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The Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Paterson Public Schools. In October 1986, Rosa Parks honored the school family at the opening ceremony by cutting the ribbon. [2]
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave.
Parks was already a devout child, and Johnnie Carr later remarked of her friend that the Christian education at the school made her "a straight Christian arrow". [2] Funding came from small tuition fees and from donations by philanthropists and foundations, and the school did well: in 1916 it had ten faculty members and enrolled 325 students. [1]
The Rosa Parks Institute or Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, a youth organization in Detroit, Michigan; Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation, a foundation in Michigan; Rosa Parks Middle School, a school in Montgomery County, Maryland; Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts, a high school in Paterson, New Jersey
A preschool in Florida is facing backlash from the NAACP and the parents of a 2-year-old Black girl, who they allege was made to participate in a "racially unethical" Rosa Parks role play.
Poolesville High School: Poolesville: 1,309 John Poole Quince Orchard High School: Gaithersburg 2,154 Lakelands Park, Ridgeview Rockville High School: Rockville 1,516 Wood Seneca Valley High School: Germantown 2,239 Clemente, King, Neelsville Sherwood High School: Sandy Spring: 1,721 Farquhar, Rosa Parks Springbrook High School: Silver Spring 1,838
Miami Palmetto High School Adult Education Center; ... Renaissance Middle Charter School (middle) Rosa Parks Charter School/Florida City (K-8 center)
The Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation was founded in 1980 by Detroit Public Schools and The Detroit News. [1]The foundation awards scholarships to Michigan high school seniors who demonstrate community involvement, academic skill and economic need, and who aspire to the ideals of Rosa Parks.