities after the wiring of the school for electricity in 1947. Prior to this time, lighting was by natural sources or artificially provided by kerosene …show more content…
L.H. Ledbetter, followed by Mr. L.E. Cottingham served as principals during the start of the formal lunch program and under the leadership of Mr. C.L. Powell as principal, the growth and improvement of the lunchroom program continued. By the end of 1955, for the first almost twenty-two years of the school’s operation, three individuals served as principal. In 1969 because of school integration, the school became an elementary school serving students through the eighth grade. For high school, the students attended Benhaven School. Other school configurations later followed and the school currently serves students in grades K-5. Several principals and teachers have and continue to impact the history of Johnsonville High School. Other principals who have made a mark in the history of Johnsonville School include Mr. Marsh, Mr. Evans, Mr. W.C. Brinkley, Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. Thompson, and the current principal, Mrs. J.
James was trained in music and other subjects by his mother, a schoolteacher. Johnson graduated from Atlanta University with A.B. in 1894. He later obtained a M.A. in 1904 while studing at Columbia. For several years he was principal of the black high school in Jacksonville, Fla. He read law at the same time, and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1897, and began practicing there. During this period, he and his brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), a composer, began writing songs. In 1901 the two went to New York, where they wrote some 200 songs for the Broadway musical stage.
founder and principal of the Haines Institute in Augusta for fifty year, Lucy Craft Laney is Georgia's most famous female African American educator. She was born on April 13, 1854, one of ten children, to Louisa and David Laney during slavery. Her parents, however, were not slaves. David Laney purchased his freedom about twenty years before Laney's birth; he purchased his wife's freedom sometime after their marriage. Laney learned to read and write by the age of four and, She attended Lewis High School in Macon. In 1869 Laney joined the first class at Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University), graduating from the Normal Department in 1873. Women were not allowed to take the classics course at Atlanta University at that time.After
Hansberry attended Englewood High School, where she became involved in theater. After graduating, she was accepted to the
The town wishing to be considered as the location for one of the four schools must offer a minimum of $40,000 and a site of not less than 200 acres. The citizens of Russellville were very interested in meeting these bid conditions. A story in the January 1910 Courier Democrat stated that Atkins had raised $30,000 and 320 acres of land toward a bid for the school, apparently only four towns were in the final bidding; Fort Smith with $40,000 and 200 acres of land; Ozark with $40,000 and 200 acres of land; Russellville with $40,000 and 220 acres of land; and Morrilton with $46,000 and 200 acres of land. It originally appeared that Morrilton went to Ozark with the best bid. However, apparently at the last moment the Russellville delegation led by Judge R.B. Wilson raised its bid by offering free lights and water for three years. Russellville was also favored because of its healthfulness of location, its railroad connections with Dardanelle, Ola, Little Rock, and Fort Smith, Arkansas, its quality of soil, its central location in the district, its proposed site close to town, and its location directly on the water and light lines coming from the dam. February 10, 1910, was a great day in Russellville.
During Johnson’s high school years he attended Williamson High School. An all black school. He was told not to dream of a career that he couldn't have. But it was George Washington Carver’s story that help his dream of becoming an inventor. He was nicknamed the professor but his friends. In 1968 he represented his school at a science fair. He was the only black student in the competition. That science fair was sponsored by Junior Engineering Technical
Ella Josephine Baker was born in Virginia, and at the age of seven Ella Baker moved with her family to Littleton, South Carolina, where they settled on her grandparent's farmland her grandparents had worked as slaves. Ella Baker's early life was steeped in Southern black culture. Her most vivid childhood memories were of the strong traditions of self-help, mutual cooperation, and sharing of economic resources that encompassed her entire community. Because there was no local secondary school, in 1918, when Ella was fifteen years old, her parents sent her to Shaw boarding school in Raleigh, the high school academy of Shaw University. Ella excelled academically at Shaw, graduating as valedictorian of her college class from Shaw University in Raleigh in 1927.
This was mainly because jobs for women, especially ones of color, rarely opened up for careers outside of those fields. One of her professors; Dr. W.W Schiefflin Clayton encouraged her to take more challenging math courses. At times, Mrs. Katherine was the only one taking such courses. In 1937, at the age of eighteen, Katherine Johnson graduated from West Virginia State College with top honors. She decided to enter graduate school at the flagship school of West Virginia. However, during the first semester of higher education, she decided to start her family with her previous husband, James Goble. They had three daughters together, Constance, Katherine, and
and applied. John was accepted almost immediately, after reading some verses from the bible. His age though caused a slight problem. He was almost nine years of age and all the first graders were almost seven. The master of the school, John Lovell, found a nice solution. Since John was excellently trained in Lexington, Lowell moved him up to third grade.
Jackie went to Muir Tech. High School. At high school is where he began to get
6th grade was not all that bad. That is before the incident however. Going to school was fun for the most part, the classes were difficult, friends were plenteous, and the food was good. Life at Lancaster Country Day School was swell, again, before the incident. Now, said issue somewhat killed my image at the school and saved it at the same time; it also made me question others. Were my friends really my friends? Or did they use me to as a sick and twisted way to formulate drama? I had a friend. I had many friends really, I was friends with the whole 50 people in my grade. But this friend, this friend was different. Her name Mady Gosselin. Yes, the Mady Gosselin from Kate Plus 8. We had been close, I talked to her almost every day. However,
My first high school had an unhospitable atmosphere. It had the distinction of having the highest murder rate of any school in North Carolina.
“SET,†The starter exclaims as our 4x400 team and all the others wait in anticipation; the whole stadium is in absolute silence. Then, BANG, the starting pistol has goes off. The battle for the fastest 4x400 time in Arkansas has began. Bentonville High School’s team is composed of: Senior Billy Horton, Senior Harrison Shewmaker, Freshman Devin Dougherty, and myself. (I was a sophomore at the time.) This was my first time being on this relay team and I was petrified of letting my team down, especially on this big of a stage; the State Championship. I begin thinking of all the hard work I had put in to get here, all the hours, all the sweat. As I await the bouton to run my leg in the race I have a flashback to all the events leading up to this race, the things that got me here.
Candis Jene Smith was born on March 7, 1991. She went to Fayette County High School. Candis graduated Fayette County High School in 2009. During high school Candis had decided to go to the Air Force. Until her mind was later changed. Candis went to Valdosta State University. Where you will see she received two degrees and became an education specialist. She proves that the American Gift to My Generation is education.
Smallville Elementary was built in 1919 in order to enrich the lives of the youth in Smallville. It served as a school until 1977, when it was closed and changed to a community center. The purpose of the building, however, remained the same: to enrich the lives of Smallville' youth (Ellis 67). Many years ago, my grandmother took painting lessons in the old Smallville building while I had daycare. It was a perfect blend of young and old. Recently, however, the building has not been used as it was intended. It is now used strictly as a senior center, leaving no place for the young to gather. Now, as a result of youths'being shut out of the only public recreation building, the city can no longer attract new families and the young are turning to crime as their only pastime. The best solution to remedy these problems is to build a youth center for the children and teens of Smallville.
I attended Seminole elementary school from first grade to the first half of my fifth grade year. Seminole elementary is located in Mt. Clemens, a small town just south of Detroit, Michigan. This is where my home was for most of my childhood and where my dreams of