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Seton Catholic High School (Pittston, Pennsylvania)
Seton Catholic High School was a Roman Catholic high school in Pittston, Pennsylvania named after Elizabeth Ann Seton. The school was originally called St. John's High School, and burned down on February 19, 1960. It was renovated in 1961, renamed in 1976 to the Seton Catholic High School, and was consolidated into Holy Redeemer High School in 2007. History The St. John's parochial schools date back to 1864 with the first graduating class of the St. John's Academy being in 1865. In 1881, plans for a free school were developed and an initial donation of $2,000 was provided by Michael Reap. The St. John's High School was chartered on March 17, 1900. Fire of 1960 Approximately 1:20 P.M. on February 19, 1960, a fire erupted at the school. 770 students were evacuated. The fire raged until approximately 3:00 P.M. None were harmed except for two firefighters with foot injuries and five that suffered from smoke inhalation. The area had received a snowfall the evening prior. The fire ...
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Pittston, Pennsylvania
Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The city gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants. The population was 7,739 as of the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Luzerne County. At its peak in 1920, the population of Pittston was 18,497. The city consists of three sections: The Downtown (in the center of the city), the Oregon Section (in the southern end), and the Junction (in the northern end). Pittston City is at the heart of the Greater Pittston region (a 65.35 square mile region in Luzerne County). Greater Pittston has a total population of 48,020 (as of 2010). Pittston is north of Allentown and northwest of New York City. History Establishment Pittston lies in the Wyoming Valley on the east side of the Susquehanna River a ...
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Kingston, Pennsylvania
Kingston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the western bank of the Susquehanna River opposite the city of Wilkes-Barre. Kingston was first settled in the early 1770s; it was incorporated as a borough in 1857. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,349, making it the most populous borough in the county. History Early history In the early 1660s, King Charles II owed Admiral Sir William Penn a large sum of money. To settle this debt, he granted Penn’s son, William, a territory in North America, which later became known as Pennsylvania. However, Connecticut also claimed a portion of this land. Count Zinzendorf was one of the first people to take an interest in the Wyoming Valley. In 1742, he came to the region to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. At the time, the valley was inhabited by several Native American tribes (including the Susquehannock and the Delaware). His reports led a group of Connecticut settlers to ...
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Burned School Buildings In The United States
Burned or burnt may refer to: * Anything which has undergone combustion * Burned (image), quality of an image transformed with loss of detail in all portions lighter than some limit, and/or those darker than some limit * ''Burnt'' (film), a 2015 drama film starring Bradley Cooper * ''Burned'' (album), 1995 album by Electrafixion * "Burned" (''Arrow''), an episode of ''Arrow'' * "Burned" (''CSI: Miami''), an episode of ''CSI: Miami'' * "Burned" (''Justified''), an episode of ''Justified'' * "Burned" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 2003 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * ''Burned'' (Hopkins novel), a 2005 novel by Ellen Hopkins * ''Burned'' (Cast novel), a 2010 novel by P. C. Cast * ''Burned'' (TV series), 2003 MTV television series * "Burned", a song written by Neil Young on the eponymous ''Buffalo Springfield'' album * "Burned", a song by Hilary Duff from ''Dignity'', 2007 * "Burnt", a song by Spratleys Japs from ''Pony'', 1999 See also * Burning (other) *Burn (disa ...
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Burned Religious Buildings And Structures In The United States
Burned or burnt may refer to: * Anything which has undergone combustion * Burned (image), quality of an image transformed with loss of detail in all portions lighter than some limit, and/or those darker than some limit * ''Burnt'' (film), a 2015 drama film starring Bradley Cooper * ''Burned'' (album), 1995 album by Electrafixion * "Burned" (''Arrow''), an episode of ''Arrow'' * "Burned" (''CSI: Miami''), an episode of ''CSI: Miami'' * "Burned" (''Justified''), an episode of ''Justified'' * "Burned" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 2003 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * ''Burned'' (Hopkins novel), a 2005 novel by Ellen Hopkins * ''Burned'' (Cast novel), a 2010 novel by P. C. Cast * ''Burned'' (TV series), 2003 MTV television series * "Burned", a song written by Neil Young on the eponymous ''Buffalo Springfield'' album * "Burned", a song by Hilary Duff from ''Dignity'', 2007 * "Burnt", a song by Spratleys Japs from ''Pony'', 1999 See also * Burning (other) *Burn (disa ...
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Educational Institutions Established In 1900
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, ...
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Schools In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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 avail ...
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Defunct Catholic Secondary Schools In Pennsylvania
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...
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Saint John The Baptist Elementary School, Pittston
Saint John the Baptist Elementary School was a Catholic school located on William Street in Pittston City, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named after the neighboring church (which was first opened in 1892 by Slovak immigrants). Its pastors were Rev. Andrej Kazincy, Rev. Matthew Jankola, Rev. Andrej Pavco, Rev. John J. Bednarcik (who served from 1929-1961), Rev. Michael J. Krupar (who served until his death on Christmas Day in 1964), Monsignor Joseph Super (who served until 1998), Rev. Andrew Strish (who served until 2005), and finally John Bendick (who led the church until it closed in 2008). History Under the leadership of Reverend Andrej Pavco and Reverend Andrew Jurica, ground was purchased for a school next to their church. Construction on the building stated in 1917. By 1924 the newly built Roman Catholic elementary school saw its first graduating class, which only contained nine kids at the time. Over the decades, the school had seen many teachers, gr ...
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Thomas Tigue
Thomas M. Tigue (August 24, 1945 – February 1, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps Officer and combat veteran, an American politician, a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Early life Thomas Michael Tigue was born in Hughestown, Pennsylvania, to Michael F. Tigue and his wife. He graduated from St. John's the Evangelist High School in 1964. He earned a B.A. degree in government from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1968. Career He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War, earning a Silver Star. He served 27 years in the Marine Corps Reserve. He has pursued graduate studies at Marywood University. He was a Legislative Fellow at East Stroudsburg University and a member of the Pittston Area School Board. He was first elected to represent the 118th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1980. During his tenure, Tigue served as the Democratic chair of the House Veterans Affairs and Emer ...
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Mary Ann Love
Mary Ann Love (February 21, 1940 – January 27, 2022) was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She served 4 full terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 32. Love was originally appointed to the seat in 1993, but was later elected in her own right. She most recently served on the Economic Matters Committee. Love declined to run for reelection in 2014. Early life Mary Ann was born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania on February 21, 1940. She graduated from St. John's High School in 1958. She attended the Wilkes-Barre Business School Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the .... Career Legislative Notes * voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by from 5% to 6% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB* voted to suppo ...
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Shawn Klush
Shawn Klush (born June 17, 1969, Pittston, Pennsylvania), is an American Elvis tribute artist who regularly tours around the world. Early life Shawn Klush was born and raised in Pittston, Pennsylvania.
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He graduated from Seton Catholic High School (Pittston, Pennsylvania), Seton Catholic High School in Pittston in 1988. Klush's love for music led him to begin imitating his musical idol, . Klush's father was a radio disc jockey. From an early age, Klush listened to ...
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William M
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germani ...
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