Gary Community School Corporation
Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary, Indiana. History In 2017, Gary Community Corp became the first school system in Indiana involved in a state takeover. Control of the district was transferred from the elected school board and appointed school superintendent to the State of Indiana's Distressed Unit Appeals Board, which placed MGT Consulting and Emergency Fiscal Manager Peggy Hinckley in charge of managing the district. Gary school board President Rosie Washington was quoted as saying "We Have No Power", in the context of the state's takeover. In November 2018, it was discovered that former Indiana Superintendent Tony Bennett, who directed policies that led to the state takeover, has an ownership stake in the for-profit company selected to manage the takeover with the potential to earn $11.4 million. School uniforms All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniforms. Starting the 2007-2008 A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the southern shore of Lake Michigan about east of downtown Chicago, Illinois. The city is adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Park, and is within the Chicago metropolitan area. Gary was named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. U.S. Steel had established the city as a company town to serve its steel mills. Although initially a very diverse city, after white flight in the 1970s, the city of Gary held the nation's highest percentage of African Americans for several decades. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 70,093, making it Indiana's ninth-largest city. Like other Rust Belt cities, Gary's once thriving steel industry has been significantly affected by th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African American church leader and the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi, he led targeted, nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination. King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights. He oversaw the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and later became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As president of the SCLC, he led the unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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School Districts In Indiana
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Education In Lake County, Indiana
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Education In Gary, Indiana
This article is a list of schools in Gary, Indiana (USA). Public schools Most of Gary is served by the Gary Community School Corporation. Some portions are served by the Lake Ridge Schools Corporation. Some Gary residents in the outskirts attend schools administered by the River Forest Community School Corporation; River Forest does not operate any schools in Gary. There are also two Head Start Schools operated independently funded by the government. Head Start *La Casa Head Start, Inc *Geminus Head Start XXI Charter schools * 21st Century Charter School of Gary *Charter School of the Dunes * Gary Lighthouse Charter School * KIPP: Lead College Prep Charter School *Thea Bowman Leadership Academy *West Gary Lighthouse Charter School * Aspire Charter School Academy Private schools *Acts Christian Academy *Abundant Life Tabernacle Day Care And School *Ambassador Academy *Ascension Lutheran Christian School *Black Oak School for the Deaf *Christ Baptist Christian Academy *Chris ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lake Ridge Schools Corporation
Lake Ridge Schools Corporation is based in unincorporated area, unincorporated Lake County, Indiana, Lake County, Indiana, United States and serves students within the unincorporated sections of the Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana, Calumet Township and portions of Gary, Indiana, Gary. Schools Secondary schools 6-12 schools *Ensweiler Academy (''Unincorporated area'') closed June 2010, now adult education & community center, 2012–13 High schools =Traditional= *Calumet New Tech High School (''Unincorporated area'') Middle schoolsLake Ridge New Tech Middle School(''Unincorporated area'') Elementary schools *Grissom Elementary School (Gary, Indiana, Gary) *Hosford Park Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') *Longfellow Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') See also *Gary Community School Corporation *Education in Gary, Indiana References External links * Education in Lake County, Indiana School districts in Indiana Education in Gary, Indiana 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gary Charter Schools
Gary Charter Schools serve students who reside in Gary, Indiana, United States. Though operated by different corporations, all current charter schools in Gary are sponsored by Ball State University. Uniforms All students are required to wear school uniforms. Schools K-12 *21st Century Charter School of Gary 5 * Lead College Prep Charter School K-8 *Thea Bowman Leadership Academy K-8 *Charter School of the Dunes K-5 *Gary Lighthouse Charter School *West Gary Lighthouse Charter School See also *Gary Community School Corporation *Lake Ridge Schools Corporation *List of schools in Gary This article is a list of schools in Gary, Indiana (USA). Public schools Most of Gary is served by the Gary Community School Corporation. Some portions are served by the Lake Ridge Schools Corporation. Some Gary residents in the outskirts atten ... External links Charter Schools Association of Indiana {{Gary_Charter Education in Lake County, Indiana Education in Gary, Indiana Char ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William A Wirt High School
