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The Piney Woods School was founded in 1909 by Laurence C. Jones. [3] Jones added the Mississippi School of the Blind for Negroes in the early 1920s, and in 1929, with the arrival of Martha Louise Morrow Foxx serving as principal, the Mississippi Blind School for Negroes was founded at Piney Woods.
Laurence Clifton Jones (November 21, 1882 – July 13, 1975), [1] was the founder and long-time president of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, Mississippi. [2] A noted educational innovator, Jones spent his adult life supporting the educational advancement of rural African-American students in the segregated South .
In 1945, Helen Keller visited the Piney Woods School and appeared before the state legislature to appeal for funding. [7] In 1950, the new Mississippi School for the Blind for both white and African American students [8] was completed and moved to its new location on Capers Street in Jackson, Mississippi where Foxx was the principal. [9] [3]
The Piney Woods School was founded by Laurence C. Jones and the first classes were held outside in 1909. Similar to earlier ventures by blacks, the school had financial difficulties and the Cotton Blossom Singers was formed to raise money for the building.
Piney Woods is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. [1] It is the site of the Piney Woods Country Life School , a historically African-American boarding school established in 1909.
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science ; Mississippi School of the Arts ; Mississippi School for the Blind; Mississippi School for the Deaf; Piney Woods Country Life School (Piney Woods) Saint Stanislaus College (Bay St. Louis)
Pineywoods is a Pre-K through twelfth grade charter school.Students in Angelina County, Texas and surrounding areas are open for enrollment. [2] The student teacher ratio is 1 teacher per 15.86 students, [3] and the graduation rate is 100%.
Pinelake Christian School (Closed) Piney Woods Country Life School (Boarding) Porters Chapel Academy; Prentiss Christian School; Presbyterian Christian School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) Presbyterian Day School-Cleveland; Providence Christian Academy (Clinton, Mississippi) Rebul Academy; Resurrection Catholic School (Pascagoula, Mississippi)