Who is your school named after?

[Anonymous]

MacFarland was a (now-obscure) DC commissioner a little over 100 years ago.

[Anonymous]

E. L. Haynes -- first African American woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When ever I go to a school I wonder who it's named for. In DC it's a real grab-bag, from the notable to the forgettable. Do you know who your school is named for? Here are some of the ones I know off the top of my head:

Wilson, Roosevelt, Coolidge -- Easy, the presidents
Hardy -- Rose L Hardy, early 20th century DCPS administrator
Deal -- Alice Deal, early 20th century DCPS administrator
Stoddert -- Benjamin Stoddert, first secretary of the Navy
Mann -- Horace Mann, educator
Key -- Francis Scott Key, author of the national anthem
Hearst - Phoebe Hearst, mother of William Randolph Hearst and philanthropist

Who else?

And founder of the PTA movement. Several "Phoebe Hearst" schools are located around the country.

She also founded NCS.

[Anonymous]

Eastern

[Anonymous]

Latin American Montessori Bilingual: named after Maria Montessori and also Latinos.

[Anonymous]

Who was the Lee in Lee Montessori?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who was the Lee in Lee Montessori?

+1 also curious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carver- George Washington Carver the black peanut farmer

There are black peanuts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who was the Lee in Lee Montessori?

+1 also curious

The mentor who encouraged our founders to dream bigger for Montessori for all. She was a public school teacher I believe at the old Marshall Elementary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everything you ever wanted to know about DCPS:

http://www.wdchumanities.org/docs/2011DCCHP/DCSchoolsHistandHeritage2011.pdf

Not quite would love to know where Dr. John Francis of Francis-Stevens is buried (we know he's at Woodlawn, but there are no maps). As well as his death date.

Presuming anybody up on Civil War history will know about the abolitionist, Thaddeus Stevens (birthday tmw, April 4).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carver- George Washington Carver the black peanut farmer

There are black peanuts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strong John Thomson -- named for a 19th century educator who started a schoolhouse at the corner of 12th and L NW in 1869.

I've always wondered if Strong was his given name. It's possible, Strong is a last name, it's not uncommon to use family names for first names. But it always struck me as a strange name.

[Anonymous]

John Eaton was a US Commissioner of Education.

[Anonymous]

Funny. I always assumed it was named for David Eaton. I never knew it was called John Eaton http://uudb.org/articles/davidheaton.html

[Anonymous]

Anyone know who Stanton Elementary School is named after? My googling has failed me and the school is not listed on the pdf list posted earlier.