William A Wirt Senior High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana. In May 2009 the school announced that after over 70 years, it would finally be closing. As of 2011, the site is used for the Wirt Emerson VPA Academy, a magnet school for the visual and performing arts. Staff The faculty included nearly 50 teachers. History Wirt High School was established in 1939; it was named after Dr. William Albert Wirt, who served as the first superintendent of the Gary Schools from 1907 to early 1938. Former MLB player Ron Kittle is an alumnus of Wirt. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Crystal Taliefero is also an alumna of Wirt. Wirt High School was closed in 2009 due to Gary Community School Corporation Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary, Indiana. History In 2017, Gary Community Corp became the first school system in Indiana involved in a state takeover. Control of the dist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lew Wallace High School
Lew Wallace High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. Staff The faculty included nearly 65 teachers. History In 1926 the 45th Avenue School of Gary, Indiana was officially named Lew Wallace High School named after Lew Wallace. Wallace was a native to Indiana who served as a United States General during the American Civil War, as the Governor of the New Mexico Territory, the Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and as the author of ''Ben Hur.'' The "A and B wings" of Lew Wallace were constructed in 1933. The campus was renovated as recently as 1972, an addition that included the Richard Polk Gymnasium. During a period of time, the school served K-12 students. The school offered community recreation programs on weekends. As of 2014, the school was formally known as Lew Wallace Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Academy. Athletic programs included baseball, basketball, football, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tolleston High School
Tolleston is a neighborhood and former town in west-central Gary, Indiana. It is situated south of Ambridge, west of Midtown, east of Westside and north of Black Oak. Tolleston is the site of two large city parks (MC Bennett Park and Tolleston Park), a historic cemetery, and the oldest church north of the Little Calumet River. The neighborhood's borders are defined by the Norfolk Southern tracks on the north, Grant Street on the east, 25th Avenue on the south, and Clark Road on the west. As of 2000, Tolleston had a population of 14,289, and was 97.5% African-American. Tolleston is primarily residential, with commercial districts along 11th and 15th Avenues. The housing stock of Tolleston consists chiefly of single-family homes, which as of 2000 had a 92% occupancy rate. The neighborhood was served by the Tolleston Branch of the Gary Public Library which is now closed and is served by the Tolleston Station post office. Distinctive subdivisions within Tolleston include Tarryto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theodore Roosevelt High School (Gary)
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy (TRCCA), formerly known as Theodore Roosevelt High School and often referred to as Gary Roosevelt, was a charter school located in the Midtown neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, United States. In February 2020, the Distressed Unit Appeal Board voted to close Roosevelt after a series of burst pipes throughout the winter of 2019 left the school in need of expensive repairs. At the time of its closing, the school was managed by EdisonLearning and was divided into a senior and collegiate academy for grades 9–12 and a junior academy for grades 7–8. Roosevelt was part of the Gary Community School Corporation until 2012, when the Indiana Department of Education took control of the school due to poor academic performance and contracted with EdisonLearning to operate the school. Under Edison, Roosevelt was reorganized into academies and the school received its final name. Athletic teams at Roosevelt were known as the Panthers and the school col ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Horace Mann High School (Gary)
Horace Mann School is a highly selective independent college preparatory school in New York City Horace Mann School may also refer to: * Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School, middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas * Horace Mann School Beverly Hills, K-8 school in Beverly Hills, California * Horace Mann Elementary School (Oak Park, Illinois) * Horace Mann High School, a former school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana * Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a pre-K-12 school in Allston (Boston), Massachusetts * Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School, a 5-6 school in Marstons Mills, Massachusetts * Horace Mann School (St. Louis, Missouri), a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listing in St. Louis, Missouri * Horace Mann School (Schenectady, New York), NRHP-listed * Horace Mann Junior High School, a junior high school in Kanawha City, West Virginia * Horace Mann High School (North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin), North Fond du Lac, Wiscons ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |