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Parkwood Estate National Historic Site Of Canada 2007
Parkwood may refer to: Places ;Australia * Parkwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth * Parkwood, Queensland ;Canada * Parkwood, Ontario, a community in Greater Sudbury ;England * Park Wood, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent * Park Wood, Medway, a suburban area of Rainham, Kent in the unitary authority of Medway. * Parkwood, Kent, a woodland wildlife and recreation area near Tenterden, Kent. ;Ireland * Parkwood, County Offaly, a townland in Kilcumreragh civil parish, barony of Kilcoursey, County Offaly ;South Africa * Parkwood, Johannesburg ;United States * Parkwood, California, a census-designated place in Madera County * Parkwood, Washington, a census-designated place in Kitsap County * Parkwood (Decatur), a neighborhood in Decatur, Georgia * Parkwood, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky * Parkwood, Philadelphia, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Organisations * Parkwood (bandy club), United States * Parkwood Christian Academy (Lilburn, Georgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood, Western Australia
Parkwood is a southeastern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Canning. History Parkwood was first settled by Henry Willett of Willett & Co, who was granted Canning Location 21 on the Canning River (which included nearby Lynwood) and settled in the area in June 1832. In November 1964, the Shire of Canning proposed the names "Burtsdale" and "Willetton" for Willetton and Lynwood/Parkwood respectively, the name Burtsdale honouring Septimus Burt, who purchased the land in 1882. In August 1965, developers at Lynwood requested the name "Clovercrest Estate", but finally agreed to "Lynwood". The name Willetton was shifted westwards and Lynwood was gazetted in December 1965. Parkwood became its own suburb in 1993 and Lynwood still exist north of High Road. Geography Parkwood is bounded by High Road to the north and northeast, Nicholson Road to the east, Roe Highway to the south and Willeri Drive to the west. Facilities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood, Louisville
Parkwood is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ... near Iroquois Park. It is located along Manslick Road and Gagel Avenue. References Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky {{JeffersonCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood High School
Parkwood High School is located in Monroe, North Carolina, USA. It opened in August 1961. It is part of the Union County Public Schools district. It is adjacent to Parkwood Middle School with feeder elementary schools Prospect Elementary School, Waxhaw Elementary School, and Western Union Elementary School. The principal is Tracy Strickland. Facilities Parkwood High School gym was opened on August 10, 2007. Due to the overcrowding of the towns and schools, North Carolina has added trailers to Parkwood High School, as well as many other schools in Union County. Parkwood High School currently has a newspaper called the ''Parkwood Blueprint''. It also has a yearly literary magazine. Parkwood has recently added a research/portfolio graduation project starting for the class of 2010. As seniors, they will have to present a portfolio and presentation that will meet the NCGP requirements in the fall of the year. Students will start this project in the first semester of their junior ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood Estate
The Parkwood Estate, located in Oshawa, Ontario, was the residence of Samuel McLaughlin (founder of General Motors of Canada) and was home to the McLaughlin family from 1917 until 1972. The residence was designed by Darling and Pearson, a noted Toronto architectural firm, with construction starting in 1916. In 1989, Parkwood was officially designated a National Historic Site, and tours are now given year-round. House Parkwood's architectural, landscape and interior designs are based on those of the 1920s and 1930s. The national Historic Sites and Monuments Board describes it as “a rare surviving example of the type of estate developed in Canada during the inter-war years, and is rarer still by its essentially intact condition, furnished and run to illustrate as it was lived within.” Parkwood was the family home of the McLaughlins from 1917 until 1972. The federal government designated it a National Historic Site in 1989, and it was opened it to the public. R.S. McLaughlin w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood E-ACT Academy
Parkwood E-ACT Academy is a secondary school located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It opened as Parkwood High School, a "fresh start" school, in September 2000, following the closure of Herries School. On 1 September 2009, it became Parkwood Academy. Feeder primary schools include Pye Bank, Longley and Watercliffe Meadow. The principal is Gemma Cottingham. The school was featured in an episode of Channel 4's documentary series '' The Secret Teacher'' in 2019. The academy is sponsored by E-ACT E-ACT is a multi-academy trust responsible for 28 academies in England. As an academy trust, it is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education. E-ACT splits its 28 academies into two regional clusters called 'North' and 'South', ..., and moved into a new building in April 2012. References External linksSchool website Academies in Sheffield Secondary schools in Sheffield E-ACT Educational institutions established in 2009 2009 establishments in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood Secondary College
Parkwood Secondary College (PSC) was a co-educational public secondary school located in the Melbourne, Victoria, Australia suburb of Ringwood North. The school was founded in 1979 as ''Parkwood High School'', and closed at the end of the 2012 school year. In 2014, the land and buildings were re-opened as the North Ringwood Community House. The school provided high school education for Years 7 through 12, with Year 11 and 12 students undertaking the Victorian Certificate of Education. It formerly offered a range of VCE subjects as well as the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a 'hands-on' option for students in Years 10, 11, and 12 and is a credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian State of Victoria s ... program. Proposed merger In 2008, the then Labor state government announced a $100 million pledge to seven Victorian secondary schools. This resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Degree Program
