Paul Laurence Dunbar School (Fort Myers, Florida)
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Paul Laurence Dunbar School (Fort Myers, Florida)
The Paul Laurence Dunbar School (also known as the Dunbar Community School) is a historic school in Fort Myers, Florida. It is located at 1857 High Street. On February 24, 1992, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It opened in 1927 succeeding Williams Academy and served the African American community in the Dunbar neighborhood. James Robert Dixon was its first principal. In 1963 Dunbar High School was built a mile away. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Florida __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Florida, Lee ... References External links Lee County listingsaNational Register of Historic PlacesFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs*Lee County listings*Dunbar Community School National Register of ...
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Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, Florida)
Dunbar High School is a school located in Fort Myers, Florida. It was established in 1926 and re-established in 2000. This secondary school is home to the Dunbar High School Academy of Technology Excellence and the Dunbar High School Center for Math and Science. It is the home of the "Fighting Tigers". The school mascot is a tiger and the school colors are orange and green. The school received an "A" grade for the 2009–2010 school year, along with two other Lee County schools. History In 1926, Dunbar High School was constructed as the third public high school in Lee County, on what is now High Street in Fort Myers. It was named for the poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar. The construction of this school, along with the adjacent Williams Primary, provided K-12 educational opportunities for the black children of the area. This Dunbar High School graduated its last class of students in 1962. This original facility, renamed as the Dunbar Community School, continues to provide services ...
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Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 86,395; it was estimated to have grown to 95,949 in 2022, making it the List of municipalities in Florida, 25th-most populous city in Florida. Together with the larger and more residential city of Cape Coral, Florida, Cape Coral, it anchors the Cape Coral–Fort Myers metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Lee County and has a population of 834,573 as of 2023. Fort Myers is a gateway to the Southwest Florida region and a major tourist destination within the state. The Edison and Ford Winter Estates, winter estates of Thomas Edison ("Seminole Lodge") and Henry Ford ("The Mangoes") are major attractions. The city takes its name from a local former fort that was built during the Seminole Wars. The fort in turn took its name from Colonel Abraham Myers in 1850; Myers served in the United States Army, mostly the ...
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National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ...
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Williams Academy
Williams Academy was a school for African Americans in Fort Myers, Florida serving African American students in Lee County, Florida Lee County is located in southwestern Florida, United States, on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760,822. In 2022, the population was 822,453, making it the eighth-most populous county in the state. The county seat .... The Williams Academy Black History Museum commemorates its history and is housed the 1942 addition to the original 1913 school building, which was saved from demolition and moved to Roberto Celemente Park. Williams Academy was succeeded in 1927 by Dunbar Community School. The museum is housed in References Education in Fort Myers, Florida African-American history of Florida History museums in Florida {{Florida-school-stub ...
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Lee County, Florida
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Florida, Lee County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 58 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Current listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Florida * National Register of Historic Places listings in Florida References

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Education In Fort Myers, Florida
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, and there are disagreements ...
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