Northwestern DCTers stage eighth annual Assembly program
Northwestern's Diversified Cooperative Training club led by Daniel Francis and David Simmons presented their eighth annual Assembly last Nov. 29. The skit DCT and How It Functions at Northwestern used classroom hospital and business set pieces across the gym with the chorus performing Sourwood Mountain and Gonna Journey Away led by soloist Charles Smith. Guest schools Carver High and B. T. Washington High attended with Cynthia White, third in I Speak for Democracy, as speaker, followed by a luncheon at 11 a.m. in the cafeteria.
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Northwestern
Dcters
Daniel Francis
David Simmons
Sourwood Mountain
Charles Smith
Joel Ingraham
Carver High
B. T. Washington High
Cynthia White
D. C.ters
Dunbar Elementary PTA Fashion Review and School Notes
Dunbar Elementary thanks supporters from Mrs Cherry Boyer to Mr Charles L Williams and Agnes Henderson and dance group. Teachers staged a Valentine Day skit at Booker T. Washington High School and the Practicum nears midway. Foundations for a new wing progress and the cherished east front tree will stay. Reading and science demonstrations were held at Poinciana Park and Mays. 4th graders visited the Junior Museum. five Girl Scout troops participated in the Orange Blossom Classic parade with Brownies in cars 8. Christmas murals decorate the halls and the All-School Christmas Sing is being prepared. Junior Red Cross tray favors are being prepared in Mrs Swann's room.
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Bryant
Poinciana Park School
A. Franklin Brown
Fannin
Mays School
Nealy
Littles
Hannah Edwards
Willie Green
Hilda McKally
Betty Ross
Helen Storr
Thomas English
Delores Ferguson
Leroy Milton
Barbara
Gwendolyn Swift
George Glover
Milton Devoe
Leroy Murcerson
Rodney Taylor
PTA Meeting Notice and Christmas Card Fundraiser
Seniors and all PTA members and friends are asked to attend the regular meeting Monday evening December 17 at 8 o'clock at the school. Beautif ul Christmas cards and wrapping paper are still available for purchase. call PL 4-5491.
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PTA
Northwestern displays reflect Christmas spirit around campus
Northwestern students brighten the campus with holiday decorations in homeroom displays, cafeteria walls, and windows. The Northwestern family is organizing a project to collect and repair toys to bring Christmas cheer to many less fortunate boys and girls.
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Northwestern
NHA Holds Ceremony With Mrs. Mattie Reed Speaker
The New Homemakers of America held an installation ceremony on December 6 with Mrs. Mattie Reed as guest speaker.
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New Homemakers of America
Mattie Reed
Liberty City School honors Gloria Graves Miss Liberty City 1956
The Liberty City Elementary community celebrates Gloria Graves as Miss Liberty City Elementary 1956 57. Gloria is a third grader in Mrs Fadell Phillips’s class. Students visit Santa read lists and share joy as first and second grades tour post office and Walker’s Food Center. Roscoe Ellis hosts school news Fridays on WFBC. Annual Day program planned for December 14 1956 at 2:00 p.m. Teachers and Walker family praised.
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Gloria Graves
Liberty City
Gloria
Fadell Phillip
Santa Claus
Beatrice Gladden
Seventy-fifth Street
M. L. Thomas
Walker’s
WFBC
BTW Teachers Parade Honors 1949 Star Percy Oliver
The 6th annual Teachers on Parade at BTW auditorium awarded first prize to faculty for a Miami Holiday skit amid holiday planning events. Music festival on Dec 17, student council card drive, and athletic tribute to Percy Oliver, 1949 BTW grad, mark December activities. Oliver to attend North-South game in Miami with plaque for achievements.
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BTW
Miami
the Athletic Association
Percy Oliver
The
Athletic Association
Oliver
Holy Redeemer Honor Roll for Second Six Weeks
Report cards issued December 3 at Holy Redeemer list DISTINGUISHED HONORS for multiple grades with names including Gloria Colier Betty Gardiner Irvena Glover Tometro Hopkins Regina Jollivette Marsha McIver and others across grades 4 7 8 3 2 6 5. COOPERATIVE HONORS also named Wilfred Glass LeDona Ashby Mary Alice Beasley Ellen Sawyer Joy Hamilton Marissie Hammond Andrea Griffin Clare Marie Gaiter Bernard Welters Barbara Davis Willet Smith.
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Holy Redeemer
Gloria Colier
Betty Gardiner
Irvena Glover
Tometro Hopkins
Regina Jollivette
Marsha McIver
Eric Collier
Gail Williams
Howard Colebrook
Lynn Joyner
Andrea Strachan
Paula Wyche
Borinquen Landrau
Anthony Gray
Cornelius James
VonCile James
Saundra Lester
Paul Wyche
Wilfred Glass
LeDona Ashby
Mary Alice Beasley
Ellen Sawyer
Joy Hamilton
Marissie Hammond
Andrea Griffin
Clare Marie Gaiter
Bernard Welters
Barbara Davis
Willet Smith
Holy Redeemer Christmas Play Announced for December
The Holy Redeemer presents its annual Christmas Play with showings on Sunday December 16 at 4 p.m. and Tuesday December 18 at 8 p.m. The invitation is extended to all community members to attend.
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Holy Redeemer
Dedication Day at Poinciana Park School
The school prepares for a 3:00 Sunday dedication in the cafetorium followed by open house. Visitors may tour the building as faculty notes and student activities reflect a busy self study practicum and health themed fifth grade skit. Edna J. Williams reports.
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Poinciana Park
Rainbow Park
Day Parents Club
Haywood
Earth
Edna J. Williams
Elizabeth Pittman
Douglas Elementary PTA Plans Cleanup Drive
Douglas Elementary students under Mrs L Eve press for parent help in a community cleanup drive as sixth graders prepare a program for the PTA meeting December 20 at 8 p.m. Principal Mary F Williams notes the event and reports on school activities and staff.
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L. Eve
Donald Hyler
M. Hyler
E. Yates
Yates
Marvin
PTA
B. Mack
Mary F. Williams
Arleen Williams
Perrine School Hosts Education Week Armed Forces Display
The Perrine community recalls a grand Education Week program featuring armed forces demonstrations and two mobile Civil Defense units. A lecture titled Civil Defense and You highlighted civilian readiness while plans advance to convert R. R. Moten into an emergency hospital center. A PTA cantata closes the highlight with holiday crowds December 19, 1956.
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Perrine
Dades County
Brown
Callie Foster
PTA
Jean Henry
Glenda Harris
Morton News
T Model
K. Pinkmey
E. M. Espy
J W Johnson School Thanksgiving Spirit and Activities
The J W Johnson School faculty and students celebrated a joyous Thanksgiving by sharing gifts of food and clothing with two families. A brief program reflected gratitude. Principal E G Primus and reporter E D Dean note visits from the Hialeah fire chief and UM YMCA organizer Ed wards who helped start a Gray chapter for intermediate boys. PTA meeting led by President Z Martin.
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Primus
Arnold
White House
Miami Beach
Hialeah Fire Department
Edwards
University of Miami
YMCA
Hialeah
E. D. Dean
PTA
Z. Martin
E. G. Primus
Holmes Elementary Christmas Spirit Shines Bright
Holmes Elementary basks in holiday cheer as students fix chalkboard decorations and cards. Mrs. Blackwell guides rapid classroom prep for parties and programs while staff prepare the first Blue and White News issue supervised by Mrs. Alma P. Johnson. Miss Stephens’ fifth graders perform a US history play highlighting the Constitution preamble.
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Holmes
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