While the current building, located at 1901 SW Genesee Street, was opened in 1999, Cooper School enjoys a long history in the community, dating back to 1906, when a group of 70 students, children of steel mill workers, attended classes at Youngstown School in a small building offered by the Seattle Steel Company. A year later, a wooden building—known as Riverside School[2]—was built for the school at the base of Pigeon Hill. As the population of the community grew, the wooden structure was replaced by a brick building 1917, which was designed by Edgar Blair, with a 1929 expansion designed by Floyd Naramore. In 1939, the school was renamed to honor Frank B. Cooper, a former Seattle school superintendent. The historic Youngstown School building, located at 4408 Delridge Way SW, now houses the Cooper Artist Housing and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[3][4]
One of the school's assets is its diversity. Approximately 80 percent of Cooper students are racial or ethnic minorities and approximately one-quarter are bilingual.
The first African Americanteacher hired to teach in Seattle Public Schools, Thelma Dewitty, worked at Cooper School from 1947 until 1953.[3][4] The Thelma DeWitty Theater at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center is named after her.
On Thursday January 29, 2009 the Seattle School Board voted to close Cooper Elementary School and move the Pathfinder K-8 program to the Cooper campus.
NotesEdit
^"Landmarks and Designation". City of Seattle. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
^Thompson, Nile; Marr, Carolyn J. (2002). "Frank B. Cooper Elementary School". Building for Learning: Seattle Public School Histories, 1862-2000. Seattle Public Schools. OCLC 54019052. Republished online by HistoryLink by permission of the Seattle Public School District: "Seattle Public Schools, 1862-2000: Frank B. Cooper Elementary School", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink, 2013-09-05
^ abSeattle, Washington: Frank B. Cooper Elementary School, National Park Service, Women's History Month pages, 2004. Accessed online 16 September 2007.
Further readingEdit
Karen Gordon (City Historic Preservation Officer), of the Cooper Elementary School as a Seattle landmark, August 27, 2002.
frank, cooper, school, frank, cooper, elementary, school, usually, called, cooper, school, serves, students, from, kindergarten, through, grade, located, pigeon, point, neighborhood, delridge, seattle, washington, part, seattle, public, schools, district, scho. Frank B Cooper Elementary School usually called Cooper School serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade Located in the Pigeon Point neighborhood of Delridge Seattle Washington it is part of the Seattle Public Schools district The school s 14 acre 57 000 m2 site is immediately adjacent to the 182 acre 0 74 km2 West Duwamish Greenbelt one of Seattle s largest wildlife habitat corridors This rich natural environment enhances the school s environmental education program Frank B Cooper Elementary SchoolU S National Register of Historic PlacesSeattle LandmarkThe old Frank B Cooper School now Youngstown Cultural Arts CenterLocationDelridge Seattle WashingtonBuilt1917 expanded 1929ArchitectEdgar Blair Floyd A NaramoreNRHP reference No 03000161Significant datesAdded to NRHP2003Designated SEATLJuly 18 2005 1 While the current building located at 1901 SW Genesee Street was opened in 1999 Cooper School enjoys a long history in the community dating back to 1906 when a group of 70 students children of steel mill workers attended classes at Youngstown School in a small building offered by the Seattle Steel Company A year later a wooden building known as Riverside School 2 was built for the school at the base of Pigeon Hill As the population of the community grew the wooden structure was replaced by a brick building 1917 which was designed by Edgar Blair with a 1929 expansion designed by Floyd Naramore In 1939 the school was renamed to honor Frank B Cooper a former Seattle school superintendent The historic Youngstown School building located at 4408 Delridge Way SW now houses the Cooper Artist Housing and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places 3 4 One of the school s assets is its diversity Approximately 80 percent of Cooper students are racial or ethnic minorities and approximately one quarter are bilingual The first African American teacher hired to teach in Seattle Public Schools Thelma Dewitty worked at Cooper School from 1947 until 1953 3 4 The Thelma DeWitty Theater at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center is named after her On Thursday January 29 2009 the Seattle School Board voted to close Cooper Elementary School and move the Pathfinder K 8 program to the Cooper campus Notes Edit Landmarks and Designation City of Seattle Retrieved 2013 03 04 Thompson Nile Marr Carolyn J 2002 Frank B Cooper Elementary School Building for Learning Seattle Public School Histories 1862 2000 Seattle Public Schools OCLC 54019052 Republished online by HistoryLink by permission of the Seattle Public School District Seattle Public Schools 1862 2000 Frank B Cooper Elementary School HistoryLink Seattle History Ink 2013 09 05 a b Bentley Judy 2006 10 29 Our Schools Our Selves Seattle Times a b Seattle Washington Frank B Cooper Elementary School National Park Service Women s History Month pages 2004 Accessed online 16 September 2007 Further reading EditKaren Gordon City Historic Preservation Officer Report on Designation of the Cooper Elementary School as a Seattle landmark August 27 2002 External links EditHistory of Delridge and Cooper Elementary School Cooper Elementary School HistoryLink org essay on Thelma Dewitty Preservation Seattle article on the original Cooper School building 47 33 45 N 122 21 29 W 47 56250 N 122 35806 W 47 56250 122 35806 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank B Cooper School amp oldid 1156582319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
