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Stonewall Jackson High School is a former high school in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It opened in 1940, and closed in 1989. It was located on the West Side of Charleston, West Virginia. In 1989, Stonewall Jackson High School and Charleston High School consolidated to become Capital High School. The building is now a middle school.
The high school movement is a term used in educational history literature to describe the era from 1910 to 1940 during which secondary schools as well as secondary school attendance sprouted across the United States. During the early part of the 20th century, American youth entered high schools at a rapid rate, mainly due to the building of new ...
This is a list of high schools in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Locations are the communities in which they are located, with postal location in parentheses if different. Barbour County
Pages in category "Historically segregated African-American schools in West Virginia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
First Digital Photo: 1957 Russell Kirsch: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Photo composite of two binary scans [s 2] [s 4] Elizabeth Eckford: 1957 Will Counts: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Eckford as one of the Little Rock Nine who faced opposition while attending a formerly segregated high school. [s 2] [s 4] [s 7]
From 1876 to 1890, Union School was the first location which housed Kanawha County High School. With one principal, two teachers, and about 25 students, the first graduating class consisted of two women. Union School again temporarily housed Kanawha County High School in 1903. Kanawha County High School became Charleston High School a year later.
The original high school in the city was Charleston High School, locally known as "The High," serving the entire city. In 1940 the school had become overcrowded and the district was divided at the Elk River, with the west side of town attending the new Stonewall Jackson High School ("The Wall"). During the 1980s, enrollment at both schools dropped.
The school also had a cheerleading squad. [5] Photographs of the basketball team [6] and of "Students and Teachers in a Kimball Negro High School Classroom, McDowell County" were taken in 1950. [7] The football team won the WVAU state football championship in 1952. [8] Kimball High School was converted into a junior high school in 1966. [8]