Who is your school named after?

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

Carver- George Washington Carver the black peanut farmer

[Anonymous]

Whittier -- John Greenleaf Whittier, poet and abolitionist

[Anonymous]

Barnard Elementary is named for Job Barnard, who was a DC lawyer who eventually serviced as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

We are at H.D. Cooke, named after the first territorial governor of DC. Tubman is named after Harriet Tubman.

[Anonymous]

Roosevelt, McFarland, Powell, MLK, Ellington, Coolidge, Dunbar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Roosevelt, McFarland, Powell, MLK, Ellington, Coolidge, Dunbar

I know the rest, but who were McFarland, Powell and Dunbar?

[Anonymous]

Everything you ever wanted to know about DCPS:

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Roosevelt, McFarland, Powell, MLK, Ellington, Coolidge, Dunbar

I know the rest, but who were McFarland, Powell and Dunbar?

Paul Laurence Dunbar was an early 20th century African American writer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laurence_Dunbar

[Anonymous]

Benjamin W. Murch, among other positions he held, was the Assistant Superintendent of DCPS and the Deputy Grand Master of the local Masonic Lodge in 1911.

http://doc.genealogyvillage.com/ben-w-murch-deputh-grand-master-1911.html

http://www.foresthillsconnection.com/style/who-was-ben-murch-anyway/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Benjamin W. Murch, among other positions he held, was the Assistant Superintendent of DCPS and the Deputy Grand Master of the local Masonic Lodge in 1911.

http://doc.genealogyvillage.com/ben-w-murch-deputh-grand-master-1911.html

http://www.foresthillsconnection.com/style/who-was-ben-murch-anyway/

I bet he is spinning in his grave as to how DCPS treats his namesake school.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barnard Elementary is named for Job Barnard, who was a DC lawyer who eventually serviced as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Wiki has it as assistant clerk at the DC Supreme Court (nka DC Court of Appeals) and a district court judge at D.D.C.
.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barnard Elementary is named for Job Barnard, who was a DC lawyer who eventually serviced as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Wiki has it as assistant clerk at the DC Supreme Court (nka DC Court of Appeals) and a district court judge at D.D.C.
.

The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia eventually became D.D.C. (but not while Barnard was serving on it). He did also, earlier, serve as an assistant clerk with the court.

http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_special_dc.html
http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=100&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na