Friday, March 23, 2018

UPDATED: Lake Washington School Board Directors name north Redmond and Redmond ridge elementary schools

Deputy Superintendent Jon Holmen announced at the last Board meeting "Bobcat" is the mascot for Clara Barton El. and "Bear" is the mascot for Ella Baker El.   

Under school board guidelines the Directors name each new elementary school by selecting the names of a deceased person famous for work in science, the humanities, letters, or education. The final names on ballot for a student vote for north Redmond were:

1. Pat Tillman Elementary School 2. Clara Barton Elementary School 3. Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School 4. Fredrick Douglass Elementary School 5. Susan B. Anthony Elementary School 6. Amelia Earhart Elementary School,

The Board approved the name:   Clara Barton Elementary School for north Redmond.

The final names on ballot for a student vote for Redmond Ridge were:

1. Grace Hopper Elementary School 2. Ella Baker Elementary School 3. S.P. Clark Elementary School 4. Clara Barton Elementary School 5. Mary Jackson Elementary School

The Board approved the name:  Ella Baker Elementary School for Redmond Ridge

Ella Josephine Baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. Wikipedia

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk.  Wikipedia

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