University Degree Program (UDP) is or was an unaccredited consortium of diploma mills run by Americans Jason and Caroline Abraham (of Brooklyn, New York; also known by their Hebrew names Yaakov and Chaya Rochel) beginning in the 1990s. In 2004, ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' called UDP the "granddaddy" of diploma mill operations. Operations The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the University Degree Program recruited "students" over the telephone from call centers in Romania (where the call center also sold fake international driver's licenses) and Israel. Telephone salespeople, who were paid on commission and received performance-based bonuses, could offer degrees in any field requested. The Abrahams created websites for a diverse variety of bogus institutions whose names were printed on diplomas. Customers were not told which of these "universities" would issue their degrees. According to the ''Chronicle'', UDP sent a letter to customers stating: "The poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood Christian Academy (Lilburn, Georgia)
Parkwood Christian Academy (PCA) was a private Christian school located in Lilburn, Georgia, United States, from 1994 through 2011. It provided supplementary classes at the elementary through high school level (3rd - 12th grades) for homeschooled and formerly homeschooled students. PCA was accredited by the Accredited Commission for Independent Studies (ACIS). PCA was founded by Phyllis Maxwell, who offered academic and career counseling in addition to her duties as headmaster. Classes offered by PCA were taught by certified and/or degreed teachers, and include biology, chemistry, life and earth sciences; pre-algebra, algebra I & II, trigonometry and pre-calculus; U.S. government/economics; high school English; and elementary and high school Spanish. Homeschooled students who took classes at PCA were enabled through its accreditation to apply to public colleges in Georgia without the additional testing procedures sometimes required of them. Parkwood Christian Academy also offe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood (bandy Club)
Parkwood may refer to: Places ;Australia * Parkwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth * Parkwood, Queensland ;Canada * Parkwood, Ontario, a community in Greater Sudbury ;England * Park Wood, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent * Park Wood, Medway, a suburban area of Rainham, Kent in the unitary authority of Medway. * Parkwood, Kent, a woodland wildlife and recreation area near Tenterden, Kent. ;Ireland * Parkwood, County Offaly, a townland in Kilcumreragh civil parish, barony of Kilcoursey, County Offaly ;South Africa * Parkwood, Johannesburg ;United States * Parkwood, California, a census-designated place in Madera County * Parkwood, Washington, a census-designated place in Kitsap County * Parkwood (Decatur), a neighborhood in Decatur, Georgia * Parkwood, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky * Parkwood, Philadelphia, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Organisations * Parkwood (bandy club), United States * Parkwood Christian Academy (Lilburn, Georgia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood, Philadelphia
Parkwood is a neighborhood located in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood's boundaries include the Byberry East Industrial Park to the north and northwest, Poquessing Creek to the east, Knights Road to the southeast and Woodhaven Road to the southwest. The neighborhood was developed by Hyman Korman in the 1960-1962 as a planned residential community. The predominant housing type is the brick row house. The Parkwood Shopping Center is a local shopping destination, while the Philadelphia Mills mall is a regional shopping destination on Knights Road to the east of Parkwood's residential area. History Before the first permanent European settlement of the area in the 17th century, Native American inhabited the area, including the Algonquian and Iroquois nations The dominant Algonquian group, the Lenni-Lenape, settled in this area because of the proximity to the Poquessing Creek, where fishing, hunting, and water resources w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood (Decatur)
Parkwood is a neighborhood on the western side of Decatur, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Although a small portion of the neighborhood was always within the city limits of Decatur, the remainder of the Parkwood neighborhood was voluntarily annexed into the City of Decatur effective July 1, 2014. The neighborhood is bounded by Ponce de Leon Avenue to the north; East Lake Road to the south; the CSX railroad tracks to the west; and Melrose Avenue and the Adair Park community to the east. Although part of the much larger and historic Druid Hills community, Parkwood is primarily a neighborhood of mid-20th century ranch homes. The neighborhood is notable for its curvilinear street design and large lot sizes. Streets in the community include East Parkwood Road, West Parkwood Road, Parkwood Lane, Upland Road, and Wimberly Court. North Parkwood Road, located north of Ponce de Leon Avenue, is considered part of the Chelsea Heights neighborhood. Parks * Parkwood Park, Ponce de Leon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood, Queensland
Parkwood is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Parkwood had a population of 8,702 people. Geography Parkwood is about by road north-west of Southport. The suburb is bounded by Napper Road to the north, Olsen Avenue to the east, Smith Street to the south and west. There is an unnamed hill with a peak of in the north of the suburb () with the Brushwood Ridge Reserve. The major industry is retail trade, but the majority of resident workers are technicians and trades workers. Parkwood is characterized by leafy, green streets, well-kept gardens and detached homes, the majority of which are owner-occupied or rented. The suburb as a whole was developed in the last 20 years and falls under the Gold Coast City Council Division 6. History Parkwood was named and bounded on 16 September 1989. The area was previously known as Ernest. In the , Parkwood had a population of 8,702 people. Education There are no schools in Parkwood. The nearest primary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
